1. DELOS NoE DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries Vittore Casarosa CNR-IEI, Pisa, Italy

2. DELOS NoE - Objectives zContribute towards improving effectiveness of European research in this important area zProvide forum where researchers, practitioners, representatives of interested applications and industries can exchange ideas and experiences zCo-operate with on-going standardisation activities in relevant fields for the DL domain zFacilitate take-up of DL technologies in all interested application communities zImprove international cooperation in DL research areas

3. NoE Activity Organisation zThe Network activities are organised in a set of Forums:  Research Forum  Evaluation Forum  Standardisation Forum  Training and Knowledge/Technology Transfer Forum  International Co-operation Forum

4. Digital Library Research Forum Objectives:  to stimulate and co-ordinate actions aiming at the advancement of research in the DL domain  to improve scientific collaboration between European and worldwide research teams working in this area Actions:  Thematic Workshop Series  European Conference on Digital Libraries Series  Brainstorming Workshops  DELOS-NSF Joint Working Groups

5. Research Forum Thematic Workshops Series “Information Seeking, Searching, and Querying in Digital Libraries”, Zurich, 11-12 Dec. 2000 “Personalization and Recommendation Systems in Digital Libraries”, Dublin, 18-20 June 2001 “Interoperability in Digital Libraries”, Darmstadt, 8-9 September 2001 “Evaluation of DLs: Testbeds, Measurements, and Metrics”, Budapest, 6-7 June 2002 “DLs: Users and User Behaviour” (proposed) “Non-Traditional Data In Digital Libraries” (proposed) “Agents and Roles in Digital Libraries” (proposed)

6. Research Forum European Conference on DL European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2000” Lisbon, 18-20 September 2000 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2001” Darmstadt, 5-7 September 2001 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2002” Rome, 18-20 September 2002 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2003” Trondheim, 17-22 August 2003 European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2004” UK, September 2004

7. Research Forum Brainstorming Workshops “Digital Libraries: Future Research Directions for a European Research Programme”, 13-15 June 2001, San Cassiano - Alta Badia (Dolomites), Italy “Digital Libraries: Main Research Themes for a Network of Excellence under FP6”, October, Pisa (proposed)

8. Research Forum DELOS/NSF Joint Working Groups Digital Imaging for Significant Cultural and Historical Materials Spoken-Word Digital Audio Collections Information Extraction from Digital Libraries Personalization and Recommender Systems in Digital Libraries Emerging Language Technologies and Rediscovery of the Past Preservation and Archiving Evaluation and Test Suites Agents in Digital Libraries

9. Digital Library Evaluation Forum Objectives:  to accelerate and enhance research into digital libraries  to provide appropriate testbeds for evaluating research in the DL domain Actions:  Digital Library Test Suite  Cross-Language Evaluation  Evaluation of Cross-Language Spoken Document Retrieval System (feasibility study)

10. Evaluation Forum Test Suite  A DL Test Suite WG has been set-up  Description scheme for digital collections  Survey on existing DL test collections  Building of a metalibrary of DL test collections  Further development of the metalibrary of DL test collections  Evaluation of XML document retrieval

11. Evaluation Forum Cross-Language Evaluation  CLEF 2001 Evaluation Campaign (January - August 2001)  Multilingual information retrieval (5 languages)  Bilingual information retrieval  Monolingual information retrieval  Mono- and bilingual domain-specific system evaluation  Interactive system evaluation (experimental track)  CLEF 2001 Workshop  Cross-Language Retrieval and Evaluation, Darmstadt, 3-4 September 2001  CLEF now established as an independent activity separately funded by the European Commission  CLEF 2002 Workshop in connection with ECDL 2002

12. Digital Library Standardisation Forum Objectives:  to contribute to the definition of relevant standards by studying topics considered mature for standardisation  to follow standardisation activities in the DL domain carried out by international bodies and working groups Actions :  to set-up and operate a number of Working Groups

13. Standardisation Forum Working Groups Two WGs have been set up Registries Ontology Harmonization

14. Digital Library Training and Technology Transfer Forum Objectives:  to train young researchers in DL technologies  to speed up the take-up process of new DL technologies Actions:  International Summer School Series  Specific Technology Transfer Actions

15. Training and TT Forum International Summer School Series First International Summer School on Digital Library Technologies (ISDL01), Pisa, 9-13 July 2001, “Fundamentals in Digital Libraries Technologies” Second International Summer School on Digital Library Technologies (ISDL02), Pisa, 8-12 July 2002, “Digital Libraries in Applications”

16. Training and TT Forum Specific TT actions Tutorial at EVA 2001 Conference, Moscow Tutorial at IFLA 2001 Conference on “Multilingual Information Access”, Boston, 25 August 2001 Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2001 Conference on “Audio-visual Metadata Models and Editors”, London, 23 September 2001 Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2002 Conference, Antalya, 16 October 2002 (planned)

17. Training and TT Forum Specific TT actions Involve the local DL communities to organize National events Italy, Rome, October 31, 2001 –Digital Libraries: Research and Development in Italy Greece, Corfu, June 21, 2002 –Developing Digital Libraries Portugal Austria Germany

18. Digital Library International Co-operation Forum Objectives:  To enhance the collaborative links between the EU DL projects  to establish collaborative links with other non-EU DL research communities Actions:  DL All Projects Workshop Series  International Workshop Series

19. International Co-operation Forum DL All Projects Workshops Series DL-EU All projects meeting, Luxembourg, February 7-8, 2001 Harmonization Meeting on “Digital Libraries National Initiatives and EC Actions: The Need for Harmonization”, Brussels, May 11, 2001 NSF-EU DL All project Meeting, Rome, March 25-26, 2002

20. International Co-operation Forum International Workshops DELOS - Russian DL Community Workshop, Moscow, June 7-9, 2001 (Jointly sponsored by DELOS, RAS, IITE-UNESCO) DELOS - non-EU Mediterranean DL Communities Workshop, Ifrane (Morocco), November 8-9, 2001 ( Jointly sponsored by DELOS, Al Akhawayn University)

21. International Co-operation Forum International Workshops DELOS - Eastern European DL Communities Workshop (proposed) A proposal aiming at extending the achievements and activities of DELOS to the Eastern European countries has been approved by the European Commission and its formalization is under way

22. DELOS NoE Dissemination DELOS Web sites DELOS poster DELOS fliers ERCIM News DELOS Presentation 2nd NTCIR Workshop, 7-9 March 2001, Tokyo, Japan EVA 2001 Conference, 26-30 March 2001, Florence, Italy CBCS IRSG 23rd European Colloquium, 4-6 April 2001, Darmstadt, Germany 12th NIT International Conference, 29-31 May, 2001 Beijing, China First ACM/IEEE JCDL Conference, 24-28 June, 2001 Roanoke, USA

23. DELOS NoE DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries http://www.delos-noe.org