ABOUT THIS BLOG
Originally this blog started as source of information about The European Library
It was produced by one it’s employees, Fleur [hence the TELL Fleur]… yes, that’s me 
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Co-experiencing the rise of Europeana, the focus of the blog became wider, addressing topics related to the theme of ‘digital libraries’
Having closed the blog a couple of months (following a career change, moving from The European Library / Europeana Office to SDU Publishers) it’s time for a re-start, and a re-positioning.
Starting September 2009 the blog will focus on Online Publishing Initiatives (OPI), both from the public sector as from commercial publishers, and other organisations.
As always – ideas, suggestions, comments… all is welcome…
Kind regards,
August 12, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Confused. Is this the same thing as the European digital library?
August 12, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Yeah, these titles are confusing..
To answer your question: No, but…
The European Library is a service of CENL – Conference of European National Librarians. It gives access to resources of national libraries.
The European digital library does not exist yet. It is an initiative of the European Commission (check ‘media’ in the tag cloud). It will give access not only to library resources, but also to museums, archives, and other cultural institutions.
But…The European Library is the organisational ground for the European digital library. (will post some more about this in the future…)
August 23, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Can you please configure your blog to show the recent posts at the start page http://telfleur.wordpress.com/ instead of this page? Thanks!
August 24, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Thanks Jakob – I changed it…
January 31, 2008 at 11:54 am
Dear Fleur,
I found you referred to as “Marketing Manager The European Library” and want to relate to the EDL’s marketing. I find it quite annoying that I end up at http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/browserSupport.html anytime I try to access the EDL. For several reasons I find this policy unacceptable, the most obvious one being the exclusions of handicapped users. I see no reason why any website should force me to use any particular browser. If there are problems with some browsers, this should be up to the user to deal with.
Furthermore, the exclusion policy seems to be based upon some arbitrary decision, not the actual performance of the browsers: I can browse most of the site using safari, if I fake my user agent. Where problems occur it might be related to the browser or to the errors on the web page (see e.g. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theeuropeanlibrary.org%2Fportal%2Fcollections_subjects.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0)
Personally I find the heavy reliance on javascript throughout counterproductive, since it will turn people away who are critical about security issues.
Greetings
Thomas
February 4, 2008 at 11:42 am
Dear Thomas,
This is an important topic. Many thanks for bringing it up.
Yes, you are absolutely right. For this reason we have decided that our next releases need to reduce the Javascript dependency. As a result The European Library will become browser-independent in the nearby future.
Last but not least: Please mind that The European Library and EDL (now called Europeana) are not the same thing. Please check my most recent posts for more information.
Again – many thanks. Please don’t hesitate to contact me again if you have any further comments or questions.
Kind regards,
Fleur
September 19, 2008 at 5:31 am
Dear Fleur,
The Internet has transformed how we communicate with the public, but there are still many challenges in making information easy to find. Since you cover usability in TELL Fleur, I thought you might be interested in a study that my nonprofit published this summer about how people find information online. The study covers three groups: non-profit organizations and cities; web designers and firms; and the general public.
The study was fascinating on a number of levels, and I invite you to read the executive summary or download a PDF of the findings at http://www.idea.org/find-information.html .
The survey results sparked ideas about tools we could provide that might make finding information online easier. This fall, we will start beta testing a cool new new navigational tool. I don’t have your email, so if you are interested, you can sign up for our beta here: http://www.spicynodes.org/ or to stay abreast of our (very) occasional new projects, you can get our newsletter here: http://www.idea.org/newsletter.html
Thanks,
Michael
March 24, 2009 at 10:34 am
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March 29, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I love your site. Keep it up !