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Thank you. Introducing Europeana. Name. Regine Stein (on behalf of Gordon McKenna) – on behalf of Europeana –. EVA Moscow 29 November 2011. Background. The political vision.

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  1. Thank you Introducing Europeana Name • Regine Stein (on behalf of Gordon McKenna) • – on behalf of Europeana – EVA Moscow 29 November 2011

  2. Background

  3. The political vision ‘Digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material are essential to highlight cultural and scientific heritage, to inspire the creation of new content and to encourage new online services to emerge. They help to democratise access to culture and knowledge and to develop the information society and the knowledge-based economy.’ European Council of Ministers, 20 November 2008

  4. Overview of Europeana • A portal that integrates the digitised holdings of Europe’s libraries, archives, museums and audiovisual collections • Prototype launched in November 2008 with 2 million items • Currently gives access to 20 million items • 1,500 content providers • Interface in 29 languages • Funded mainly by the European Commission

  5. Stakeholder collaboration at the top level Europeana Foundation’s Board of Participants: • ACE: Association Cinémathèques Européennes • CENL: Conference of European National Librarians • CERL: Consortium of European Research Libraries • EMF: European Museum Forum • EURBICA: European Regional Branch of the Int Council on Archives • FIAT: International Federation of Television Archives • IASA: International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives • ICOM Europe: International Council of Museums, Europe • LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche • MICHAEL: Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe

  6. Aggregation structure Domain Aggregators Country Aggregators Museums National Aggregators Museums, libraries & archives Regional Aggregators Archives Dark Aggregators Libraries Film Archives Sound Archives Museums, libraries & archives Museums, libraries & archives

  7. “All public domain masterpieces should be brought into Europeana” “the reference point for European culture online” “Metadata should be widely and freely available for re- use” “Public funding for digitisation should be conditional on free accessibility through Europeana” “Public Domain material should be freely available for all”

  8. AGGREGATE Build the trusted source for cultural heritage Sourcecontent Expand the network Improvedataquality

  9. Build the trusted source for cultural heritage • Extend the network of aggregators • - support national aggregation initiatives • Improve the quality of the metadata • - persistent identifiers; rights information • Represent the diversity of our cultural heritage • - 20 million items from 30 countries • 14 million images • 6 million texts • 300,000 sounds • 150,000 videos

  10. FACILITATE Support the cultural heritagesector through knowledge transfer, innovation & advocacy Share knowledge Strengthen advocacy Foster R&D

  11. Support the sector through knowledge transfer, innovation and advocacy • Share knowledge among heritage professionals • - training resources; workshops; conferences • Foster R&D • - promote open source; prototype apps; Linked Open Data pilot • Strengthen Europeana’s advocacy role • - defend the public domain; educate on appropriate re-use; support rights’ harmonisation and access to orphan works

  12. DISTRIBUTE Make heritage available wherever users are whenever they want it Develop partnerships Upgrade portal Put content in users’ workflow

  13. Make their heritage available to users wherever they are, wherever they want it • Upgrade the Europeana portal • - new interface released in October 2011 • Put content in the users’ workflow • - Open Search API and widget • Develop partnerships to deliver content in new ways • - Wikipedia; cultural tourism services; educational providers

  14. ENGAGE Cultivate new ways for users to participate in their cultural heritage Extend social media presence Enhance users’ experience Broker new user / curator relationships

  15. Cultivate new ways for users to participate in their cultural heritage • Enhance the user experience • - virtual exhibitions, interactive video • Extend our use of social media • - Wiki loves monuments • Broker a new relationship between curators, content and users • - The First World War in Everyday Documents • - Wikipedia; cultural tourism services; educational providers

  16. Looking to the future

  17. Major issues • Cost of digitising a critical mass of material • - Commission’s Recommendation; private sector partnerships • 20th Century Black Hole • - ARROW; Directive on Orphan Works • Sustainable funding • - Connecting Europe Facility

  18. Thank you Thank you Name Regine Stein e-mail r.stein@fotomarburg.de

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