Seminário Internacional sobre Digitalização: Experiência e Tecnologia Peter Dowdell - UKOLN

1. NOF-digitise and EnrichUK http://www.enrichuk.net Seminário Internacional sobre Digitalização:Experiência e Tecnologia Peter Dowdell - UKOLN 11th May, 2004

2. The NOF-digitise programme • £50 million (€75m) allocated for digitisation projects • Funded from National Lottery proceeds • Some 150 awards granted • Programme started 2001 • All project development complete end 2004 • Funding to 2007

3. Programme partners • The New Opportunities Fund • In partnership with: • UKOLN (University of Bath) • AHDS (King College, London) • MLA (formerly Resource) • Becta

4. Management structure Peoples Network MLA NOF Compliance checks Technical Standards Advice Compliance Arbitration Becta Technical Advisory Service UKOLN / AHDS Quarterly / Final reports Case Manager contact PROJECTS PROJECTS Technical Queries TAS website Compliance arbitration PROJECTS PROJECTS

5. Technical Advisory Service • Run by UKOLN in partnership with AHDS • Provides email and telephone support to projects and other interested parties • Provides site visits and consultation • Publishes information papers and a FAQ list • Provides technical advice to NOF • Supports the compliance checking process • Maintains Email lists to programme community • http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/

6. NOF-digitise Technical Standards and Guidelines • Developed by UKOLN in wide consultation with Higher Education and Industry • Regularly revised during span of programme – 5 versions issued • “Lifecycle” philosophy • Forms backbone of compliance process • “must”, “should” and “may” grammar • Location:http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/content/technical.asp

7. Compliance monitoring • As part of terms of the grant, projects were required to comply with the Technical Standards and Guidelines • Compliance checking service provided by Becta and problems referred to TAS for advice and arbitration

8. Compliance monitoring (2) • HTML validation • WAI level A validation • Javascript • Plug-ins • Proprietary file formats – PDF, DOC etc • Alternative text • Security provisions • Metadata structure

9. Project Examples • Very broad range of subject material • From very local to international scope • Wide representation from UK regions • Museums / Archives / Galleries • “Sense of Place” • Community-based projects • Learning material

10. Arkive

11. AmBaile

12. Somerset Time Line

13. SeamlessUK

14. Digital Shakshipatri

15. EnrichUK – the programme portal

16. EnrichUK – the programme portal • 10 – 20,000 searches per month • One-stop access by browse or search to the entire corpus of material generated by the programme • Currently holds 150 project records and over 300 collection descriptions

17. EnrichUK – the programme portal • A collection description registry • Based on RSLP and Dublin Core metadata fields • Includes private project interface for adding records to system • Administration panel for site admins

18. EnrichUK - service checking • NOF required an automated method to check projects remain up on the Web during the full funding period => 2007 • System makes an HTTP request to project and collection URL • Response recorded in database • Report created and emailed at configurable intervals

19. Good Practice Guide • Aimed at project managers of digitisation projects • Encapsulate good practice learnt from the NOF-digi programme • Build on Minerva Good Practice Guide • Publication during July 2004

20. Links • NOF www.nof.org.uk • EnrichUK www.enrichuk.net • UKOLN www.ukoln.ac.uk • MLA www.mla.gov.uk • Peoples Network www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk • AHDS www.ahds.ac.uk • Becta www.becta.org.uk

21. Contacts • Peter Dowdell • UKOLN technical advisor • Suite 303 • 15-17 Middle Street • Brighton BN1 1AL • e: p.dowdell@ukoln.ac.uk • t: 01273 201 151 • m: 07786 266 440