Funded by the European Commission 1 IST Programme Cultural Content and Digital Heritage

Funded by the European Commission 2 Context - strategic objectives Results to date Workprogramme 2001 –ALIII background, objectives & scope –ALIII background, objectives & scope –Support actions Practical information on good practice Cultural Content & Digital Heritage

Funded by the European Commission 3 Key issues Strategic RTD objectives through to 2005: improve the accessibility of Europe’s scientific and cultural collections (cultural landscape) develop sustainable cultural environments focus on high-quality representations of artefacts and collections provide a test platform for technology trials expanding the vision towards other areas of cultural multimedia activities driven by the research problem not the content

Funded by the European Commission 4 Core research agenda unified access - easy, integrated access for the user to multiple collections, and formats –access, navigation, interoperability & networking improved functions and services from digital collections –systems and tools for managing resources, digital objects, high volume resources digital preservation - sustainability over time –digitisation & surrogates; born-digital Implemented through annual workprogrammes defined in Action Lines

Funded by the European Commission 5 Calls –1 March III.2.3: Access to scientific & cultural heritage –2 Oct III.2.4: Preservation of cultural heritage –3 Feb III.1.4: Access to digital collections of cultural & scientific content –4 July III.1.6: Virtual representations of cultural & scientific objects III.1.5: Trials on new access modes to cultural & scientific content –6 Jan Heritage for all - Next generation digital collections - 7 July Building e-Business, Cross-programme opportunities, General information, Multimedia Content and Tools, New Methods of Work and e-Commerce, Services for Citizens, Technologies Research [closes 17 Oct.]

Funded by the European Commission 6 Basic Facts

Funded by the European Commission 7 Projects and emerging clusters Cluster 1: DL applications –distributed resources, DL models and tools –multiple formats - text to broadcast archives –cultural (eg fine arts) and scientific (data & software) resources –metadata and interoperability – new services and business models 7

Funded by the European Commission 8 Digital libraries clusters Film and video heritage –access - ECHO distributed library of film archives; COLLATE - collaboratory on archive film data –restoration - BRAVA - impaired film –preservation & access - PRESTO, AMICITIA Access to cross-domain resources –COVAX - integrating access to ALMs via XML DTDs –LEAF - distributed name authority system for accessing archival and library materials

Funded by the European Commission 9 Digital libraries clusters EU-wide infrastructures for quality content –RENARDUS, TEL, ETB: resources for research and for schools New digital libraries models –ARTISTE - high quality image banks of paintings ARION - scientific data and software –CYCLADES - developing services on OAi data –MIND - resource selection and data fusion for multimedia international digital libraries

Funded by the European Commission 10 Projects and emerging clusters Cluster 2: Virtual Heritage –visual representations using streaming video, animation, 3-D, VR – enhancing learning and game playing – improving user interactions and understanding of content. –innovative Web-based services

Funded by the European Commission 11 Virtual Heritage clusters –Improving learning: ASH (virtual classroom for space heritage & astronomy), RENAISSANCE (new genre of game on a virtual court), and VAKHUM (kinematic model for joint articulation) –Virtual guides & tours of archaeological sites (ARCHEOGUIDE, PAST) –Virtual museums - robotic guides & personalised navigation/tours (TOURBOT, MESMUSES) –Tools for preservation/conservation - art images (CRISATEL) and reconstructing archaelogical artefacts (3D MURALE)

Funded by the European Commission 12 Projects and emerging clusters Cluster 3: Culture economy: new business models –creating an open framework for a European cultural economy (OPEN HERITAGE) –building regional networks supporting a cultural economy (REGNET)

Funded by the European Commission 13 Support Measures NETWORKS - aimed at partnerships, dissemination and awareness, consensus building –Digital libraries: DELOS –Cultural institutions (archives, libraries, museums): CULTIVATE - European, Central European, Israeli and Russian nodes –Visual arts and electronic imaging - EVAN –European wide framework for cooperation between national libraries - TEL –European network for public libraries: PULMAN

Funded by the European Commission 14 Support measures FOCUSED ACTIONS - aimed at specific topics & issues –licensing awareness and training in CEE - CELIP –museum ontology standards - support for input to ISO work –monitoring European library economics for international benchmarking [LIBECON]

Funded by the European Commission 15 Workprogramme 2001 Established in conjunction with workshops held in 2000 Participants - key actors from technology providers, research community, cultural/memory organisations and public sector bodies 2 Action Lines: –III.1.2 Heritage for All –III.1.3 Next generation digital collections

Funded by the European Commission 16 AL III Heritage for All Aims to: Improve synergies and cooperation between cultural institutions Increase visibility and improve content building by local/regional institutions Encourage a bottom-up, grass roots approach - mobilise, examples of good practice Overcome social and cultural exclusion Establishing an infrastructure for a dynamic citizen-driven record of the cultural scene across Europe

Funded by the European Commission 17 AL III Heritage for All Objective –Support online communities in creating & documenting the digital record of their societies –Safeguard this record for the future Focus –Local resources in the global context - replicable experiments in creating, discovering & aggregating local resources –Active participation of end users through online communities –Digital archiving and community memory Timeline: 3-7 years

Funded by the European Commission 18 Next generation digital collections Aims to: –Build on previous access and DL work - develop leadership & excellence in research –Address new distinct communities of users –Improve resource interoperability & comparability –Address issues surrounding diversity of content and its accessibility over time Developing content infrastructures for inclusive cultural ecologies

Funded by the European Commission 19 Objective: –Improve access: quality, quantity for citizens & professionals Focus: –Advanced DL applications - visualisation & VR in DLs large scale networking archive/lib/museum resources –Thematic ‘contextualised’ collections - interoperability, ontologies, schemas –User-driven - collaboratories, personalisation –Dynamic content - preservation & archiving reference environments AL III.1.3: Next generation digital collections Timeline: 3-7 years

Funded by the European Commission 20 III.5.1 x-Content futures Experimental AL, open throughout WP2001 New concepts and paradigms Breakthrough research / high risk Topics between / beyond current AL‘s in KA3 Time to market: 0-10 years (breakthrough RTD is not necessarily long-term !) Initial phases of RTD projects as well as full blown RTD

Funded by the European Commission 21 III.5.2 Competence building Multimedia skills acquisition –Addressing the IT/multimedia skills gap in Europe –Experimenting with innovative multimedia systems and tools. “Train the trainers” rather than endusers Access to competence in multimedia –Reinforcing European leadership for the future, via: –World-class competence centres existing or emerging –Benchmarking: developments, technology adoption... –Sustainable business models / clear exit strategies –Contract type: Access

Funded by the European Commission 22 III.5.3 KA3 specific support measures Turnaround in 2001: increased emphasis on demonstrating, assessing & disseminating results, as programme reaches completion Impact analysis: benchmarking of RTD results, comparative analysis against international developments and future markets Spread of know-how: active dissemination of lessons learnt outside the programme … to be communicated widely in print and electronic form, at relevant events, etc

Funded by the European Commission 23 Practical information: partnerships Players (consortia of European dimension) –Cultural institutions - archives, libraries, museums –Local and regional authorities (Heritage for All) –Public/private sector partnerships for technologies –Research institutes and universities (esp. DLs) Cooperation –National and regional programmes for heritage & digitisation (Heritage for All) –Other national and international DL programmes - specifically EU/NSF agreement

Funded by the European Commission 24 Vertical (technological) RTD project: technology challenges, mid to long-term, technology & research teams lead, content owners - needs, validation, content, demo of service applications Horizontal (integrative) RTD project: consensus driven, EU-wide infrastructures, scalability of integration, alliances multiple institutional players, organisational/service innovation, unique ownership of content or uniquely competent to deliver the service Practical information: project models

Funded by the European Commission 25 Practical information: Support Actions Network of excellence: –consensus building network - open to new members and to international cooperation –creates a large and sustainable EU-wide intellectual and technical infrastructure –complex collection of interrelated tasks, and including an on-going EU research agenda Working groups: –simple platform for co-operation with short-term, well focused objectives –the first steps in confidence building, creating consensus and co- operative working

Funded by the European Commission 26 dos and don’ts - from experience Warning signs - why proposals are rejected by evaluators –technology proposal  relevance to culture not proven or too general –access proposal: “business as usual”  portals or Web sites –cultural proposal: focus on unique or valuable physical objects but having no understanding of the technology aspects - not transferable Practical information

Funded by the European Commission 27 Practical information dos and don’ts - from experience More reasons why proposals are rejected by evaluators –claim  access BUT…… reality  simple digitisation proposal –“ignore everyone else” proposal: no state-of-the-art and no references to other work –“echo” proposals: echo the call text, the guidelines,...

Funded by the European Commission 28 Cultural content & digital heritage Remember: real needs -solutions that people want research with a purpose -meeting a challenge realistic objectives -practical results replicability of results - solutions others can use right team - develop new alliances reinforce - value and visibility of our cultural institutions

Funded by the European Commission 29. Web: libraries.html