Cultural Heritage Applications Network

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network

• Presentation of the
• CULTIVATE Network
• Christiane Dorff
• Ehem. Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut, Berlin
• dorff_at_dbi-berlin.de
• EVA Conference 2000
• Moscow, 31 October 2000

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (1)

• Ehem. Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
  (co-ordinator) DE
• An Chomhairle Leabharlanna - The Library Council
  IE
• Institute for Learning and Teaching
  ResearchTechnology, University of Bristol
  UK
• Resource The Council for Museums, Archives and
  Libraries UK
• University of Bath, UKOLN UK

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (2)

• Cultural Service Centre Austria AT
• National Office for Research Documentation,
  Academic and Special Libraries NO
• Biblioteca Nacional ES
• Osservatorio dei programmi internazionali per le
  biblioteche IT
• Fundo de Fomenta Cultural PT

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (3)

• The Royal Library, National Library of Sweden
  SE
• University of Helsinki FI
• Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and
  Cultural Affairs BE
• Ministry of National Education and Religious
  Affairs GR
• Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura ES

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Cultural Heritage Applications Network (4)

• Associated Partners
• Danish National Library Authority DK
• Dutch Digital Heritage Association NL
• ISERD Israel Directorate for EU FP5 IL

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Duration and Funding

• Accompanying measure under IST Programme
• Start 1 February 2000
• Duration 3 years
• Only activities / services at European level are
  funded by European Commission
• National based support for proposers is
  nationally funded

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Objectives

• To raise awareness of IST Programme in the area
  of cultural heritage applications
• Information dissemination
• programme information
• project results
• To enhance quantity and quality of proposals
• To link European institutions with national
  bodies and professional organisations

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Activity 1 (1)Establishing the networks

• Establishing a national co-ordinating body in
  each country (partner countries and associated
  countries) National Nodes

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Activity 1 (2) Establishing the networks

• Building up national networks in each country
• with representatives from all relevant memory
  institutions

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Activity 1 (3) Establishing the networks

• Linking the national networks on European
  level co-ordinating the content activities
  of the national networks at European level

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Activity 2 (1) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of national Web pages
• by network partners
• common Web design and structure
• common domain names lthttp//www.ltnationgt.cultivate
  -eu.orggt
• information in English and national language
• links to existing Web information

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Activity 2 (2) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of a European Web site
• by ILRT, University of Bristol (UK)
• design and structure like national Web pages
• domain name lthttp//www.cultivate-eu.orggt
• links to existing Web information

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Activity 2 (3) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of an electronic discussion list
• by Resource (UK)
• cultivate-list_at_ukoln.ac.uk

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Activity 2 (4) Dissemination and Information

• Establishment of a document server
• by CSC Austria
• enabling easy retrieval of documents located on
  the internet or any local server
• http//www.cscaustria.at/cultivate/docmgmt/

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Activity 3CULTIVATE Interactive

• Electronic Web magazine
• by UKOLN, University of Bath (UK)
  lthttp//www.cultivate-int.orggt

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Activity 4 (1) Supporting Participation

• Supporting participation in EU projects through
• national information days for potential proposers
• training seminars for proposers
• consultancy for proposers

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Activity 5Policy Monitoring

• Linking EU policy at national level
• Linking EU policy to European and international
  memory institutions

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Management Administration (1)

• Reporting monthly management reports
  including
• work planned for the reporting period
• work done in the reporting period
• problems and solutions
• resources used

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Management Administration (2)

• Cost claiming
• recording of hours worked for each workpackage
• cost accounting
• every 6 month cost claim due

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Management Administration (3)

• Formative evaluation
• after each milestone (about every 6 months)
• production of self-assessment report by
  workpackage leader
• self-assessment report to be discussed with
  co-ordinator and steering group

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Management Administration (4)

• Meetings
• Steering Group Meetings every 6 months

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Management Administration (5)

• Annual Reviews
• at the European Commission
• once a year
• aim to guarantee progress and quality of the
  project
• participants project officer, project partners,
  2 independent evaluators

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Problems and Solutions (1)

• P Co-operation of memory institutions
• S Development of national networks
• P Understanding of English language
• S Additional services in national languages

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Problems and Solutions (2)

• P Corporate identity of services
• S Unity of service design
• P Use of services at European level
• S Calling proposers attention by national nodes
• P Reaching proposers attention
• S Production of area specific information

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Problems and Solutions (3)

• P Covering the whole of Europe (West and East)
• S Double it CULTIVATE-EU and -CEE

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Milestones reached

• All national nodes in working condition
• National networks established in some countries
• European and national e-lists online
• European and national Web service online
• Searchable document server online using metadata
  and XML format
• E-magazine CULTIVATE Interactive online
• Information days, training seminars and
  consultancy by national nodes
• European and national policy monitoring

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Questions

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