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Europeana launched a new project in Berlin yesterday which aims to collect memorabilia about the First World War from members of the public in Germany.

A revised call for papers for VAST 2011 is open until 5th June following the decision to relocate the conference from Alexandria to Prato in northern Italy.

The March newsletter of the European Heritage network is now available

Europeana is running a user-generated content project in Germany to collect people's letters, memorabilia and stories about the First World War.

This is the first call for papers for the sixth SEEDI Conference on digitization of cultural and scientific heritage in south-eastern European countries. The conference is organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian State Archives, and Museum Documentation Centre and will be held in Zagreb from May 18th till May 20th, 2011.

Work has begun on Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe (DigCurV), a new project funded by the European Commission's Leonardo da Vinci programme to establish a framework for vocational education and training in digital curation which was launched in January.

Liam Wyatt, keynote Wikipedian at the Open Culture 2010 conference, is researching the participation of experts in Wikipedia.

Europeana has just published its Strategic Plan 2011-2015 online.

European Commission Digital Agenda: "Comité des Sages" calls for a "New Renaissance" by bringing Europe's cultural heritage online and for recognition of Europeana's role as a central point of access.

The German National Library, Oxford University and Europeana have signed an agreement to digitise family papers and memorabilia from the First World War in order to create an online archive about the people involved in the conflict.