1. Progress towards Europeana in the UK Nick Poole, Chief Executive, Collections Trust

2. The UK cultural sector is committed to delivering ubiquitous public access to and engagement with cultural heritage via the Web

3. Access in itself is not sufficient – we have to demonstrate impact and work towards sustainability (economic, political and social)

4. Europeana/EDL is one of the primary motivations towards exposing digital assets from museums, archives and libraries in the UK

5. Back in time… Netful of Jewels highlights priorities for culture NOF-Digitise generates £50m of digital assets Culture Online creates £10m of services 1999 2000-2003 2003-2005

6. Current priorities… Developing common policies and practices Building infrastructure and bandwidth Growing knowledge and skills Integrating and rationalising systems Converging standards for culture Exploring sustainable business models

7. Current initiatives & partnerships Strategic Content Alliance Digital Access Scotland Integrated Architecture Project National Collections Online Feasibility Study

8. Strategic Content Alliance Reducing and removing the barriers which inhibit access, use and re-use of online content

9. Integrated Architecture Project Europeana & other services Web services (out) UK aggregator Web services (in) Culture-sector bodies & services

10. IAP Deliverables Cultural Terminology Server Persistent Identifiers Server Collection Description Server Object Information Server Digital Rights Management APIs and interfaces

11. Nick Poole, Collections Trust www.collectionstrust.org.uk www.collectionslink.org.uk www.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.uk www.collectionstrust.org.uk www.collectionslink.org.uk www.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.uk