co-funded by the European Commission

www.dismarc.org

What happens to that live concert you just What happens to that live concert you just heard on the radio?heard on the radio?

Or to those unique Or to those unique ethnological recordings ethnological recordings made during long made during long arduous expeditions?arduous expeditions?

Their final destination is a shelf in one Their final destination is a shelf in one of many professional music archives. of many professional music archives.

Music archives are home to priceless music audio, including 78s and other rare and historical recordings.

Archives are held by broadcasters, museums, institutions or private collectors.

Music archives collect the cultural heritage of a people or nation.

Archive collections often also contain videos, books, documents, manuscripts and musical instruments. All are part of Europe’s cultural audio-treasure chest.

Information about the music and the Information about the music and the recordings is collected and stored as recordings is collected and stored as metadatametadata in a database catalogue. in a database catalogue.

These catalogues are the access point to the musicaltreasure chest. Only catalogued music can be found.

Each archive is an island with it’s Each archive is an island with it’s own character. own character.

Archives have their own individual languages.Their digital catalogues have been created in different formats.Their data is based on different technologies.Users can search the catalogues only one by one. They have to pay a separate visit to each archive.

Participating archives and collections Participating archives and collections contribute their catalogue data. contribute their catalogue data.

This data are transformed into a universally-readable format.

The result?The result? All these different catalogues are simultaneously searchable

Online searches can be made by anybody, from anywhere. This service is available in more than 20 languages.

for the first time!

24 hours a day!

The DISMARC portal is the key to this The DISMARC portal is the key to this access, and is ready for public use since access, and is ready for public use since September 2008. September 2008.

It can do a lot…

It communicates in many It communicates in many languageslanguages

30 languages in the portal.30 languages in the portal. Even more languages for special searchesEven more languages for special searches 32 languages in the DISMARC Thesauri-32 languages in the DISMARC Thesauri-

dictionaries.dictionaries.

...because......because...

...even non-European languages are in

use in European music archives! BokmålBokmål DanskDansk DeutschDeutsch EestiEesti EnglishEnglish EspañolEspañol FrançaisFrançais Hrvatski jezikHrvatski jezik ItalianoItaliano MagyarMagyar MaltiMalti Nederlandse taalNederlandse taal PortuguêsPortuguês SlovenčinaSlovenčina

SuomiSuomi SvenskaSvenska HindīHindī język polskijęzyk polski latviešu valodalatviešu valoda limba românalimba româna romani ćhibromani ćhib ČeštinaČeština ελληνική γλώσσαελληνική γλώσσα Български езикБългарски език українськаукраїнська العرب العرب اللغة اللغة 日本語日本語 汉语汉语 한국말한국말

Let‘s search for songs with the Let‘s search for songs with the word BRIDE in its title:word BRIDE in its title:

And And DISMARC DISMARC finds 1.012 finds 1.012 songtitles songtitles with these with these words:words:

Random on a phonograph Random on a phonograph

DISMARC plays Music:

After you found itAfter you found it in the databasein the database

Or after browsingOr after browsing a world mapa world map

DISMARC welcomes new DISMARC welcomes new archives onlinearchives online

DISMARC allows new archives DISMARC allows new archives to sort their data onlineto sort their data online

DISMARC will be fully compatible with TEL/EDL and will be integrated into future developments as a EUROPEANA ‘audio pillar’.

Who is DISMARC? Who is DISMARC? Museums, universities, broadcasters and Museums, universities, broadcasters and

technical specialists started it, ten partners technical specialists started it, ten partners from seven EU-countries.from seven EU-countries.

The EU participated by funding from Sept. The EU participated by funding from Sept. 2006 until August 2008.2006 until August 2008.

Three „curators“ keep DISMARC going:Three „curators“ keep DISMARC going:

- Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (overall - Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (overall administration), administration),

- AIT (technical, customer upload)- AIT (technical, customer upload)

- EMEM (metadata compliance)- EMEM (metadata compliance)

www.dismarc.org

co-funded by the European Commission