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CFP: 2026 Virtual DLF Forum: Registration Open, Program Released, Keynote Announced, Digital Storytelling Fellows Application Open

Editors’ Summary: Registration is now officially open for the virtual 2026 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum, taking place online from October 14–15, 2026. Serving as a dynamic and collaborative space for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) practitioners and knowledge workers, the Forum connects professionals to share innovative ideas, sustain critical initiatives, and build intentional […]

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CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: MetaHeritage Pitching Showcase

Editors’ Summary: MetaHeritage is inviting innovators worldwide to apply for its Pitching Showcase: Call for Investment Ideas in Digital Heritage, Immersive Technologies and Cultural Tourism. This initiative aims to highlight promising solutions at the intersection of culture and technology, boosting their visibility and connecting them with European investors and stakeholders. The call welcomes projects leveraging […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Roundtable Recap: How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI?

Editors’ Summary: This roundtable, hosted by Open Knowledge Foundation in collaboration with the Association for the Advancement of Social Sciences in Guatemala, fills a key gap in digital archives by focusing on how archives and museums in the Global South or regions experiencing political or social instability can effectively engage with digital or AI tools […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: When a Monument Talks: A Groundbreaking Digital Revival of Saint Neophytos From Digital Twin to Memory Twin in Cyprus

This upcoming project in Cyprus uses 3D technology to recreate the Enkleistra of Saint Neophytos and the figure of Saint Neophytos. By extending the idea of a “digital twin” to a “memory twin,” this project will provide important insight on how we should not view digitization as just a way of copying what’s in reality […]

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CFP: FILE – Electronic Language International Festival 2026

FILE – Electronic Language International Festival is now accepting project submissions and invites artists, researchers, creators, and developers to participate in its next edition. An international reference in the fields of art, technology, and innovation, FILE will take place in São Paulo from August 18 to October 11, 2026 at the FIESP Cultural Center, bringing […]

Announcements, News

Event Announcement: Webinar on the state of 3D Digitisation in Cultural Heritage

Organized by Heritage Malta and the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology, the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage: Methodologies, Technologies & Best Practices webinar is dedicated to presenting the results of a groundbreaking global survey carried out in the context of Heritalise project to exame the current state of the […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Report on the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) “Intensive ENCODE: Digital Competences in Ancient Writing Cultures”

Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence is revealing itself as an essential tool for many tasks pertaining to any kind of field. When it comes to historical studies, AI might be trained for the purpose of automatic recognition of texts. Pursuing such a goal, Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello applied Deep Learning-based methodologies to papyri. In the D-scribes project she worked […]

News, Reports

Report: Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon

On 9th May 2025, Wikimedia UK proudly collaborated with WMLGBT+ and the National Library of Wales on a Trans + History Week Edit-a-thon hosted by Cardiff Central Library. The aim was to celebrate the contributions of Trans people here in Wales by improving the coverage of notable Trans people and events on different Wikipedia projects. […]

Reports

Report: A Novel Approach To Novels That Shaped Our World!

It is wonderful to be collaborating with Leeds Libraries on their online Games Jam this month, which is encouraging people to create playful interactive adaptations of books in the BBC’s Novels that Shaped Our World list. In my experience game jams are a brilliant way of bringing historic and literary digital library and archive collections […]