Europeana Sounds

Project Information

Europeana Sounds

Grant agreement ID: 620591

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2014

End date 31 January 2017

Funded under

• Competitiveness and innovation framework programme (CIP)(2007-2013)

Total cost € 6 141 898,00

EU contribution € 4 913 513,00

Coordinated by

THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD
United Kingdom

Project description

Europeana and creativity ¿ Enriching and improving the Europeana content base

The Europeana Sounds is Europeana's 'missing' fifth domain aggregator, joining APEX (Archives), EUscreen (television), the Europeana Film Gateway (film) and TEL (libraries). It will increase the opportunities for access to and creative re-use of Europeana's audio and audio-related content and will build a sustainable best practice network of stakeholders in the content value chain to aggregate, enrich and share a critical mass of audio that meets the needs of public audiences, the creative industries (notably publishers) and researchers.
The consortium of 24 partners from 12 countries will:
*Double the number of audio items accessible through Europeana to over 1 million and improve geographical and thematic coverage by aggregating items with widespread popular appeal such as contemporary and classical music, traditional and folk music, the natural world, oral memory, and languages and dialects.*Add meaningful contextual knowledge and medium-specific metadata to 2 million items in Europeana's audio and audio-related collections, developing techniques for cross-media and cross-collection linking.*Develop and validate audience-specific sound channels and a distributed crowdsourcing infrastructure for end-users that will improve Europeana's search facility, navigation and user experience. These can then be used for other communities and other media.*Engage music publishers and rights-holders in efforts to make more material accessible online through Europeana by resolving domain constraints and lack of access to commercially unviable (i.e. out-of-commerce) content.
These outcomes will be achieved through a network of leading sound archives working with specialists in audiovisual technology, rights issues and software development. The network will expand to include other content-providers and mainstream distribution platforms (Historypin, Spotify, Soundcloud) to ensure widest possible availability of their content.

Programme(s)

• CIP - Competitiveness and innovation framework programme (CIP)(2007-2013)

Topic(s)

• CIP-ICT-PSP.2013.2.1a - Europeana and creativity – Enriching and improving the Europeana content base

Call for proposal

CIP-ICT-PSP-2013-7
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Funding Scheme

BPN - Best Practice Network

Coordinator

THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD

• EU contribution: € 537 203,00
• Address: 96 EUSTON ROAD ; NW1 2DB London ; United Kingdom
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Camden and City of London
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Richard Ranft (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (23)

OSTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

Austria

• EU contribution: € 115 320,00
• Address: JOSEFSPLATZ 1 ; 1015 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Max Kaiser (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHES MUSEUM WIEN MIT OSTERREICHISCHER MEDIATHEK

Austria

• EU contribution: € 68 278,00
• Address: MARIAHILFER STRASSE 212 ; A-1140 WIEN
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Gabriele Fröschl (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 514 556,00
• Address: GIEFINGGASSE 4 ; 1210 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Felix Schröpfer (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 199 947,00
• Address: MASURENALLEE 8-14 ; 14057 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Bettina Heidkamp-Tchegloff (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

Germany

• EU contribution: € 118 531,00
• Address: ADICKESALLEE 1 ; 60322 Frankfurt
• Region: Hessen › Darmstadt › Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Michael Duchardt (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Klinik Max Planck Institut für Psychiatrie

Germany

• EU contribution: € 104 136,00
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 MUENCHEN
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Paul Lommen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

STATSBIBLIOTEKET

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 159 129,00
• Address: VICTOR ALBECKS VEJ 1 ; 8000 ARHUS C
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Eva Fønss-Jørgensen (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE

France

• EU contribution: € 431 064,00
• Address: QUAI FRANCOIS MAURIAC 11 ; 75013 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Elisabeth FREYRE (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 138 903,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Philippe CAVELIER (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

SYLLOGOS OI FILOI THS MOUSIKHS PUBLIC LEGAL ENTITY UNDER PRIVATE LAW

Greece

• EU contribution: € 73 280,00
• Address: VAS SOFIAS & KOKKALI 1 ; 115 21 ATHINA
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Marianna Anastasiou (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

Greece

• EU contribution: € 298 116,00
• Address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS ; 157 80 ATHINA
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Georgia Merzelou (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVE/TAISCE CHEOL DUCHAIS EIREANN LBG

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 71 955,00
• Address: MERRION SQUARE 73 ; 2 Dublin
• Region: Ireland › Northern and Western › Border
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Nicholas Carolan (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI EIREANN FRIENDLY SOCIETY

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 83 312,00
• Address: BELGRAVE SQUARE 32 ; 1 MONKSTOWN DUBLIN
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Jim McAllister (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NET7 SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: € 157 704,00
• Address: VIA GIOVANI ARCANGELI 4 ; 56124 Pisa
• Region: Centro (IT) › Toscana › Pisa
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Federico Ruberti (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche

Italy

• EU contribution: € 99 956,00
• Address: Viale del Castro Pretorio 105 ; 00185 Rome
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Rosa Caffo (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UAB DIZI

Lithuania

• EU contribution: € 38 334,00
• Address: A. GOSTAUTO 11 ; 01108 VILNIUS
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Juozas Markauskas (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA

Latvia

• EU contribution: € 36 851,00
• Address: MUKUSALAS IELA 3 ; 1048 RIGA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Karina Bandere (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOORBEELD EN GELUID

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 639 193,00
• Address: MEDIA PARKBOULEVARD 1 ; 1200 BB Hilversum
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Het Gooi en Vechtstreek
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Johan Oomen (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING EUROPEANA

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 581 091,00
• Address: PRINS WILLEM ALEXANDERHOF 5 ; 2595 BE Den Haag
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Jill Cousins (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING NEDERLAND KENNISLAND

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 124 283,00
• Address: DE RUIJTERKADE 128 ; 1011AC AMSTERDAM
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Paul Keller (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS E HUMANAS DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 51 999,00
• Address: AVENIDA DE BERNA 26-C ; 1069-061 Lisboa
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Maria Fernanda Rollo (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

SABHAL MOR OSTAIG LIMITED LBG

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 95 317,00
• Address: TEANGUE ; IV44 8RQ ISLE OF SKYE
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Mairead MacDonald (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

HISTORYPIN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 175 055,00
• Address: 71 ST JOHN STREET ; EC1M 4NJ LONDON
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jon Voss (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data