Cultivate Interactive Issue 2: Features
DIGICULT Projects:
- BRAVA: Jean-Hugues Chenot of the
Institut national de l'Audiovisuel, presents the BRAVA project: Broadcast Restoration
of Archives through Video Analysis.
- CULTIVATE: Klaus Reinhardt
reports on the establishment of the CULTIVATE network in the field of cultural heritage applications under the
5th Framework Programme (IST Programme).
- TOURBOT: Panos E. Trahanias
introduces the TOURBOT Project which aims at developing alternative ways
for interactive museum tele-presence, employing the novel approach of site viewing
through the ‘eyes’ of robotic avatars.
- VAKHUM: Serge Van Sint Jan
gives us a behind the scenes look at the new source of data on human kinematics created
by the VAKHUM Project.
Other Areas:
- Perseus Digital Library: Gregory Crane,
Brian Fuchs, Amy C. Smith and Clifford E. Wulfman
discuss the symbiosis between content and technology in the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virtual Exhibitions: Cèsar Carreras Monfort
introduces the Group Òliba and explains how they are attempting to extend museum potential.
- Public Netbase t0: Public Netbase t0, creators of World-Information.Org, are one of Europe's
most respected media-culture institutions. Martin Wassermair talks about its
international Success and recent struggles with Austria's new right-wing government.
- Networked Museums In The Learning Age: David Anderson,
Director of Learning and Visitor Services at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, talks about how museums
can contribute to the Learning Age.
- The Soldiers are in the Coffee: Cultivate Interactive
gives an general introduction to Machine Translation that includes a look at the European Union's
Perspective.
- Machine Translation: Alastair Lindsay
of Worldlingo.com explains how you can use MT as part of your Internet strategy.
- Cultural Heritage Networking in Russia: Dmitriy Luchkin,
describes the Russian Cultural Heritage Network (RCHN) and explains why the setting up of such a network was imperitive.
- Museums in the Digital Space: Head of Collections Management for the Science Museum, Suzanne Keene,
reflects on current political, economic, social, technical and organisational trends shaping
the UK digital cultural space.
- Intellectual Property Rights: In a follow up article on the IPR Helpdesk Alexander Weir
considers the achievements of two years of operation and reflects on the new
community patent regulation.
- Www.European-Heritage.Net: Daniel Thérond introduces the European information network on
cultural heritage policies (HEREIN project).
- Www.European-Heritage.Net: Daniel Thérond présente le réseau européen
d’information sur les politiques du patrimoine culturel (projet HEREIN).
- The Information Society Programme in Greece: Theodora Stathoulia looks at
the Information Society Programme in Greece between 2000 and 2006, and considers the role libraries will play in it.
Date of Page: 16 October 2000
