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EDLocal: introductionEDLocal: introduction

MICHAEL, London 23 MayMICHAEL, London 23 May

Rob DaviesRob Davies

Project ManagerProject Manager

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““For the users it is not For the users it is not important whether the important whether the sources of knowledge and sources of knowledge and experience are kept by experience are kept by archives, libraries or archives, libraries or museums, but to get museums, but to get access to the sources they access to the sources they want, and to be able to use want, and to be able to use these sources across types these sources across types of sources and sectors of of sources and sectors of institutions.” institutions.”

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A structure for EDL?

EDL

National Digital Library

ACE

Film Archive X

Eurbica National Archive 1

MICHAEL

TEL

NL 1 NL 2 NL 3

Museum X

Archive X

National Archive 2

Film Archive 1

Film Archive 2

Film Archive 3

National Archive 3

Library X

Museum A Archive A Library A

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Europeana InfrastructureEuropeana Infrastructure

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Establish trust between the institutionsEstablish trust between the institutions

Create the organisational structure for a European Digital Create the organisational structure for a European Digital Library (Europeana)Library (Europeana)

Tackle domain interoperability issues (standards)Tackle domain interoperability issues (standards)

Propose a practical implementation of the European Digital Propose a practical implementation of the European Digital LibraryLibrary

Make recommendations for future researchMake recommendations for future research

Europeana.Net: goalsEuropeana.Net: goals

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EDLocalEDLocal

Best Practice NetworkBest Practice Network Three years (starts 1 June)Three years (starts 1 June) Improve interoperability of digital content held by Improve interoperability of digital content held by regional and regional and

local museums, libraries and archiveslocal museums, libraries and archives Make over 20 million items available initiallyMake over 20 million items available initially

prove the value of local/regionally sourced contentprove the value of local/regionally sourced content

Europe wide network of regional repositories/ Europe wide network of regional repositories/ aggregations aggregations

Integrated Europeana prototype service including Integrated Europeana prototype service including EDLocal content EDLocal content

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Why should we do this?Why should we do this?

Make local content infrastructure available for Make local content infrastructure available for harvestingharvesting and indexing by Europeana service and indexing by Europeana service

Make branded content available to other service Make branded content available to other service providers providers tourismtourism educationeducation family historyfamily history humanities researchhumanities research publishing/media industries publishing/media industries through other search engines and services on the webthrough other search engines and services on the web

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Standards, tools and Standards, tools and infrastructureinfrastructure

Establish easy processes for making content availableEstablish easy processes for making content available

Implement Europeana specifications and toolsImplement Europeana specifications and tools OAI-PMH repositories OAI-PMH repositories Europeana Metadata Application ProfileEuropeana Metadata Application Profile

And thenAnd then…..….. Object Modeling, Authorisation, Usage Logging, Accounting, Object Modeling, Authorisation, Usage Logging, Accounting,

Payment, Legal and Access Protection Issues (IPR / Rights / Payment, Legal and Access Protection Issues (IPR / Rights / DRM), Advanced Semantic Interoperability, Name Authority DRM), Advanced Semantic Interoperability, Name Authority Services,Multilingualism of Content, Preservation etcServices,Multilingualism of Content, Preservation etc

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Types of contentTypes of content

Items and collections of high cultural value (‘treasures’) Items and collections of high cultural value (‘treasures’) held at local or regional levelheld at local or regional level

Specific local collections held by libraries, museums and Specific local collections held by libraries, museums and archives, local audio-visual archivesarchives, local audio-visual archives

Public records held by archives etc. Public records held by archives etc.

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Key objectivesKey objectives

Help regions to implement Europeana-friendly Help regions to implement Europeana-friendly infrastructure and standardsinfrastructure and standards

Negotiate sensible Negotiate sensible aggregationaggregation arrangements arrangements (e.g. with national libraries or cultural portals)(e.g. with national libraries or cultural portals)

Promote digitisation at local/regional levelPromote digitisation at local/regional level

Promote and enable future Europeana participation by Promote and enable future Europeana participation by local/regional content holderslocal/regional content holders

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EDLocal partners – analysis EDLocal partners – analysis

EDL Foundation EDL Foundation 1 Ministry of Culture 1 Ministry of Culture 2 national libraries (as aggregators of local content)2 national libraries (as aggregators of local content) 2 national museums2 national museums 3 national cultural agencies3 national cultural agencies 5 regional cultural authorities5 regional cultural authorities 7 public libraries 7 public libraries 1 local museum1 local museum 1 research foundation1 research foundation 1 regional digital library provider1 regional digital library provider 7 private sector organisations7 private sector organisations

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EDLocal partnersEDLocal partners

11 Sogn og Fjordane County MunicipalitySogn og Fjordane County Municipality22 Stichting European Digital LibraryStichting European Digital Library33 MDR Partners MDR Partners 44 Public Library 'Pencho Slaveykov' (Public Library of Varna)Public Library 'Pencho Slaveykov' (Public Library of Varna)55 Cyprus  Research and Educational Foundation Cyprus  Research and Educational Foundation 66 Cross Czech A.SCross Czech A.S77 Roskilde  Kommune Roskilde  Kommune 88 City of Helsinki City of Helsinki 99 Zentral- und Landesbibliothek BerlinZentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin1010 Veria Central Public LibraryVeria Central Public Library1111 Békés County Library & Human Service CentreBékés County Library & Human Service Centre1212 An Chomhairle LeabharlannaAn Chomhairle Leabharlanna1313 Regione Marche Regione Marche 1414 National Library of LatviaNational Library of Latvia1515 Dizi (Lithuania)Dizi (Lithuania)

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EDLocal partners (2)EDLocal partners (2)

1616 AcrossLimits  Technologies LtdAcrossLimits  Technologies Ltd1717 MDA (Europe) MDA (Europe) 1818 Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej PANInstytut Chemii Bioorganicznej PAN1919 Fundacao Museu Nacional FerroviarioFundacao Museu Nacional Ferroviario2020 Biblioteca Judeteana "Octavian Goga" ClujBiblioteca Judeteana "Octavian Goga" Cluj2121 Slovenské národné múzeum (Slovak National Museum)Slovenské národné múzeum (Slovak National Museum)2222 Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnicaNarodna in univerzitetna knjižnica2323 Stiftelsen Länsmuseet VästernorrlandStiftelsen Länsmuseet Västernorrland2424 EEA s.r.o.EEA s.r.o.2525 Asplan Viak Internet AS Asplan Viak Internet AS 2626 Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbHAngewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH2727 Provincie LimburgProvincie Limburg2828 Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum)Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum)2929 Conseil Général de la GirondeConseil Général de la Gironde3030 Stichting Brabantse Regionale GeschiedbeoefeningStichting Brabantse Regionale Geschiedbeoefening3131 Ministry of Culture, SpainMinistry of Culture, Spain3232 ABM Utvikling, NorwayABM Utvikling, Norway

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One partner per countryOne partner per country Very different starting pointsVery different starting points

Advanced practice in implementing digital libraries, portals, OAI-Advanced practice in implementing digital libraries, portals, OAI-PMH etc (France, Norway, Poland, Spain, UK)PMH etc (France, Norway, Poland, Spain, UK)

Limited progress (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania etc)Limited progress (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania etc) Somewhat centralised versus very regional/local Somewhat centralised versus very regional/local

Establish EDL-friendly infrastructureEstablish EDL-friendly infrastructure OAI-PMH repositoriesOAI-PMH repositories Europeana metadata application profileEuropeana metadata application profile Work towards a sensible level of aggregationWork towards a sensible level of aggregation

Digitise moreDigitise more Identify centre of competence on digitisationIdentify centre of competence on digitisation Train peopleTrain people Establish some priorities for digitisationEstablish some priorities for digitisation

Work ‘cross domain’ Work ‘cross domain’ archives, audio-visual archives, museumsarchives, audio-visual archives, museums

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Main stagesMain stages

Kick off meeting, London 26/7 June - structure, goalsKick off meeting, London 26/7 June - structure, goals Analyse what content we have available, what metadata Analyse what content we have available, what metadata

and infrastructures in useand infrastructures in use Themes?Themes?

EDLF sets up parallel ‘test’ environment EDLF sets up parallel ‘test’ environment index harvested EDLocal content (eventual convergence)index harvested EDLocal content (eventual convergence) implement Europeana interface developmentsimplement Europeana interface developments

EDLocal guidance on installing repositories and supports EDLocal guidance on installing repositories and supports implementation where necessary implementation where necessary Fedora, DSpace, EPrints, Greenstone etcFedora, DSpace, EPrints, Greenstone etc import from existing databases to OAI-PMH repositoriesimport from existing databases to OAI-PMH repositories automate metadata conversion automate metadata conversion convert vocabularies to improve semanticsconvert vocabularies to improve semantics

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Main stages (2)Main stages (2)

Regional training workshops and technical help/supportRegional training workshops and technical help/support Local implementation planningLocal implementation planning

phased/groupsphased/groups

Policy/dissemination workPolicy/dissemination work Sensible levels of aggregation Sensible levels of aggregation Low entrance barrier for new content suppliers to joinLow entrance barrier for new content suppliers to join Promoting low-cost digitisation (e.g. Minerva guidelines) Promoting low-cost digitisation (e.g. Minerva guidelines) National MeetingsNational Meetings Website serviceWebsite service

Evaluation and progress monitoring Evaluation and progress monitoring User perspective, national user groups, impact studyUser perspective, national user groups, impact study

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Key technical focusKey technical focus

Map existing metadata to Europeana application profileMap existing metadata to Europeana application profile ‘‘SKOS’ local vocabularies emerging from EDLocalSKOS’ local vocabularies emerging from EDLocal Monitor impact of alternative/ complementary Monitor impact of alternative/ complementary

infrastructural standards beyond OAI-PMH infrastructural standards beyond OAI-PMH Object modelling/ORE, Object modelling/ORE, RSS/|ATOMRSS/|ATOM Semantic web Semantic web Social networks Social networks

Things adopted centrally which may have local implicationsThings adopted centrally which may have local implications CollectionsCollections Rights expression (C20 black hole)Rights expression (C20 black hole) IdentifiersIdentifiers

Locally-implemented processes for metadata Locally-implemented processes for metadata enrichment?enrichment?

Road testing and bug identification for Europeana toolsRoad testing and bug identification for Europeana tools

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Technical partnersTechnical partners

Asplan Viak (Norway) and EEA (Slovakia)Asplan Viak (Norway) and EEA (Slovakia) Transfer knowledge from EDLF ‘central’ to technical partnersTransfer knowledge from EDLF ‘central’ to technical partners Europe coverage split in twoEurope coverage split in two

Get involved with Europeana.net working groupsGet involved with Europeana.net working groups Establish effective support to local regional partnersEstablish effective support to local regional partners

training workshops training workshops translated guidelinestranslated guidelines Individual partner implementation plans Individual partner implementation plans help desk and ‘flying doctor’help desk and ‘flying doctor’

Establish tools scenarioEstablish tools scenario automated metadata conversion tools etc?automated metadata conversion tools etc?

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Contributing content – not Contributing content – not straightforwardstraightforward

Content

XML/HTTP

Resources

Collections

Metadata harvesting

Legacy databasesStandards

Items

IPRMetadata

OCRMiningCommission

EDLocal

Michael

EDL Foundation

Committee of Regions

National Cps

Ministries of Culture

Local Cps Regional CpsNational initiatives

Thematic networks

MinervaTEL

Tagging

Folksonomies

Ontologies

OWL

RDF

OAI-PMH

SemanticWeb

Meta noise

Taxonomies

Collabularies

Search engines

Geography

Deep content

Web Services

Web 2.0

Future services

Syndication/RSS/Atom

XML/HTTP

WIKIs

Participation

Blogs

Open Source

Multi-lingual services

Business modelsAJAX

IPR

EDLnet

Application profiles

Authentication

Controlled vocabularies

Payment

i2010

Google

TELplus

TEL-ME-MOR

Europeana

Fedora

DSpace

Greenstone

SKOS

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Open Archive InitiativeOpen Archive Initiative

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Establishing local repositoriesEstablishing local repositories

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Content migration process Content migration process stepssteps

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Challenges of different types Challenges of different types of contentCof contentC

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Metadata enrichmentMetadata enrichment

Mainly manually entered but also process text to look for person names

Similar technology as is applied by search engines, extracting keywords and assigning relevance according to frequency

Coverage is specified in any number of ways such as geographical names, administrative entities and coordinates. Need geo-metadata

Difficult to get disambiguous temporal metadata but possible

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How to persuade local How to persuade local institutions to contribute?institutions to contribute?

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Time to make a start on a big Time to make a start on a big job!job!

ContactContact

rob.davies@mdrpartners comrob.davies@mdrpartners com