EEXCESS – How does it work?
As we are entering the new project phase, the prototype tools deployment, we would like to present these prototypes in a series of blog posts. We will describe what they can do for you during your...
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# 2 The WordPress Plug-In Although the Chrome extension is the most extensive tool that comprises the most features, the WordPress plug-in also demonstrates very well the possibilities that lie behind...
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#3 The Google Docs plugin Imagine you are writing a grant proposal. While you are writing, you wish you´d have some literature references to underline your point. Please click to enlarge the...
View ArticleEEXCESS partner of 2nd Science 2.0 Conference
As in 2014, we are again supporting the Science 2.0 Conference from March 25th to 26th in Hamburg. Organized by one of our consortium members, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, it brings...
View ArticleVango yourself!
A great example of the possibilities of open cultural resources is the website vangoyourself.com, which allows you to recreate artworks with friends, colleagues or just by yourself and then upload your...
View ArticleEEXCESS at International Science 2.0 Conference
Christin Seifert talking to Timo Borst, both members of the EEXCESS team, at the International Science 2.0 Conference in Hamburg. Foto: Timo Wilke Last week, 145 participants from 10 countries came...
View ArticleFirst Prize in Student Research Competition for Jörg Schlötterer
Jörg Schlötterer at the poster presentation Jörg Schlötterer from the University of Passau won the Student Research Competition at this year´s ACM SAC conference in Salamanca, Spain. Out of 77...
View ArticleDigital Education at the German School in Toulouse
As part of the event series “DST Culture” Christopher Koska visited the German School in Toulouse. On April 2, he held an evening lecture on the topic “Ways to knowledge (in the Web)” and on April 3,...
View ArticleKIM-Portal: The hidden treasures of Baselland (Switzerland)
Presentation of the first EEXCESS prototype to delegates of small cultural institutions at the KIM.Portal launch. In April 2015, after three years of intensive work, the team members of the KIM-Project...
View ArticleGLAM content providers: Why EEXCESS could be a solution for you
The Challenge of Finding the Right Users for your Content If you are working in digital cultural heritage, you probably know the following dilemma: The world wide web is full of carefully curated, high...
View ArticleEEXCESS at Europeana AGM
This week Christin Seifert (Uni Passau) and Werner Bailer (Joanneum Research) from the EEXCESS consortium travelled to Amsterdam to join the Europeana Network Association´s Annual General Meeting. The...
View ArticleHacking for Culture and Science – the 1st EEXCESS hackathon
The first EEXCESS hackathon took place in conjunction with the i-KNOW Conference at Graz in October 2015. Nine young developers joined the EEXCESS team in its mission to take the content to the user....
View ArticleInvitation to the EEXCESS Final Conference
For the past three years, researchers from the ten EEXCESS partner institutions have looked into new ways to bring cultural and academic content to the user on the web. The goal is to not make the user...
View ArticleTrends and Challenges in Science and Culture 2.0
Next week, the EEXCESS Final Conference takes place in Cologne. We have asked our invited speakers, what they think about future trends and challenges for science and digital cultural heritage on the...
View ArticleNew Version of EEXCESS Chrome Extension released
Right on time for the EEXCESS Final Conference next week, we have released new features for the EEXCESS “flagship” application, the Chrome extension. Here´s what´s new: First of all, we were able to...
View ArticleVango yourself!
A great example of the possibilities of open cultural resources is the website vangoyourself.com, which allows you to recreate artworks with friends, colleagues or just by yourself and then upload your...
View ArticleEEXCESS Final Conference: Wrap Up
Last week, the EEXCESS Final Conference took place in Cologne, within the frame of the International Science 2.0 Conference. In the Opening, project ccordinator Prof. Michael Granitzer presented the...
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