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Europeana
Introduction & Progress Olaf Janssen
EuropeanaLocal Kick-off 25-27 June 2008, London
Introduction to
Europeana
–
the European digital library
Vision of the EU
‘The European Commission envisages the creation of a European digital library: a unique resource for Europe's distributed cultural heritage, ensuring a common access to millions of great paintings, historical writings, ancient manuscripts, diaries of the known and unknown, personal photos and national documents from Europe's libraries, archives and museums.’
Horst Forster, Director, Digital Content & Cognitive Systems Information Society Directorate, European Commission
'A digital library that is a single, direct and multilingual access point to the European cultural heritage.’European Parliament, 27 September 2007
For the users
it is not important whether the sources of knowledge and experience are kept by archives, libraries or museums,
but to get access to the sources they want,
and to be able to use & re- use these sources across types of sources and sectors of institutions.
Demand, not supply driven
EU Roadmap / milestones
2008: full collaboration among 48 EU national libraries.
2008: access to >= 2 million digital books, films, photographs, manuscripts, and other cultural works - multilingual; searchable and usable;
2010: >= 6 million digital objects; including also - museums & archives- local and private initiatives (EuropeanaLocal)
How are we implementing this EU vision?
Implementing the EU vision
1. EDLnet = cross-domain network across - Museums - Archives - Audio-Visual Archives - Libraries
2. EDL Foundation = legal entity
to sustain and develop Europeana
1.EDLnet
= the cross-domain network
EDL network - purpose
EDLnet: 2-year project funded by the EC for 1.3MEuro
Started Jun 2007Coordinated by Europeana Office @ KB, NL
Aim of EDLnet: Prepare a common & multilingual access point to European cultural heritage
by
1. Consensus building, concertation, collaboration (human & political interoperability)
2. Building user defined Europeana prototype with 2M objects (technical & semantical interoperability)
3. Making recommendations for implementing Europeana (>= 2009)
The aspects of interoperability
Political
&Human
Tech &
Semantic
Users &
usability
Interoperability is connecting people, data and diverse systems.
90 organisationsRepresenting all EU Member States
4 cultural heritage domains (AV-archives, archives, museums, libraries) Research institutions Cross-domain associations National representatives Related Commission-funded projects
More info: http://www.europeana.eu/partners_list.php
EDL network – partners
WP1: Human, Political & Intercommunity InteroperabilityCollaboration, consensus building between libraries, (AV-)archives, museums. Governance, organisational and business model & sustainability for EuropeanaRoadmap for future Europeana portal
More info: http://www.europeana.eu/public_documents/3_FrameworkIssues_WP1_David.ppt
WP2: Technical & Semantic InteroperabilitySet common metadata & access standardsRecommendations for technical interoperability between the 4 domains.Deliver complete technical and functional specifications to build EuropeanaCreate the final prototype in November 2008
More info http://www.europeana.eu//public_documents/4_FrameworkIssues_WP2_Stefan.ppt
EDL network – 4 areas of work (1/2)
WP3: Users and UsabilityWhat do users in the 4 domains want to see in Europeana fed into the design of the functionality and look&feel of the prototypes. Each stage will also be validated by users and their input prioritised Final set of recommendations on users and usability for full Europeana
More info http://www.europeana.eu//public_documents/5_FrameworkIssues_WP3_Philippe.ppt
WP4: Concertation and Disseminationwill build the Europeana brand. establish Europeana among stakeholders as the place to expose their digital content.fix Europeana in the public mind as the web site for European cultural heritageCentral information website – europeana.eu
EDL network – 4 areas of work (2/2)
More info:
http://www.europeana.eu/work_packages.php
2. EDL Foundation
= legal entity to sustain and develop Europeana
EDL Foundations Members commit to Provide access to Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage though a
cross-domain portal
Co-operate in the delivery and sustainability of the joint portal
Stimulate initiatives to bring together existing digital content
Support digitisation of Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage
More info: http://www.europeana.eu/edlnet/edl_foundation/statutes.php
EDL Foundation – statutes
EDL Foundation – membersCurrent members include:
ACE: Association Cinémathèques EuropéennesCENL: Conference of European National LibrariansCERL: Consortium of European Research Libraries EMF: European Museum ForumEURBICA: European Regional Branch of the International Council on ArchivesFIAT: International Federation of Television ArchivesIASA: International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives ICOM Europe: International Council of Museums, EuropeLIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche MICHAEL: Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in EuropeKoninklijke Bibliotheek, the Netherlands: project host
More info: http://www.europeana.eu/edlnet/edl_foundation/board.php
EDL Foundation partner in several current eContentPlus proposals:
EDLlocal - Local & Regional Museums, Libraries, Archives
EPA – Archives
ARROW - Rights Management Libraries & Publishers
ATHENA - Museums
EFG – Film archives
EDL Foundation – project partner
EDL network & Europeana
Work done so far
Work done so far
July 2007 : EDLnet started - Two years duration.
EDL Foundation (=legal entity) set upInitial organisational structure agreedInitial semantic and technical interoperability requirements drawn up Video - www.europeana.eu
Look and feel of prototype determined5 content themes for prototype agreedContent for prototype selectedPrototype 1 previewed + expert feedback given during conference in The Hague on 23-6 (access to >500,000 digital objects)
More info: http://www.europeana.eu/outcomes.php
National Portal
European Film Gateway
AV Collection X
Eurbica National Archive 1
The European Library
National Library 1
Museum X
Archive X
National Archive 2
Film Archive 1
Film Archive 2
Film Archive 3
National Archive 3
Library X
Museum A Archive A Library A
EUScreen
TV 1 TV 2 TV 3
Research Libraries
L 1 L 2 L 3
Museums Aggregator
M1 M2 M3
Organisational structure
National Library 2
National Library 3
EDL network & Europeana
Work ahead until Jun 09
Work ahead until Jun 09 (1/2)
November 2008Public Final Prototype
Direct access to 2 million digitised objectsContent that represents all 4 domainsPan-European coverage Multilingual interface
19/20 November 2008Prototype going Public - Launch by Viviane Reding in Brussels
Work ahead until Jun 09 (2/2)
June 2009 • Final governance, organisational & business model • Final technical & functional specifications • Final recommendations of users for Usability• (Final prototype)
Ready to build the full Europeana site
By 2010Access to >6 million objects
EDL Foundation & Europeana
Work for after Jun 09
Forthcoming projects
‘The Commission is committed to continuing its support for projects that will improve the availability of content from all the different institutions and the quality of services in Europeana’
Projects that will improve the interoperability of digitised collections held by museums, AV collections, archives and libraries
EDL Local European Film GatewayAthena EPA ARROW
eContentplus 2008 submissions
Proposals from the Europeana officeEuropeanaVersion1.0: will launch the full Europeana service (>6M objects by 2010)
EuropeanaConnect: will implement additional functionalities in Europeana
Projects with EDL Foundation support include:
o EuropeanaTravelo EuropeanaMovieso EU Screen
