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European Digitisation Activity: Issues for the creation of a digital Europe
Dr Paul Ayris Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright OfficerPresident of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
VRE/VLE/ local web
Student/UCL Library systems
Social networking tools Google interface to Internet
Prescribed core readingsand textbooks
Localholdings
Paper and e-
External content subscribed and free
Research collaborations; Primary data; Group
project work; Learning interface
Pay fees; book residences;pay fines; see course andexam marks; see loans
information
Core textbooks (STM); Digital readings (AHSS)
Books/Journals/AV/Digital Collections
and Archives
YouTube, FaceBook, Flickr Global resources - free E-Journals, E-Books, mass digitisation
Digitised/born- digital materials
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Europeana Travel
See http://www.europeanatravel.eu/
LIBER project launched at Tallinn in May 2009
Completed in May 2011
See http://www.libereurope.eu/
and an article on Europeana Travel at http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/issues/2009-2/index.html?000469
€1,000,000 project, funded by EU
Aim was to digitise over 1,000,000 units of content on the themes of Travel, Tourism and Exploration and to make these materials available via the Europeana portal at http://www.europeana.eu/
National Library of Latvia
Partners
19 project partners Includes 10 National Libraries 6 University and Research Libraries
Göttingen State and University LibraryLund University LibraryMoravian Library in BrnoTrinity College DublinUCL (University College London)University Library of InnsbruckUniversity Library of Regensburg UCL SSEES
Content Output UnitsImages 33,300Pages 193,650Maps 5,857Books 15,879Documents 18,300Glass Plates 3,733Film Negatives 25,000Photographic Objects 11,600Journal Pages 155,000Shellacs 30Postcards 180,000Manuscripts / Graphic sheets 604
User Needs Involvement Country
General UserGeneral readingNative interface
Google mindedUses You Tube
All partners
School childrenHomeworkNative interface
Uses Web 2.0 All partners
Academic UserResearch matterTrusted sources
Specific materialAdvanced search
All partners
Expert Researcher
Pay for ValueAdded services?
Specific materialAdvanced search
All partners
Librarian / Archivist
Best practiceAdd information
Target for dissemination
Whole of Europe
Issues with this approach to digitisation
Fantastic content …but
Project was only 50% fundedby the Commission
European Research Libraries do not have digitisation as a budget heading in their operational budgets
Only material out of copyright could be included because rightsclearance would have been toocomplex
No centralised arrangements forthe digital preservation of content
National & University Library of Slovenia
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Early European Books
LIBER chairs the Early European Books Advisory Board
A commercial offering from ProQuest
Aim is to create high-quality digitised content for ALL Europe’s printed output between 1475 and 1700
Builds on the very successful EEBO service (Early English Books Online)
Typically, nation’s output is 50% in Latin and 50% in the vernacular
Business model is subscription based for at least 10 years, Open Access to the work thereafter
Open Access in the country of origin from day 1
Making digitised content relevant
Principal feature of the offering is the mass of content being made available – aim is for complete European coverage
Open Access is a feature of this commercial offering
Materials will be available to the world, free at point of use, after a minimum of 10 years
Partner is respected as a world leader in offering digital content to the research community
For list of packages currently available
See http://eeb.chadwyck.com/marketing/about.jsp
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Copyright and IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)
How can Openness be embedded in the European Information landscape?
World will not become Open Access overnight
Steps can be taken to change the current way the world works – for education and research to enjoy the results which more openness
brings
The EU should make changes to the current EU copyright framework
Hargreaves Report in UK urges a number of changes to the UK copyright framework and a closer linkage between UK and EU legislative positions
See http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf
Copyright and IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)
There should be a fair dealing exemption for text and data mining for non- commercial use
This would strengthen research across the EU
EU should identify ways for extended collective licensing to take place for out of commerce and orphan works
so that these materials can be digitised for the benefit of research and education
EU should ensure that contracts and licences cannot overturn Fair Dealing exemptions, as currently happens
Fair dealing exemptions should also cover format shifting to allow libraries and memory institutions to digitally preserve for the long term the digital content that European researchers use and need
Were this progress in the EU’s copyright/IPR frameworks to be made, Member States could follow suit
Greater openness would result if these changes were made.
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Digital Preservation
US-UK Blue Ribbon Task Force on Economically-Sustainable Digital Preservation laid out the conditions that should prevail in order for the scholarly outputs of researchers to be digitally preserved for the long term
See http://www.jisc.ac.uk/brtf
A number of scenarios looked at the level of preparation of various communities to undertake digital preservation
Academic libraries were amongst the best prepared
US Film Industry, by contrast, was not.
Jon Landau, the producer of Avatar, was honest in saying that no arrangements had been made for the digital preservation of his film
It was not clear whose responsibility to undertake that work it was
Digital Preservation
European research needs sustainable infrastructures for long-term access to digital materials
Key QuestionsRoles and ResponsibilitiesDoes everyone need to undertake digital preservation, or can it be
left to a chosen few?What infrastructure is needed to deliver long-term access?Who will pay?How much will it cost? Does copyright legislation at the EU and Member State level need to
change?
Digital Preservation – LIBER and APARSEN
LIBER is a partner in the APARSEN Best Practice network on Digital Preservation
Economically-sustainable digital preservation requires:
Recognition of the benefits of digital preservation on the part of key decision-makers
Incentives for the decision-makers to act in the public interest
A process for selecting digital materials for long-term preservation
Mechanisms to secure an ongoing, efficient allocation of resources to digital preservation activities
Appropriate governance of digital preservation activities
LIBER and APARSEN
LIBER will look at the level of preparation in Europe to adopt the Blue Ribbon Task Force’s recommendations
Led by Austrian National Library and the University of Patras
LIBER will survey key stakeholders with an interest in digital preservation 4 stakeholder categories
Research Data
Scholarly Discourse
Collectively-created Content
Commercially-owned Cultural Content
The National and International agencies category of stakeholders identified by the Blue Ribbon report will also be contacted
Result will be a comprehensive Report on the situation in Europe
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
EU Consultation
EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Information took place in Luxembourg on 31 May 2011
LIBER’s Statement is available at http://www.libereurope.eu/news/llber- statement-at-the-public-hearing-on-access-to-and-preservation-of- scientific-information-l
Statement covers:
Open Access
Copyright reform
Digital Preservation
EU will be consulting further with a view to issuing an EU Directive
LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
A consortium of 22 research-intensive universities in Europe
See http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/home/.
LERU is committed to
Education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding
Creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society
Promotion of research across a broad front, which creates a unique capacity to re-configure activities in response to new opportunities and problems
The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience
LERU
LERU wanted to know what position, if any, it should take on the Open Access debate
General meeting of LERU Chief Information Officers/University Librarians in December 2009 Appointed a Working Group to draw up a LERU Roadmap
towards Open Access Road Map was considered by LERU Vice-Chancellors at their
meetings in London (2009) and Paris (2010) Being launched in Brussels on 17 June 2011
LERU
Purpose of the Roadmap is to offer guidance on how to position your University in the European Open Access landscape
Builds on the Open Access Statement of the European Universities Association See http://www.eua.be/eua-work-and-policy-area/research-and-
innovation/Open-Access.aspx A Roadmap for all European Universities, not just LERU
members
LERU Roadmap addresses …
Open Access in a wider context: Open Scholarship and Open Knowledge
Advocacy Statement on behalf of LERU Universities
The LERU Roadmap – an Exposition
The Green route for Open Access – Steps to Take
LERU and the Gold route for Open Access
Models of Best Practice to support the Roadmap
Benefits for researchers, Universities and Society
LERU is considering European E-Press developments
Contents
1. The European Information Landscape2. LIBER and Europeana Travel3. LIBER and Early European Books4. Copyright and IPR5. Digital Preservation6. European policy on Open Access
o EU Consultation on Access to, and Preservation of, Scientific Informationo LERU Roadmap Towards Open Access
7. Conclusions
Conclusions
For the European digital landscape to work: Universities will undertake large-scale digitisation using a variety
of Business Models Copyright and IPR frameworks are in need of reform Digital Preservation needs to be embedded at institutional and
project level to guarantee long-term access Leading European research Universities have a Roadmap for
Open Access and are investigating Open Access dissemination routes seriously
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