Seminário Internacional sobre Digitalização:Experiência e Tecnologia

Peter Dowdell - UKOLN11th May, 2004

NOF-digitise and EnrichUKhttp://www.enrichuk.net

The NOF-digitise programmeThe NOF-digitise programme

• £50 million (€75m) allocated for digitisation projects

• Funded from National Lottery proceeds• Some 150 awards granted• Programme started 2001• All project development complete end

2004• Funding to 2007

Programme partnersProgramme partners

The New Opportunities FundIn partnership with:• UKOLN (University of Bath)• AHDS (King College, London)• MLA (formerly Resource)• Becta

Management structureManagement structure

NOF

Technical Advisory ServiceUKOLN / AHDS

Becta

PROJECTSPROJECTS

PROJECTSPROJECTS

MLA

Compliance checks

Quarterly / Final reports

Case Manager contact

Advice

Compliance Arbitration

Technical Queries

TAS website

Compliance arbitration

Peoples Network

TechnicalStandards

Technical Advisory ServiceTechnical Advisory Service

• Run by UKOLN in partnership with AHDS• Provides email and telephone support to projects

and other interested parties• Provides site visits and consultation• Publishes information papers and a FAQ list• Provides technical advice to NOF• Supports the compliance checking process• Maintains Email lists to programme community• http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/

NOF-digitise Technical Standards and GuidelinesNOF-digitise Technical Standards and Guidelines

• Developed by UKOLN in wide consultation with Higher Education and Industry

• Regularly revised during span of programme – 5 versions issued

• “Lifecycle” philosophy • Forms backbone of compliance process• “must”, “should” and “may” grammar• Location:

http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/content/technical.asp

Compliance monitoringCompliance monitoring

• As part of terms of the grant, projects were required to comply with the Technical Standards and Guidelines

• Compliance checking service provided by Becta and problems referred to TAS for advice and arbitration

Compliance monitoring (2)Compliance monitoring (2)

• HTML validation• WAI level A validation• Javascript• Plug-ins• Proprietary file formats – PDF, DOC etc• Alternative text• Security provisions• Metadata structure

Project ExamplesProject Examples

Very broad range of subject material• From very local to international scope• Wide representation from UK regions• Museums / Archives / Galleries• “Sense of Place”• Community-based projects• Learning material

ArkiveArkive

AmBaileAmBaile

Somerset Time LineSomerset Time Line

SeamlessUKSeamlessUK

Digital ShakshipatriDigital Shakshipatri

EnrichUK – the programme portalEnrichUK – the programme portal

EnrichUK – the programme portalEnrichUK – the programme portal

• 10 – 20,000 searches per month • One-stop access by browse or search to

the entire corpus of material generated by the programme

• Currently holds 150 project records and over 300 collection descriptions

EnrichUK – the programme portalEnrichUK – the programme portal

• A collection description registry• Based on RSLP and Dublin Core metadata

fields• Includes private project interface for

adding records to system• Administration panel for site admins

EnrichUK - service checkingEnrichUK - service checking

• NOF required an automated method to check projects remain up on the Web during the full funding period => 2007

• System makes an HTTP request to project and collection URL

• Response recorded in database• Report created and emailed at

configurable intervals

Good Practice GuideGood Practice Guide

• Aimed at project managers of digitisation projects

• Encapsulate good practice learnt from the NOF-digi programme

• Build on Minerva Good Practice Guide• Publication during July 2004

LinksLinks

NOF www.nof.org.ukEnrichUK www.enrichuk.netUKOLN www.ukoln.ac.ukMLA www.mla.gov.ukPeoples Network www.peoplesnetwork.gov.ukAHDS www.ahds.ac.ukBecta www.becta.org.uk

ContactsContacts

Peter DowdellUKOLN technical advisor

Suite 30315-17 Middle StreetBrighton BN1 1AL

e: p.dowdell@ukoln.ac.ukt: 01273 201 151m: 07786 266 440