National Library of Estonia in the TEL-ME-MOR project IST4Balt workshop in Estonia June 2006 Baltic ICT Community on the Way to FP7

General introduction  TEL-ME-MOR: The European Library: Modular Extensions for Mediating On-line Resources  Proposal submitted under FP6 IST Call 3 in 2004  Approved and managed by the Directorate E of the Directorate General of Information Society and Media  Budget: 1.4 million Euros  16 partners (see next slide)  Duration: 2 years  Start date: 1 February 2005  End date: 31 January 2007

Partners  Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Coordinator  National Library of the Netherlands  The British Library  Swiss National Library  Stichting Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)  Eremo Srl, Italy  National Library of the Czech Republic  Cyprus National Library  National Library of Estonia  National Library of Hungary  National Library of Latvia  National Library of Lithuania  National Library of Malta  National Library of Poland  Slovak National Library  National and University Library of Slovenia

Objectives  To support the 10 national libraries from the NMS, partners in the project, in becoming full members of The European Library  Ensure better access by researchers across Europe to essential European information resources.  To identify major problems in the research and development activities of the national libraries of Europe and to formulate recommendations how to improve the situation.  To raise awareness in NMS of opportunities for participation in EU projects, within the Cultural Heritage and Learning sectors of the IST Programme

The European Library  A web service or a portal which offers access to the combined resources – both digital and non-digital – of the national libraries of Europe. It enables free searching and delivers digital objects – some free and some priced.  Created in the framework of the TEL project (2001–2004) with a support from the European Commission and opened to the public in March  Currently includes searchable collections from 15 European national libraries and links to the collections of 30 other libraries.

TEL-ME-MOR and The European Library  Analysis of requirements of the 10 national libraries from the New Member States and implementation plans for integrating their collections to The European Library.  Research and support for the national libraries from the New Member States to implement metada, data transfer and unicode standards for their on-line databases.  Slovenia joined the service already in 2004; Estonia and Latvia became members on 1 January 2006  Other 7 national libraries to join by the end of 2006.

Analysis of research and development  A study conducted among the 10 national libraries of the New Member States to cover various topics: digitisation, analogue and digital preservation, research activities, library systems and portals, etc.  Main problems, gaps, advantages and disadvantages in the national libraries identified and validated.  A report compiled and published by the National Library of the Czech republic in June  A report covering more countries was published in June  Expansion of the study to all 45 national libraries of Europe in the future.

Awareness raising and dissemination  TEL-ME-MOR central web site in English and a network of web sites in 10 languages of the New Member States;  Dissemination on FP6 IST Calls 4, 5, 6 and their results;  Dissemination on eContentplus Calls 1, 2 and their results;  Dissemination on digital library initiatives in Europe and worldwide, especially on the: i2010: Digital Libraries strategy issued by the European Commission in September 2005; Digital Libraries Initiative announced by the Commission in March 2006;  Presentations and poster sessions at international conferences;  3 regional expert workshops in spring 2006: Warsaw, Budapest and Ljubljana –

TEL-ME-MOR Policy Conference  International conference “The Digital Future of Cultural and Scientific Heritage”  National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, October 2006  Focus on digital libraries, multilinguality and compatibility issues, research activities of memory institutions, results of the TEL- ME-MOR project and sharing the experiences of various countries  REGISTRATION IS ALREADY OPEN!

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