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APENet and EUROPEANA: Digitization Issues in the European Context RAMS Zadar, 2013

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APENet and EUROPEANA: Digitization Issues in the

European Context

RAMS Zadar, 2013

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Archives in digital world

- majority of currently existing activities in archives aim to meet challenges facing archives as a result of the ongoing changes in society, economy and technology

- this is why majority of projects encompass implementation of professional standards and practical technical solutions, as well as their integration and interoperability.

- contemporary trends and initiatives regarding archival cooperation in Europe – interoperability, networking integration, sharing resources, implementation of standards

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Archives in digital world

- establishing a network and setting a framework for archival cooperation in Europe builds the basis for creating high-quality digital content that will be integrated into portals such as APEnet or Europeana

- activities: digitizing and indexing, integrating digital content into existing national and supranational portals, creating online access to Euopean written heritage, developing standards for indexing archival collections,…

- issues concerning digitalization in archives mostly refer to technical problems, choosing records for digitization, its organization and presentation, as well as availability

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EU Archival Policy

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APENet Project

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APENet Project

- first objective was to build an „Internet Gateway for Documents and Archives in Europe” as a common access point to European archival descriptions and digital collections

- In February 2012 it offered: more than 14,5 milion descriptive units availble, more than 2 million of them providing further link to digital documents, cca. 64 millions digitized documents, information on archival institutions and many more …

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APEx – the Archives Portal Europe network of excellence

– framework for European archives to collaborate for wider and enhanced accessibility of their content on the web

-it continues the work of the APEnet project (2009–2012) in which 19 European national archives and Europeana established and released the Archives Portal Europe-with the continued expansion and enhancement of the APE– in terms of participating countries and institutions, plus available content and services – APEx will contribute to the development of a coherent digital infrastructure which opens up the portal to our common cultural heritage of archives, equally accessible for citizens, researchers, businesses and governments alike

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APEx Project

• APEx is structured into 8 Work Packages:

WP1. Project Management

WP2. Europeana Interoperability

WP3. InfrastructureDevelopment & Hosting

WP4. Standards & Guidelines

WP5. Tools & Support

WP6. Usability & Web 2.0

WP7. Dissemination & Training

WP8. Sustainability

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• the Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from different European countries as well as information on archival institutions throughout the continent.

• the main goal is to meet users' expectations by providing seamless access to various archival resources held throughout Europe

• to achieve this, the project team developed a common European EAD-XML schema, that will act as a pivotal format additionally enabling the Archives Portal Europe to deliver standardised data to Europeana 

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Data retrival

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APE Search Facilities

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APE Search Facilities

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Archival content at APE

• Archival landscape - Directory

• Finding aids

• Holdings guides

• Source guides

• Digitized documents

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana

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Archival material in Europeana