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Cultural Heritage Applications Network

Presentation of the

CULTIVATE Network

Christiane Dorff

Ehem. Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut, Berlin

dorff@dbi-berlin.de

EVA Conference 2000

Moscow, 31 October 2000

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (1)

• Ehem. Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (co-ordinator) DE

• An Chomhairle Leabharlanna - The Library Council IE

• Institute for Learning and Teaching ResearchTechnology, University of Bristol UK

• Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries UK

• University of Bath, UKOLN UK

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (2)

• Cultural Service Centre Austria AT

• National Office for Research Documentation, Academic and Special Libraries NO

• Biblioteca Nacional ES

• Osservatorio dei programmi internazionali per le biblioteche IT

• Fundo de Fomenta Cultural PT

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (3)

• The Royal Library, National Library of Sweden SE

• University of Helsinki FI

• Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs BE

• Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs GR

• Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura ES

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (4)

Associated Partners:

• Danish National Library Authority DK

• Dutch Digital Heritage Association NL

• ISERD Israel Directorate for EU FP5 IL

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Duration and Funding

• Accompanying measure under IST Programme

• Start: 1 February 2000

• Duration: 3 years

• Only activities / services at European level are funded by European Commission

• National based support for proposers is nationally funded

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Objectives• To raise awareness of IST Programme in the area

of cultural heritage applications

• Information dissemination– programme information– project results

• To enhance quantity and quality of proposals

• To link European institutions with national bodies and professional organisations

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Activity 1 (1)Establishing the networks

• Establishing a national co-ordinating body in each country (partner countries and associated countries)

National Nodes

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Activity 1 (2) Establishing the networks

• Building up national networks in each country

– with representatives from all relevant memory institutions

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Activity 1 (3) Establishing the networks

• Linking the national networks on European level

co-ordinating the “content activities” of the

national networks at European level

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Activity 2 (1) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of national Web pages– by network partners– common Web design and structure– common domain names

<http://www.<nation>.cultivate-eu.org>– information in English and national language– links to existing Web information

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Activity 2 (2) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of a European Web site

– by ILRT, University of Bristol (UK)– design and structure like national Web pages– domain name <http://www.cultivate-eu.org>– links to existing Web information

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Activity 2 (3) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of an electronic discussion list

– by Resource (UK)– cultivate-list@ukoln.ac.uk

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Activity 2 (4) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of a document server

– by CSC Austria – enabling easy retrieval of documents located on

the internet or any local server– http://www.cscaustria.at/cultivate/docmgmt/

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Activity 3CULTIVATE Interactive

• Electronic Web magazine – by UKOLN, University of Bath (UK)

<http://www.cultivate-int.org>

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Activity 4 (1) Supporting Participation

• Supporting participation in EU projects through

– national information days for potential proposers

– training seminars for proposers– consultancy for proposers

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Activity 5Policy Monitoring

• Linking EU policy at national level

• Linking EU policy to European and international memory institutions

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Management & Administration (1)

• Reporting

monthly management reports including

– work planned for the reporting period

– work done in the reporting period

– problems and solutions

– resources used

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Management & Administration (2)

• Cost claiming

– recording of hours worked for each workpackage– cost accounting– every 6 month cost claim due

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Management & Administration (3)

• Formative evaluation

– after each milestone (about every 6 months)

– production of self-assessment report by workpackage leader

– self-assessment report to be discussed with co-ordinator and steering group

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Management & Administration (4)

• Meetings

– Steering Group Meetings every 6 months

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Management & Administration (5)

• Annual Reviews

– at the European Commission– once a year– aim: to guarantee progress and quality of the project– participants: project officer, project partners, 2

independent evaluators

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Problems and Solutions (1)

• P: Co-operation of memory institutions• S: Development of national networks

• P: Understanding of English language• S: Additional services in national languages

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Problems and Solutions (2)

• P: Corporate identity of services• S: Unity of service design •

P: Use of services at European level• S: Calling proposer’s attention by national nodes

• P: Reaching proposer’s attention• S: Production of area specific information

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Problems and Solutions (3)

• P: Covering the whole of Europe (West and East)

• S: Double it: CULTIVATE-EU and -CEE

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Milestones reached• All national nodes in working condition• National networks established in some countries• European and national e-lists online• European and national Web service online• Searchable document server online using

metadata and XML format• E-magazine CULTIVATE Interactive online• Information days, training seminars and

consultancy by national nodes• European and national policy monitoring

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