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DELOS NoE. DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries Vittor e Casarosa CNR-IEI, Pisa, Italy. DELOS NoE - Objectives. Contribute towards improving effectiveness of European research in this important area
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DELOS NoE DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries Vittore Casarosa CNR-IEI, Pisa, Italy
DELOS NoE - Objectives • Contribute towards improving effectiveness of European research in this important area • Provide forum where researchers, practitioners, representatives of interested applications and industries can exchange ideas and experiences • Co-operate with on-going standardisation activities in relevant fields for the DL domain • Facilitate take-up of DL technologies in all interested application communities • Improve international cooperation in DL research areas
NoE Activity Organisation • The Network activities are organised in a set of Forums: • Research Forum • Evaluation Forum • Standardisation Forum • Training and Knowledge/Technology Transfer Forum • International Co-operation Forum
Digital Library Research Forum Objectives: • to stimulate and co-ordinate actions aiming at the advancement of research in the DL domain • to improve scientific collaboration between European and worldwide research teams working in this area Actions: • Thematic Workshop Series • European Conference on Digital Libraries Series • Brainstorming Workshops • DELOS-NSF Joint Working Groups
Research ForumThematic Workshops Series • “Information Seeking, Searching, and Querying in Digital Libraries”, Zurich,11-12 Dec. 2000 • “Personalization andRecommendation Systems in Digital Libraries”, Dublin, 18-20 June 2001 • “Interoperability in Digital Libraries”, Darmstadt, 8-9 September 2001 • “Evaluation of DLs: Testbeds, Measurements, and Metrics”, Budapest, 6-7 June 2002 • “DLs:Users and User Behaviour” (proposed) • “Non-Traditional Data In Digital Libraries” (proposed) • “Agents and Roles in Digital Libraries” (proposed)
Research ForumEuropean Conference onDL European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2000” Lisbon, 18-20 September 2000 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2001” Darmstadt,5-7 September 2001 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2002” Rome, 18-20 September 2002 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2003” Trondheim, 17-22 August 2003 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2004” UK, September 2004
Research ForumBrainstorming Workshops • “Digital Libraries: Future Research Directions for aEuropean Research Programme”, 13-15 June2001, San Cassiano - Alta Badia (Dolomites), Italy • “Digital Libraries: Main Research Themes for a Network of Excellence under FP6”, October, Pisa (proposed)
Research ForumDELOS/NSF Joint Working Groups • Digital Imaging for Significant Cultural and Historical Materials • Spoken-Word Digital Audio Collections • Information Extraction from Digital Libraries • Personalization and Recommender Systems in Digital Libraries • Emerging Language Technologies andRediscovery of the Past • Preservation and Archiving • Evaluation and Test Suites • Agents in Digital Libraries
Digital Library Evaluation Forum Objectives: • to accelerate and enhance research into digital libraries • to provide appropriate testbeds for evaluating research in the DL domain Actions: • Digital Library Test Suite • Cross-Language Evaluation • Evaluation of Cross-Language Spoken Document Retrieval System (feasibility study)
Evaluation ForumTest Suite • A DL Test Suite WG has been set-up • Description scheme for digital collections • Survey on existing DL test collections • Building of a metalibrary of DL test collections • Further development of the metalibrary of DL test collections • Evaluation of XML document retrieval
Evaluation ForumCross-Language Evaluation • CLEF 2001Evaluation Campaign (January - August 2001) • Multilingual information retrieval (5 languages) • Bilingual information retrieval • Monolingual information retrieval • Mono- and bilingual domain-specific system evaluation • Interactive system evaluation (experimental track) • CLEF 2001 Workshop • Cross-Language Retrieval andEvaluation, Darmstadt, 3-4 September 2001 • CLEF now established as an independent activity separately funded by the European Commission • CLEF 2002 Workshop in connection with ECDL 2002
Digital Library Standardisation Forum Objectives: • to contribute to the definition of relevant standards by studying topics considered mature for standardisation • to follow standardisation activities in the DL domain carried out by international bodies and working groups Actions: • to set-up and operate a number of Working Groups
StandardisationForumWorking Groups Two WGs have been set up • Registries • Ontology Harmonization
Digital Library Training and Technology Transfer Forum Objectives: • to train young researchers in DL technologies • to speed up the take-up process of new DL technologies Actions: • International Summer School Series • Specific Technology Transfer Actions
Training and TT ForumInternational Summer School Series • FirstInternational Summer Schoolon Digital LibraryTechnologies (ISDL01), Pisa, 9-13 July 2001,“Fundamentals in Digital Libraries Technologies” • Second International Summer Schoolon Digital LibraryTechnologies (ISDL02), Pisa, 8-12 July 2002, “Digital Libraries in Applications”
Training and TT ForumSpecific TT actions • Tutorial at EVA 2001 Conference, Moscow • Tutorial at IFLA 2001 Conference on“Multilingual Information Access”, Boston, 25 August 2001 • Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2001 Conference on“Audio-visual Metadata Models and Editors”, London, 23 September 2001 • Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2002 Conference, Antalya, 16 October 2002 (planned)
Training and TT ForumSpecific TT actions Involve the local DL communities to organizeNational events • Italy, Rome, October 31, 2001 • Digital Libraries: Research and Development in Italy • Greece, Corfu, June 21, 2002 • Developing Digital Libraries • Portugal • Austria • Germany
Digital Library International Co-operation Forum Objectives: • To enhance the collaborative links between the EU DL projects • to establish collaborative links with other non-EU DL research communities Actions: • DL All Projects Workshop Series • International Workshop Series
InternationalCo-operation ForumDL All Projects Workshops Series • DL-EU All projects meeting, Luxembourg, February 7-8, 2001 • Harmonization Meeting on “Digital Libraries National Initiatives and EC Actions: The Need for Harmonization”, Brussels, May 11, 2001 • NSF-EU DL All project Meeting, Rome, March 25-26, 2002
InternationalCo-operation ForumInternational Workshops • DELOS - Russian DL Community Workshop, Moscow, June 7-9, 2001(Jointly sponsored by DELOS, RAS, IITE-UNESCO) • DELOS - non-EU Mediterranean DL Communities Workshop, Ifrane (Morocco), November 8-9, 2001(Jointly sponsored by DELOS, Al Akhawayn University)
InternationalCo-operation ForumInternational Workshops • DELOS - Eastern European DL Communities Workshop (proposed) • A proposal aiming at extending the achievements and activities of DELOS to the Eastern European countries has been approved by the European Commission and its formalization is under way
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