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Facilitating Access and Reuse of Research Materials:
the Case of The European Library
Nuno FreireThe European Library
RESAW SeminarDecember 2013
Presentation outline
• Introduction of The European Library
• Its role within research infrastructures and virtual research environments
• Possible contributions for RESAW
Introduction of The European Library
The European Library The European Library provides access to research
materials from of Europe’s national and research libraries• Its most visible service
is the portal
www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
The European Library - Council of Europe
representation
The European Library
Provision of services based on exploiting the centralization of pan-European bibliographic data and digital content• A portal and an API• Promoting the re-use of these digital
resources in many contexts • Library domain aggregator for Europeana
• Mediator of cultural heritage resources in research projects/contexts
The European Library’s role within research infrastructures and virtual research environments
Projects in Research Contexts
CENDARICollaborative European Digital Archive Infrastructure • Started in 2012• Running for 5 years
Europena Cloud• Project coordinated by The European Library• Started in February 2013• Running for 3 years
Project CENDARI
Will provide access to existing archives and resources in Europe for the study of medieval and modern European history
The challenges for CENDARI• Hidden Collections (Archives and Libraries)• Methodologies (Historians)• Enquiry Environment (e-Scientists)• Connectivity (Project Management)• Understanding of Humanities Research Infrastructure
(Environment)
Project CENDARI
The project is providing Virtual Research Environments for the study of Medieval Manuscripts and World War I• Main contributions from The European Library
• Expertise on ontologies and data aggregation– in library domain data– in the Europeana Data Model
• Resource identification, location and curation for the VRE
– from the library domain – from the wider Europeana context
Project Europeana Cloud
This project builds up on the Europeana infrastructure to make cultural heritage materials available for research
It will setup a research infrastructure providing discovery services and tools:• A cloud infrastructure for data and contents• The licensing framework for reuse of content• A new research platform: Europeana Research
The project will analyse how academic users work with data and how they perceive the value of the content in Europeana• Will be the basis of the content strategy of Europeana Research • Will provide understanding of scholarly workflows to be supported
To be carried out jointly with:• DARIAH - Network of arts and humanities researchers• CESSDA - Council of European Social Science Data Archives
Project Europeana CloudA new research platform: Europeana Research
Possible contributions for RESAW
Possible contributions for RESAW
Currently, The European Library does not have any ongoing activity addressing web archives
Several of the European Web Archives are maintained by its members
• Can reach many European Web Archives maintained by National and Research Libraries
Possible contributions for RESAW
Dissemintation and Comunication• Within libraries’ web archiving activities• Reaching web archives users
Technical and Operations• Data and resource aggregation expertise• Resource identification, standardization and selection
Organizational and Legal• The European Library is a established organization with a
sustainable business model• Has in place a data licencing framework and active discussion
groups for licensing issues
