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Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007
Antonella FresaTechnical Coordinator
MinervaECMInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities
in digitisation, eContentplusSupporting the European Digital Library
Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007
MinervaEC: the project
Thematic NetworkSupported under eContentplus Started on 1st October 2006Duration: 2 years
Coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Culture
21 EU countriesMore than 150 cultural institutions from all
over Europe
Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007
MinervaEC andthe 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 MinervaECAnnual 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
• 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 targetsBeneficiaries 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
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
• 2 Annual Reports
• 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
• National workshops in each partner country to promoter MINERVA and to illustrate its tools and publications
• Past appointments:• Brussels, 24/4/2007• Santiago de Compostela, 11/5/2007• Podram, 2/10/2007
• Next planned appointments:• Tallin, 18-19/10/2007• Riga, 30/10/2007
Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007
Project meetings
• 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)
• Working groups meetings:– Berlin, 20/6/2007
Antonella Fresa Vilnius, 4th October 2007
ConclusionThe MinervaEC workplan is fully correlated with the priorities of the EC Recommendation on the European Digital Library and the Conclusions of the Council :
– To work towards the integration of libraries, museums and archives
– 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