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DELOS DELOS

Network of Excellence onNetwork of Excellence on

Digital LibrariesDigital Libraries

VittorVittore Casarosae Casarosa

CNR-IEI, Pisa, ItalyCNR-IEI, Pisa, Italy

DELOS NoE - ObjectivesDELOS NoE - Objectives

Contribute towards improving effectiveness of European Contribute towards improving effectiveness of European research in this research in this importantimportant area area

Provide forum where researchers, practitioners, representatives Provide forum where researchers, practitioners, representatives of interested applications and industries can exchange ideas and of interested applications and industries can exchange ideas and experiencesexperiences

Co-operate with on-going standardisation activities in relevant Co-operate with on-going standardisation activities in relevant fields for the DL domainfields for the DL domain

Facilitate take-up of DL technologies in all interested Facilitate take-up of DL technologies in all interested application communitiesapplication communities

Improve international cooperation in DL research areasImprove international cooperation in DL research areas

NoE Activity OrganisationNoE Activity Organisation

The Network activities are organised in a set of Forums:The Network activities are organised in a set of Forums:

Research ForumResearch Forum

Evaluation ForumEvaluation Forum

Standardisation ForumStandardisation Forum

Training and Knowledge/Technology Transfer ForumTraining and Knowledge/Technology Transfer Forum

International Co-operation ForumInternational Co-operation Forum

Digital Library Research ForumDigital Library Research Forum

ObjectivesObjectives::

to stimulate and co-ordinate actions aiming at the advancement of to stimulate and co-ordinate actions aiming at the advancement of research in the DL domainresearch in the DL domain

to improve scientific collaboration between European to improve scientific collaboration between European and worldwide and worldwide research teams working in this arearesearch teams working in this area

ActionsActions::

Thematic Workshop Series Thematic Workshop Series

European Conference on Digital Libraries SeriesEuropean Conference on Digital Libraries Series

Brainstorming WorkshopsBrainstorming Workshops

DELOS-NSF Joint Working GroupsDELOS-NSF Joint Working Groups

Research Research FForumorumThematic WoThematic Workshops Seriesrkshops Series

• “Information Seeking, Searching, and Querying in Digital Libraries”, Zurich, 11-12 Dec. 2000

• “Personalization and Recommendation Systems in Digital Libraries”, Dublin, 18-20 June 2001

• “Interoperability in Digital Libraries”, Darmstadt, 8-9 September 2001

• “Evaluation of DLs: Testbeds, Measurements, and Metrics”, Budapest, 6-7 June 2002

• “DLs: Users and User Behaviour” (proposed)

• “Non-Traditional Data In Digital Libraries” (proposed)

• “Agents and Roles in Digital Libraries” (proposed)

Research ForumResearch ForumEuropean Conference onEuropean Conference on DDLL

European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2000” Lisbon, 18-20 September 2000

European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2001”Darmstadt, 5-7 September 2001

European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2002”Rome, 18-20 September 2002

European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2003”Trondheim, 17-22 August 2003

European Conference on Digital Libraries, “ECDL 2004”UK, September 2004

Research ForumResearch ForumBrainstorming WorkshopsBrainstorming Workshops

• “Digital Libraries: Future Research Directions for a European Research Programme”, 13-15 June 2001, San Cassiano - Alta Badia (Dolomites), Italy

• “Digital Libraries: Main Research Themes for a Network of Excellence under FP6”, October, Pisa (proposed)

Research ForumResearch ForumDELOS/NSF Joint Working GroupsDELOS/NSF Joint Working Groups

• Digital Imaging for Significant Cultural and Historical Materials

• Spoken-Word Digital Audio Collections

• Information Extraction from Digital Libraries

• Personalization and Recommender Systems in Digital Libraries

• Emerging Language Technologies and Rediscovery of the Past

• Preservation and Archiving

• Evaluation and Test Suites

• Agents in Digital Libraries

Digital Library Evaluation ForumDigital Library Evaluation Forum

ObjectivesObjectives::

to accelerate and enhance research into digital libraries to accelerate and enhance research into digital libraries

to provide appropriate testbeds for evaluating research in to provide appropriate testbeds for evaluating research in the DL domainthe DL domain

ActionsActions::

Digital Library Test Suite Digital Library Test Suite

Cross-Language EvaluationCross-Language Evaluation

Evaluation of Cross-Language Spoken Document Evaluation of Cross-Language Spoken Document Retrieval System (feasibility study)Retrieval System (feasibility study)

Evaluation ForumEvaluation ForumTest SuiteTest Suite

A DL Test Suite WG has been set-upA DL Test Suite WG has been set-up

Description scheme for digital collectionsDescription scheme for digital collections

Survey on existing DL test collectionsSurvey on existing DL test collections

Building of a metalibrary of DL test collectionsBuilding of a metalibrary of DL test collections

Further development of the metalibrary of DL test Further development of the metalibrary of DL test collectionscollections

Evaluation of XML document retrievalEvaluation of XML document retrieval

Evaluation ForumEvaluation ForumCross-Language EvaluationCross-Language Evaluation

CLEF 2001 Evaluation Campaign (January - August 2001) Multilingual information retrieval (5 languages) Bilingual information retrieval Monolingual information retrieval Mono- and bilingual domain-specific system evaluation Interactive system evaluation (experimental track)

CLEF 2001 Workshop Cross-Language Retrieval and Evaluation, Darmstadt, 3-4 September

2001

CLEF now established as an independent activity separately funded by the European Commission

CLEF 2002 Workshop in connection with ECDL 2002

Digital Library Standardisation Digital Library Standardisation ForumForum

ObjectivesObjectives::

to contribute to the definition of relevant standards by studying to contribute to the definition of relevant standards by studying topics considered mature for standardisation topics considered mature for standardisation

to follow standardisation activities in the DL domain carried to follow standardisation activities in the DL domain carried out by international bodies and working groupsout by international bodies and working groups

ActionsActions::

to set-up and operate a number of Working Groupsto set-up and operate a number of Working Groups

StandardisationStandardisation ForumForumWorking GWorking Groupsroups

Two WGs have been set up

•Registries

•Ontology Harmonization

Digital Library Training and Digital Library Training and Technology Transfer ForumTechnology Transfer Forum

ObjectivesObjectives::

to train young researchers in DL technologiesto train young researchers in DL technologies

to speed up the take-up process of new DL technologiesto speed up the take-up process of new DL technologies

ActionsActions::

International Summer School SeriesInternational Summer School Series

Specific Technology Transfer ActionsSpecific Technology Transfer Actions

Training and TT ForumTraining and TT ForumInternational Summer School SeriesInternational Summer School Series

• First International Summer School on Digital Library Technologies (ISDL01), Pisa, 9-13 July 2001,“Fundamentals in Digital Libraries Technologies”

• Second International Summer School on Digital Library Technologies (ISDL02), Pisa, 8-12 July 2002, “Digital Libraries in Applications”

Training and TT ForumTraining and TT ForumSpecific TT actionsSpecific TT actions

• Tutorial at EVA 2001 Conference, Moscow

• Tutorial at IFLA 2001 Conference on “Multilingual Information Access”, Boston, 25 August 2001

• Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2001 Conference on “Audio-visual Metadata Models and Editors”, London, 23 September 2001

• Workshop at FIAT/IFTA 2002 Conference, Antalya, 16 October 2002 (planned)

Training and TT ForumTraining and TT Forum Specific TT actionsSpecific TT actions

Involve the local DL communities to organize National events

Italy, Rome, October 31, 2001– Digital Libraries: Research and Development in Italy

Greece, Corfu, June 21, 2002– Developing Digital Libraries

Portugal Austria Germany

Digital Library International Digital Library International

Co-operation ForumCo-operation Forum

Objectives:Objectives:

To enhance the collaborative links between the EU DL projects

to establish collaborative links with other non-EU DL to establish collaborative links with other non-EU DL research communitiesresearch communities

ActionsActions:: DL All Projects Workshop SeriesDL All Projects Workshop Series International Workshop SeriesInternational Workshop Series

InternationalInternational Co-operation ForumCo-operation ForumDL All Projects Workshops SeriesDL All Projects Workshops Series

• DL-EU All projects meeting, Luxembourg, February 7-8, 2001

• Harmonization Meeting on “Digital Libraries National Initiatives and EC Actions: The Need for Harmonization”, Brussels, May 11, 2001

• NSF-EU DL All project Meeting, Rome, March 25-26, 2002

InternationalInternational Co-operation ForumCo-operation ForumInternational WorkshopsInternational Workshops

• DELOS - Russian DL Community Workshop, Moscow, June 7-9, 2001(Jointly sponsored by DELOS, RAS, IITE-UNESCO)

• DELOS - non-EU Mediterranean DL Communities Workshop, Ifrane (Morocco), November 8-9, 2001(Jointly sponsored by DELOS, Al Akhawayn University)

InternationalInternational Co-operation ForumCo-operation ForumInternational WorkshopsInternational Workshops

• DELOS - Eastern European DL Communities Workshop (proposed)

• A proposal aiming at extending the achievements and activities of DELOS to the Eastern European countries has been approved by the European Commission and its formalization is under way

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