EDL Foundation and EuropeanaEDL Foundation and Europeana

Deuxiėme Atelier national MinervaEC, Bruxelles, 19 Septembre 2008

Europeana.eu –The Vision Europeana.eu –The Vision

“A common multilingual access point would make it possible to search Europe’s distributed – that is to say, held in different places by different organisations – digital cultural heritage online. “

European Union Communiqué August 2006

Europeana.eu –The Vision Europeana.eu –The Vision

• Open access to the digitised objects of European cultural institutions– Showing the result of the digitisation efforts– Cross multilingual search our cultural heritage at a

single place– Across cultural domains and across European

countries

• General public - User centered

• Web & Digital library technology

EuropeanaNet EuropeanaNet (EDLnet)(EDLnet)

Thematic Network across 4 domains: Museums, Libraries, Archives and Audiovisual Collections

To establish trust between the institutions To create a coalition of the willing To create the organisational structure for a

European Digital Library To tackle domain level interoperability issues

(standards) To propose a practical implementation of the

European Digital Library (a user defined prototype)

The EDL Foundation …

Purpose:• to provide cross-domain access to Europe’s cultural

heritage.

So the Foundation will: • facilitate formal agreement across Museums, Archives,

Audiovisual collections and Libraries on how to cooperate in the delivery and sustainability of a joint portal. 

• provide a legal framework for use by the EU for funding purposes and as a springboard for future governance.

EDL Foundation Structure EDL Foundation Structure

EDL

National Digital Library

ACE

Film Archive X

Eurbica National Archive 1

MICHAELCENL

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

FIAT

Television Archive 1

Television Archive n

IASA

Sound Archive 1

Sound Archive n

ICOM Europe

Museum 1Museum 2

The European Library

VideoActive

ATHENA

APEnet

EFGACE

Culture.fr

CulturaItalia

BAM

CIMEC etc……

EuropeanaLocal

EDL Foundation Board of ParticipantsEDL Foundation Board of Participants

Conference of European National LibrariansEuropean Branch of Intl. Council on ArchivesIntl. Fed. of Television Archives Association Cinémathèques EuropeennesEuropean Museums ForumLigue des Bibliothèques Européennes de RechercheMultilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in EuropeNational Library of The Netherlands International Council of Museums EuropeConsortium of European Research LibrariesIntl. Assoc. of Sound & Audiovisual ArchivesDas Bundesarchiv, Germany Bibliothèque nationale de FranceInstitut Audiovisuel, FranceBiblioteca Nacional de EspaňaMinisterio de Cultura - Espaňa

Elisabeth Niggemann (chair)Martine de Boisdeffre (vice)Edwin van Huis (treasurer)Claudia DillmannMassimo NegriHans GeleijnseChristophe DessauxWim van Drimmelen (secretary)

Executive Executive BoardBoardExecutive Director Executive Director Jill CousinsJill Cousins

• Project funded til 2011– Issue of matching funds and missing overhead €1m to

find before end of 2008, for proposals to create a sustainable Europeana can go ahead.

• From 2011 Mixed funding: – Commission and Member States / Agency or Grant

Operation

Business Model and Sustainability:

The cross domain networkThe cross domain networkArchivesAustrian State ArchivesEuropean ArchiveEuropean Branch of ICA Direcção-Geral de ArquivosLandesarchiv Baden-WürttembergNational Archives of FinlandFederal Archives of GermanyNational Archives of SwedenNational Archives of the NetherlandsNational Archive of FranceInternational Institute for Social HistoryAudio-visual collectionsInternational Association of Sound and Audiovisual ArchivesAssociation des Cinémathèques EuropéennesInternational Federation of Television ArchivesEuropean Broadcasting UnionInstitut national de l'audiovisuelCross-domain associationsMuseums, Libraries and Archives Council, UKBibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-WürttembergABM-utvikling, NorwayRUNAS, the Danish Archives, Libraries and MuseumsMICHAEL AISBLArbeitsgruppe europäischen Angelegenheiten Bibliotheken,Archive MuseenABM-Centrum, SwedenInstitute for Cultural Memory, RomaniaHeritage MaltaIstituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali – Regione Emilia-Romagna Erfgoed NederlandMuseumsIstituto e Museo di Storia della ScienzaRijksmuseumInstitute for Museum Research, BerlinInternational Council of Museums EuropeNatural History MuseumNetwork of European Museum OrganisationsEuropean Museums ForumMuseum of London GroupScience MuseumLibrariesDanish State Library AarhusCatholic University of LeuvenEuropean Bureau of Library, Information & Documentation AssociationsLigues des bibliothèques européenes de recherchesConsortium of European Research LibrariesState and University Library GöttingenConference of European National LibrariansCervantes LibraryBiblioteca de CatalunyaNational Authorities on Public Libraries in EuropeProject ContributorsBernsteinCITERDELOSDIGMAPDISMARCDRIVEREPsIplusVideo ActiveMultiMatchCross Czech a.s.TrebleCLEFKnowledge Management in Museums ProjectResearch institutionsArts and Humanities Data ServiceDigitaal Erfgoed NederlandDigital Lifecycle Management ForumEthnological Museum, Berlin, Music ArchiveEuropean Commission on Preservation & AccessGerman Social Science Infrastructure SciencesHeriot-Watt UniversityInstitute of Communication and Computer Systems - National Technical University of AthensInstitute of Mathematics and InformaticsKennisland / KnowledgelandTOPP Consulting GmbHTrans-European Research and Education Networking AssociationVrije Universiteit AmsterdamNational representativesAustria, National Library Belgium, Royal Library Bulgaria, New Bulgarian University LibraryCyprus, Ministry of Education and Culture Czech Republic, National Library Denmark, Royal LibraryEstonia, National Library Finland, National LibraryFrance, National Library Germany, National Library Greece, Veria Central Public LibraryHungary, National LibraryIceland, National and University Library Ireland, University College CorkLatvia, National LibraryLiechtenstein, National LibraryLithuania, Vilnius UniversityLuxembourg, National Library Norway, National Library Poland, National Library Portugal, National LibrarySlovakia, National LibrarySlovenia, National Library Spain, National Library Sweden, National LibraryUnited Kingdom, British Libraryall domains

•Brings together the digitised & digital items from Museums, Archives, Audio Visual Collections & Libraries across Europe

•Solves the issues of interoperability in data

•Works on usability – finding paths, presenting items, appealing

•Finds sustainable governance & organisational models

•Builds on previous initiatives / BRICKS, ANNOculture, Qviz, Michael

Network of 120 cultural institutionsNetwork of 120 cultural institutionsAccess to material from 160 plus Access to material from 160 plus Two major cross domain conferencesTwo major cross domain conferences

Europeana.eu –The Successes to DateEuropeana.eu –The Successes to Date

Strong network 120 membersPlus 45 institutions who have completed the questionnaire for harvesting

ALL EU countries representedALL Domains represented1.3 million items harvested to date800,000 ingestedAt least 2 million will be harvested & ingested by November 19.Search across domains and material types worksStandards being agreed across & within domainsDomains talking to each other for the first time

Europeana.eu –The Successes for the futureEuropeana.eu –The Successes for the future

Interoperability;Standards;Relevance;Accessibility

Google speeds accessing deep web material

User focus – created with, validated by, cross checked & redesigned according to user wishes......

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Europeana.eu – A new design……….Europeana.eu – A new design……….

All the user surveys, focus groups and information has been give to a design company............

We have a new design...........but it is embargoed until November 2008................

Europeana.eu – A new design……….Europeana.eu – A new design……….

For more information: http://www.europeana.eu

Questions?Questions?