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2007 April / May
DAISY STRATEGY 2008-2011
2007 April / May
DAISY STRATEGY 2008-2011
“Access to Information is a Fundamental Human Right”
• Strategy 2008 – 2011• Timing of term for next President• High level approach• Strategic planning process has begun• You are invited to contribute• We are asking for your input, thoughts, and comments
2007 April / May
Today’s Table of Contents
1. Achievements to build upon
2. A few trends of the information society which we should notice carefully
3. Issues on the agenda for 2008 – 2011
2007 April / May
Looking Back: Achievements and Experiences to Build Upon
• A well functioning organization with global coverage• An internationally adopted technical standard• A respected voice in international organizations:
UN, WSIS, WIPO, W3C, WAI, WBU, IFLA• World wide implementation of the standard • DAISY is the most broadly adopted Access
Technology in history, with more than 200,000 reading systems (players) in the world
• Future-focused tools such as the DAISY Pipeline plus visionary concepts for the future developments
2007 April / May
DORIS, DAISY user from the UK
2007 April / May
DAISY in India
2007 April / May
Inge, experienced DAISY– user, DK
2007 April / May
‘My library weighs 835 gram…’
Stig Langvad, President of the umbrella organization “Disabled Citizens of Denmark”
2007 April / May
Tibetan Hands on DAISY Player
2007 April / May
DAISY Flourishes
• Membership continues to increase
• 14 full member organizations
• 58 associate member organizations from 33 countries
• 23 friends from 10 countries
• 7 Individual supporters
• 1 Educator/publisher
• DFA Focal Points
2007 April / May
DAISY For All Focal Points Flourish
• 2003 India and Thailand
• 2004 Nepal, Malaysia and Sri Lanka
• 2005 Bangladeshi, Indonesia, Vietnam
• 2006 Pakistan, Philippines and Bhutan
2007 April / May
Training DAISY – Bangkok 2003
2007 April / May
Reaching out – a DAISY key lobbyist in action
2007 April / May
A Historically Unique Opportunity
• The wind is at our backs
• We have a moral imperative
• We have the responsibility to seek the full potential from new technologies
• There is an International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• We are obliged and enabled, how and what do we prioritize?
2007 April / May
The future context
• What technological changes will or should affect our thinking?
• What opportunities or threats does this future context bring to the DAISY Consortium?
• What “tracks” should we lay to get to where we need to be?
2007 April / May
Today’s Mass Media Changes Society
• Always on 24/7• Mobility, flexibility• Resulting in: Information Overload• ’How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’
MySpace, YouTube, Wikipedia, Linux, Second Life, Web blogs
• The Semantic Web• Users create content• Google book search • Libraries in general are on the defensive• Traditional publishers likewise
2007 April / May
Why is Information Access Essential?
• It enables inclusion
• It supports learning
• It provides cultural identity
• It enables social development
• It supports information diversity
• It enables knowledge and creativity
• It strengthens quality of life
2007 April / May
DAISY 2008 - 2011
DAISY has made a lot of success.What else do we need to do?
2007 April / May
Technical Directions Review
• Providing relevant support• Developing necessary upgrades• Embracing both consistency and flexibility• Our developments must be platform
independent – ipod, cell-phone…• Our developments must be forward looking• Our ‘offers’ must be affordable
We must be on top of Emerging Technologies to move forward
2007 April / May
Pervasive DAISY
• New target groups, different disability groups, the aging population
• Indigenous communities • Educators and policy setting bodies in the
educational field• DAISY in Web 2.0. Interactive, ’user driven’• Governments, International policy setting bodies,
humanitarian organizations• Commercial companies, mainstream publishers• The player & reading system industry
We Will Reach Out To:
2007 April / May
Consolidation
• IP-policy
• Licensing-policy
• Limited trademark protection
• Future-minded governance
• Development of a DAISY open source community
DC strives to be recognized as a trustworthy collaborative partner, with sophisticated technological skills andworldwide coverage
2007 April / May
Copyright: Issues and Changing Approaches
• From analogue to digital context• Export and import of digital information• Variances in national legislation• Different legislated rights in different countries• The right to circumvent• On-line distribution• Respect the rights of copy right holders
Access Worldwide
2007 April / May
DAISY for end users
• More accessible content at hand
• In a variety of formats – platform independent
• Developed specifically to meet end users needs
• Cheaper copies
• Same method used worldwide
A Better Way to Read
2007 April / May
DAISY FOR PUBLISHERS
• The same source code for a limitless variety of published versions
• Add new facilities to the books published
• Reach out to a new market
A Better Way to Publish
2007 April / May
Getting the Message Across
• So what is open source?
• Commercial developers can build on top of DAISY development
DAISY as a business friendly open source community
2007 April / May
DAISY in Developing Countries
Thinking global
The DC and DAISY For All (DFA) Project:• Development of tools which provide local language
support• Advocacy and local support• Establish and ensure sustainability of Focal Points• Training and Support• Support for DAISY in Africa• Raise funds and ensure a friendly fee structure
We will continue embrace developing countries and promote the development of a worldwide digital library
2007 April / May
Our Members are the Driving Force
• We will clearly define and market the benefits for our membership
• Communicate the return on investing in “the DAISY way”
• Develop a new generation of DAISY Governance
The DC must continue to provide Benefits of Value for its Members
2007 April / May
Become Involved with DAISY
• The moral imperative of the DC Vision• Participation in the development of the overall strategy
to chart the course for the future• Participation in an international network of future
thinking and trend setting partners• Providing leadership in accessible information on a
national level• Ensuring that access to information becomes a priority
locally, nationally and around the world
Reasons for being a part of the DAISY Community
2007 April / May
Budget and Funding
• Membership Fees: current primary source of funding• Member contributions in addition to membership
fees• Partnerships• Fundraising activities (NIPPON - DFA) • New DAISY fundraising initiatives in place, with
much more yet to be done• New cooperative activities with Members (RNIB)
We must ensure financial sustainability of the DC and provideadditional capital to realize our plans for the future
2007 April / May
Our Strategic Process Continues
Please share with us your:• Ideas• Advice• Comments• Recommendations • www.DAISY.org – Contact Us
We want you to qualify the Strategy