Europeana extending our reach Carlo Meghini CNR

Europeana – extending our reach Carlo Meghini CNR ISTI Pisa 11. konference Archivy, knihovny, muzea v digitálním světě 2/12/2010

Europeana: the vision ‘A digital library that is a single, direct and multilingual access point to the European cultural heritage. ’ European Parliament, 27 September 2007 ‘A unique resource for Europe's distributed cultural heritage… ensuring a common access to Europe's libraries, archives and museums. ’ Horst Forster, Director, Digital Content & Cognitive Systems Information Society Directorate, European Commission NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 2

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Growing political engagement • European Commission funding projects that Since the 1990 s promote interoperability of European information • Google Print’s library partnerships announced December 2004 • Letter from 6 Heads of State to the President of the April 2005 European Commission • Commission launches i 2010, a 5 year digital-led June 2005 strategy for growth and jobs • The Commission’s Directorate for Information Society September 2005 and Media launches Digital Libraries Initiative NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 4

Gaining political momentum • Commission recommendation to Member States to create a European digital library August 2006 • Endorsement by the Council of Culture Ministers representing all the Member States November 2006 • Outcome: • European digital library (EDL) Thematic Network July 2007 to • 18 -month project March 2009 • Funded by the digital libraries initiative under the e. Contentplus call • To create a prototype web portal: Europeana ELDC 2009 2 -12 -2010 5

The Commission’s objectives for Europeana • To create a multilingual public-domain access point to Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage • To use digitised cultural and scientific heritage resources as input for a wide range of information products and services • To play a key role in the future growth of sectors such as learning and tourism • To inspire new creative enterprise and innovation • To promote understanding of our common European background and the sense of a European identity ELDC 2009 2 -12 -2010 6

Achieving political endorsement • European Parliament votes to support a multilingual access point to Europe’s common heritage September 2007 • Commission issues Communication detailing each Members’ progress on the digital libraries initiative August 2008 • Europeana strategy briefing for policy advisors and digital strategists in all Ministries of Culture October 2008 • Council of Culture Ministers meeting publishes Conclusions on the European digital library which express strong political support 20 November 2008 NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 7

Council conclusions, 20 November 2008 ‘ Digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material are essential to highlight cultural 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. ’ NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 8

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Top-level stakeholder buy-in • EDL Foundation: Board of participants from the professional heritage associations • 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 International 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 NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 10

Involving partners • Promoting technology transfer, standards and practices across the heritage domains and between Member States • Technical experts contributing to Work Packages • Developing services for the Europeana website ELDC 2009 2 -12 -2010 11

The communications multiplier • The EDL Foundation Board members communicate to their communities, focusing on the messages that are relevant to them • The partners communicate in their own language with • • colleagues national professional networks national media: translated press releases; articles visitors and end-users: links on websites; newsletters • Enabling Europeana’s core team to maximise their impact NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 12

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Result: Europeana prototype • Europeana. eu launched in November 2008 • Cultural and scientific material from every European country • 1, 000+ contributing organisations • Multilingual interface in 25 languages • Overwhelming public interest NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 14

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Europeana facts • Last press release: 18/11/2010 • 14 millions objects are searchable and accessible through the Europeana portal Ø 64% images: Digitised photographs, maps, paintings, museum objects and other images , posters Ø 34%: digitised texts, including more than 1. 2 million complete books that can be viewed online and/or downloaded. The texts cover thousands of rare manuscripts and the earliest printed books (incunabula) from before 1500. Ø 2% videos and sound materials: movies, documentaries, TV broadcasts, public information films, cylinders, 78 rpm discs, radio, field recordings NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 16

Europeana facts • Over 1, 000 heritage collections Libraries; museums; galleries; archives; sound, film and TV collections • Through a multilingual interface • Much of the material accessible through Europeana is out of copyright, items • difficulties and cost of rights clearance to digitise and give access to in-copyright material or material whose potential right-holders are unknown (orphan works). NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 17

Contributors France 17. 98 % Germany 17. 10 % Sweden 9. 69 % Spain 8. 85 % The Netherlands 7. 89 % Italy 7. 03 …. …. Czech Republic 0. 08 % …. …. NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 18

Europeana Group of Projects Biodiversity Heritage Libraries Europe Presto Prime Judaica Europeana Arrow Europeana Local Europeana v. 1. 0 Musical Inst. Museums Online European Film Gateway Europeana ASSETS Europeana. Connect APEnet EUScreen Athena The European Library 2 -12 -2010 NKP 2010 19

Czech participation LIBRARIES (Contact point: National Library of the Czech Republic) • Erich, http: //enrich. manuscriptorium. com/ • The European Library, http: //theeuropeanlibrary. org, ARCHIVES (Contact point: The National Film Archive in Prague) • The European Film Gateway, http: //www. europeanfilmgateway. eu/ MUSEUMS (Contact point: National Museum) • Athena (Access to Cultural Heritage Networks Across Europe), www. athenaeurope. org Archaeology and Conservation (Contact point: National Heritage Institute) • Carare, http: //www. carare. eu/ NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 20

Content stays in its original website • Content remains within your organisation • Drives traffic to your website • Gives users access to vast amounts of information via your organisation’s website • Users are interested in going back to the content provider’s website NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 21

Europeana Milestones • June 2010 Rhine Release 10 million items • Spring 2011 Danube Release • By 2012 25 million items • … Further growing content NKP 2010 2 -12 -2010 22

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