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The European Library: future role and services to the research library community. Louise Edwards. www.theeuropeanlibrary.org. Overview. What is The European Library? What services does The European Library offer? Why not consider joining us?. What is The European Library?.
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The European Library: future role and services to the research library community Louise Edwards www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
Overview What is The European Library? What services does The European Library offer? Why not consider joining us?
What is The European Library? Project started 1996, full operational service from 2005 Membership of national and research libraries of 47 Council of Europe states Owned and managed by member libraries
Our mission The European Library is the leading open data hub that collects, enriches and innovates with libraries’ data for the widest possible dissemination
What does The European Library offer? Large-scale aggregation Infrastructure Experienced European project partner Data enrichment Linked open data Data and digital content of Europe’s libraries Data distribution
Creating a very large dataset • Over 200 million bibliographic records • 100s of collection descriptions • 22.5 million digitised objects • Millions of digitised text pages
Enriching and linking data • VIAF • Geonames • ISNI • ISTC • Wikipedia • Subject headings (LCSH, Rameau, GWD)
Libraries aggregator for Europeana Data providers: libraries, museums, archives and audio-visual archives 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 Aggregators (domain, national, etc.) 11 13 12 Service providers
Libraries and Europe’s grand challenges http://oceanliteracy.wp2oexploration.org/files/2013/04/ocean_lit_brochure_icon1.jpg
Why not join us? Very low entry fees Fees based on economic and library indicators Open to libraries in all 47 Council of Europe states Discounts for consortia
Thank you! For further information: info@theeuropeanlibrary.org Louise.edwards@theeuropeanlibrary.org www.theeuropeanlibrary.org