www.calimera.org rob davies calimera scientific co-ordinator uk
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A little history
• FP 4 – PubliCA - public libraries – accompanying measure [1998-2000]
• FP5 – PULMAN - public libraries – concerted action [2001-3]. – [Policy Conference, Portugal, March 2003]– PULMAN Manifesto, Oeiras Action Plan– Role in e-Europe
• FP6 – CALIMERA – museums+archives+public libraries+end users
PULMAN Guidelines
• Point public libraries into the digital era– assist policy makers & practitioners
what policies public libraries their services support
what types of services can be considered
– links to examples of good practice across Europe what is being done what can be done (and how)
Threats and opportunities
• Libraries changing fast - need to change faster– falling demand for ‘core’ services in some parts
of Europe (loans/visits)– public libraries at the digital cross-roads
• Potential of IST– remotely-provided information & services – friendly online services - excluded groups– unlock & make available local content– ‘hybrid’ - balance of physical buildings/content
versus virtual/digital content– type of staff and skills required– partnerships with other local
institutions/agencies
Interlinked social challenges
• e-Europe 2005• supporting reading• digital literacy• learning and employment skills• economic development (knowledge
economy)• social inclusion• cultural diversity, identity and cohesion, • democracy and citizenship (e-Government), • the local environment
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 1- Social Policy
Access & services people with physical & visual impairments
Services for children and schoolsServices supporting education in adult life
(lifelong learning)Support for business and the economyAccess to music & non-print materialsAccess to cultural contentSocial inclusion/e-inclusion e-Government
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 2 - Management
Co-operation and partnership
Funding and financing
Performance measures and evaluation
Copyright
Legal issues
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 3 - Technical
DigitisationDevelopments in integrated library systemsMultimedia service deliveryDelivery channelsResource description, discovery and renewalTailoring of services/personalisationMultilingual issues
Guidelines Format
•Scope•Policy issues•State of the art•Technical issues•Future agenda•Best practice•Links
PULMAN Guidelines
Oeiras Action Plan
1. strategies2. funding priorities 3. co-ordinated policy making4. partnerships5. interactive services6. centres of excellence7. staff recruitment and training 8. needs of users 9. benchmark 10.research and take-up activities
• Cultural Applications: Local Institutions Mediating Electronic Resource Access
• FP 6 Co-ordination Action
CALIMERA =
• 18 months– 1 December 2003-31 May 2005
• 900,000 Euros• 46 partners - local organisations, national
authorities, research centres, Eblida – financial coordinator: Lisbon– scientific co-ordinator/project manager: MDR
Basic facts
• Ensure local cultural institutions right across Europe can benefit from FP6 2002-2006 – enabling ‘anywhere, anytime, natural
access to IST services for all’ – new forms of cultural and learning
experience
• Help establish a stable pan-European infrastructure for distributed digital content and community memory – 5 to 10 year horizon
Strategic objective
• Research agenda for ‘Community Memory’– Call late 2004/early 2005?– Turn IST research into helpful digital services for
citizens• Make best use of existing/emerging technologies
– Mobilise public libraries, local museums and archives – Develop and extend PULMAN good practice guidelines – Improve delivery of solutions to local institutions
• Focus on the needs of the end user/usability– Work with industry/researchers
• How to measure impact of services on the end user
Main goals (1)
• Policy work: sensitise decision-makers, professionals, solution providers– European, national, regional and local levels – implement and deliver digitally-based
services locally – support policy agendas
e-government, social inclusion, e-learning, skills for employment, regional local economic development etc
– European co-ordination, benchmarking – Cross-domain approach– Local authorities
integration of services/re-engineering
Main goals (2)
• Country Co-ordinators: locally-based professionals– builds on PULMAN country co-ordinators– adds archives, museums
• National Authorities responsible for local cultural institutions – Public libraries, museums and archives
• Solutions Providers – the suppliers of local institutions [research and
industry]
Three reference networks
• Country Co-ordination Groups – Active, innovative people– Public Libraries, Museums and Archives
• Supply information • Interact with policymakers, researchers and
and industry• Spread the news!
…in each country
• WP1 Technologies and research for local cultural services [Critical
Publics]• WP2 Local services: sharing policies and
best practice [Resource]• WP3 The end user experience: a usable
community memory [MMU] • WP4 Dissemination, networking and training
[Eblida]• WP 5 Management, co-rdination,evaluation
[Lisbon/MDR]
Workplan structure
• Identify interesting technical developments and solutions
• Research roadmap for ‘community memory [FP6 call]’
• Bring together stakeholders from cultural heritage domain, policy and industry
• Mobilise solutions providers for local institutions • Assess business issues e.g. licensing/delivery
– Desk research– Analysis– Expert workshops [Prague 16/17 April]– Reports– Solutions Noticeboard
WP 1- Technologies and research for local cultural services
• FP5– DIGICULT, Heritage4All
• FP6 – BRICKS, DELOS, EPOCH, MinervaPLUS,
PrestoSpace • Special collaboration between CALIMERA and
Minerva/ MinervaPLUS – ‘bottom up’ and top down
• National programmes + applications, industry
…where to begin?
• Existing resources of Cultural Memory Organisations
• Generation of new digital content by virtual communities and individuals
• Wider idea that culture is 'everything we do’– interfaces between culture and knowledge,
learning, information for everyday life • Music• Newer content forms e.g. Multimedia, VR/3D
Content - what do we mean?
What sorts of technologies are we looking at?
• Creation• Publishing• Description• Storage• Delivery• Preservation• Customer support• Discover, locate and request• Middleware• Back office/CMS• Novel uses
Technologies – what might we mean?
• Effective integration of technical components, – vast improvement in ‘downward scalability’ for
local institutions, Web Services• Developing the potential of CH within formal and
informal knowledge acquisition and learning systems
• Tools for an ‘ambient’ Cultural Heritage– enabling content contribution and on-demand
service delivery to home, car, school and workplace– fit everyday patterns of living, more interactive,
satisfying, easier to use– Semantic Web
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• Develop policy environment/improve strategic support – adopt research-based technologies – European strategic – association (build on NAPLE?)
• ‘Community mapping’• Benchmark good practice • Bring guidance for museums and archives up to level
– Survey – Country benchmark reports– Guidelines Scoping workshop [Brussels 19 March]– Policy workshop for national authorities [Jan 2005]– Policy toolkit – Guidelines [build on PULMAN + archives and
museums]– Online Forums – policy and best practice
WP 2 Sharing policies and best practice
A vision for cultural services in the local authority environment?
“CH services can be integrated sustainably within well-funded e-service platforms being developed by local authorities, partnerships and institutions throughout Europe, in support of their agendas for e-government, education, health, social inclusion and the local economy”
• Usability strategy for creation+ access to digital community memory resources – Ease-of-integration– Ease of use for end users – Test usability of core technologies and solutions
• Measurement of impact on local users – Desk research– Expert Workshops [Vilnius 2 July]– Test forums [Greece, Hungary, Portugal]– Surveys – Guidelines/reports
WP 3 The end user experience: a usable community memory
• Community of practice – develop extensive network – build on PULMAN, CULTIVATE, TRIS, NAPLE
• Framework for sustainable in-service technology training – Briefing meeting [Brussels, 6/17 January]– Expert workshops [Zadar, 11/12 June… Belgrade]– CALIMERA Website service – Training Guideline– International research agreements – Focus on SouthEast Europe
• FP6 Call 3 – focus on international co-operation [Sept]
WP 4 - Dissemination, networking and training
• Single point of public access to project results−guidelines and roadmaps developed −country-based benchmarking reports−the policy toolkit and advisory channels−best practice forum−Solutions Notice board
• Stakeholder database• Link to other projects, resources etc• ‘Intranet’ for project documents
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