Creating Content Together practicalities and partnerships JISC

Creating Content Together practicalities and partnerships JISC / CNI Conference 26 June 2002 David Dawson, Senior ICT Adviser People’s Network Development Team

Agenda • • Resource in the UK Europe International

Resource • Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries • strategic leadership, advocacy and advice • enable museums, archives and libraries to touch people’s lives • inspire imagination, learning and creativity • funded by Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Challenge Funds • IT Challenge Fund • 11 projects • Designation Challenge Fund • continuing funding for long-term projects emphasis on wider access to collections • evaluation reports • http: //www. peoplesnetwork. gov. uk/content/itcf. asp

Future development. . . • Complete all remaining museums • Building on links with the 24 Hour Museum • already links dynamically to the 24 HM record • Z 39. 50 enabling 24 Hour Museum and 3 museum databases as a pilot • displaying Cornucopia collections descriptions as part of 24 Hour Museum records • Interoperable data • XML, OAI and / or Z 39. 50 • Archaeology Data Service, National Biodiversity Network

The UK

NOF-digitise programme • on-line material to support and encourage lifelong learning for all • 400 learning packages • over 1 million digital objects • support government strategy for social inclusion • enable those not part of formal education benefit from information age • cultural enrichment • citizenship • re-skilling the nation

Creating a Portal • web-based cataloguing tool • projects • learning resources • databases • projects enter and maintain their own data • considering OAI harvesting

• what will it be like? • access to arts and culture through digital media • museums, libraries, archives, film, broadcasters, heritage, visual arts, performing arts, digital arts, new media. . . • curriculum enhancement and life-long learning • interactive programmes to engage learners • webcasts, online workshops, themed delivery • user driven - story-led • £ 13 m funding now announced

Broadband • Government objective - UK to be top of G 7 for broadband connectivity by 2005 • e-Envoy’s Office tasked to make it happen • market developments • public sector procurement • content • focus moving from wires to content. . .

Forum for Network Co-ordination • Joint activity with JISC • Supported by Df. ES and DCMS • exploring ideas • strategic co-ordination of policy and funding initiatives • technical standards • initiative and resource mapping regional broadbands, BECTa, Cabinet Office, Df. EE, NHS, Post Office, Countryside Agency, Digital Scotland, Welsh Assembly, DETR, BBC, DTI etc • e-Europe and International collaboration

Europe

e. Europe Action Plan • Feira Summit, June 2000 • Objective 3 D. e. Content – “European digital content for global networks” • 56. Launch a programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote the linguistic diversity in the information society, including action to support exploitation of public sector information • 57. Create a co-ordination mechanism for digitisation programmes across Member States

Lund Principles • Issues to be addressed. . . • • fragmented approach digital preservation IPR lack of synergy between cultural and new technology programmes • institutional commitment http: //www. cordis. lu/ist/ka 3/digicult/en/eeurope. html

Lund Action Plan • create a forum • develop a European view of policies and programmes • benchmarking • promoting good practice • accelerating skills development • set up national inventories

e. Europe • National Representatives Group • representation from each Member State • • BE Isabelle Dujacquier & An Knaeps DE Monika Hagedorn-Saupe FI Minna Karvoren FR Philippe Avenier IT Rosella Caffo UK David Dawson and the other Member States too. . .

Benchmarking

MINERVA Project • To take forward this work • • • Benchmarking Inventories of projects Interoperability Quality Frameworks Identification of good practice Strategic impact and enlargement • IT, BE, ES, FR, FI, SW, UK

MINERVA Project WP 4 • Interoperability • framework for an information environment • mandatory standards • conformance testing • metadata • authentication • IPR issues

Europe and Culture Portal • launched 18 th March • cultural cooperation, regulations, funding for culture and international relations www. europa. ei. int/comm/culture

6 th Framework • Next generation of EU funding • large-scale Networks of Excellence • Expression of Interest submitted 7 June • • • support of all Culture Ministries creation of an information environment IPR digital preservation etc etc • funding calls begin end 2002

e. Europe Action Plan 2005 • Adopted 28 May 2002 • interesting targets and actions • • culture and tourism e-learning multi-platform content broadband • for museums, libraries and archives … • http: //europa. eu. int/information_society/eeurope

Level 7 • International Seminar on National Digital Cultural Content Creation Strategies • commitment to begin working together • co-ordinated by UKOLN, CIMI & Resource • involved UK, EU, Canada, New Zealand, US • follow-up meeting in Washington • AU, BE, CA, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, TW, UK, US • Article: • Standing on the Shoulders of Giants • http: //www. cultivate-int. org/issue 5/giants/

Best practice

Washington outcomes • Lots of common issues • OAI • broadband • e-learning • Focus on user-research • forthcoming article • http: //www. cultivate-int. org/issue 7

contact details david. dawson@resource. gov. uk www. resource. gov. uk