National Archives publishes thousands of wills written by serving World War One soldiers online
Thousands of wills from serving World War One servicemen have gone online for the first time on the Irish National Archives' website.
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RunCoCo’s Alun Edwards tells us about crowdsourcing World War One history in Germany
At the start of the month we spoke to Jonathan Purday, Senior Communications Advisor at Europeana.eu about the organisations forthcoming World War One digitisation roadshow in Germany.
How Europeana, crowdsourcing & wiki principles are preserving European history
As the Europeana digitisation roadshow starts in Germany this week we spoke to Jonathan Purday, Senior Communications Advisor at Europeana.eu, formally of the British Library, about how social media, crowdsourcing, and wiki-principles are preserving European history and bringing academia and the public closer together.
Crowdsourcing history: European museums need your help to digitise World War One records
Europeana (@EuropeanaEU), a Europe-wide digital archive consisting of over 1,500 museums, galleries, and institutions has launched a multinational drive to digitise pictures, memorabilia, letters, notes and other family heirlooms before they decay and are lost forever.
The Vatican Museum’s stunning 360 VR tour of the Sistine Chapel
Looking for some culture this Sunday but don’t want to leave the house? Well the Vatican Museum has come to your rescue with the release of a high definition, 360° virtual reality tour, of the Sistine Chapel.
