MinervaEC

MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, eContentplus Supporting the European Digital Library Antonella Fresa Technical Coordinator Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MinervaEC: the project

Thematic Network Supported under eContentplus Started on 1st October 2006 Duration: 2 years Coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Culture 21 EU countries More than 150 cultural institutions from all over Europe Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MinervaEC and the European digital library

MinervaEC continues the work undertaken by MINERVA and MINERVA Plus towards the elaboration of a platform of recommendations, guidelines and tools for digitisation.

MinervaEC supports MICHAEL and MICHAEL Plus initiatives.

MinervaEC is aligned with: i2010 strategy for a European Information Society for growth and employment, the EC Recommendation on digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation, and the Council Conclusions.

In this light, it contributes to the creation of the European digital library.

Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MINERVA and MINERVA Plus: a flashback

MINERVA – IST FP5 from 2002 until 2005 7 countries MINERVA Plus – FP6 from 2004 until 2006 14 EU countries + Russia and Israel Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MINERVA and MINERVA Plus main results: the starting point of MinervaEC

Annual Reports: 4 editions (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) A set of practical Handbooks: Good Practices Technical Guidelines Good quality cultural websites Cost reduction Multilingual websites and thesauri The Minerva website: www.minervaeurope.org

9 NRG meetings under the aegis of 9 EU Presidencies: Alicante-Spain, Copenhagen-Denmark, Corfu-Greece, Parma-Italy, Dublin-Ireland, The Hague-The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Bristol-UK, Salzburg-Austria Hundreds of European cultural institutions involved in workshops, seminars, training Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MinervaEC objectives

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To improve accessibility to and visibility of European digital cultural resources; To contribute to increasing interoperability between existing networks of services; To promote the use of digital cultural resources by business and citizens; To facilitate exploitation of cultural digital resources, providing clear rules for their use and re-use, respecting and protecting the creators’ rights. Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MinervaEC targets

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Beneficiaries of the actions of the project: public and private organisations and institutions that create, collect or own digital content; private citizens, interested in receiving quality contents, reliable and directly responding to their interests; universities and schools, which wants to use cultural contents for educational purposes in a legal and safe environment; small and large enterprises interested in (re)using digital cultural content.

Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

MinervaEC impact

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3 main directions: Stimulating decision makers and implementers in carrying out their initiatives of content enrichment, Creating the conditions to improve the quality of cultural content and services, Enhancing accessibility to cultural digital content.

Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

The approach

The MinervaEC approach follows the steps of the MINERVA project: a. a tight liaison with the national digitisation policies b. the implementation of the results achieved into new initiatives (e.g. MICHAEL and MICHAEL Plus) c. the involvement of experts from all the cultural institutions (museums, libraries, archives etc.) d. the cooperation with the other networks (EDLnet, EPOCH, DELOS, etc.) Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

Publications under preparation

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2 Annual Reports

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5 Thematic publications: Map of the cultural heritage in Europe IPR guidelines Technical guidelines v.2

Directory of the European legislation v.2

Study on the user needs Project dissemination literature Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

National workshops

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National workshops in each partner country to promoter MINERVA and to illustrate its tools and publications Past appointments:

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Brussels, 24/4/2007 Santiago de Compostela, 11/5/2007 Podram, 2/10/2007 Next planned appointments:

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Tallin, 18-19/10/2007 Riga, 30/10/2007 Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

Project meetings

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Plenary meetings in cooperation with the EU Presidencies: Helsinki, 12 October 2006 Berlin, 23 February 2007 Ljubljana, 5-6 June 2008 France, September 2008 (final event)

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Working groups meetings: Berlin, 20/6/2007 Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

Conclusion

The MinervaEC workplan is fully correlated with the priorities of the EC Recommendation on the European Digital Library and the Conclusions of the Council :

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To work towards the integration of libraries, museums and archives

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To address: IPR, interoperability and multilingualism To share good practices To reinforce coordination within and between MS To contribute to the overview of progress through the publication of the Minerva Annual Reports The agenda of MinervaEC is aligned with TEL/EDL, MICHAEL/MICHAEL Plus and the other initiatives in the sector Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007

Thank you for your attention

www.minervaeurope.org

Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007