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Creating Cultural Content UK, European and International Initiatives

Creating Cultural Content UK, European and International Initiatives. December 2002 APEC02 Taipei, Taiwan David Dawson, Senior ICT Adviser. Agenda. UK Europe International. UK. Resource. Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries Strategy & Planning Library & Information Society

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Creating Cultural Content UK, European and International Initiatives

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  1. Creating Cultural Content UK, European and International Initiatives December 2002 APEC02 Taipei, Taiwan David Dawson, Senior ICT Adviser

  2. Agenda • UK • Europe • International

  3. UK

  4. Resource • Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries • Strategy & Planning • Library & Information Society • Learning & Access • Standards

  5. Resource ICT Strategy • ICT will be used to promote, protect, exploit and popularise the rich resources contained within museums, archives and libraries placing them at the heart of the Information Society. • Provide maximum access to collections and services for all existing and potential users regardless of their physical or educational abilities. • Work across sectors to create new integrated products delivering maximum benefit to communities and individuals. • Create links beyond the libraries, museums and archives sector, tying the resources into other programmes building the networked learning space

  6. Why bother with ICT? • Government Policy 2000 • 100% of Government business to be delivered electronically by 2005 • universal access to internet by 2005

  7. How we got here

  8. National Grid for Learning • portal to link to learning resources • launched in 1999 • influential in policy terms • first major recognition of value of museums

  9. Higher Education • JISC • Joint Information Systems Committee • top-sliced funding • SuperJanet 4 • high-speed networks • Information Environment • electronic libraries - £15m • content for learning and teaching - 5/99 Call • included museum projectsfor the first time

  10. Netful of Jewels • New Museums in the Learning Age • the contribution that museums can make to the learning networks • creating content • interpretation • interactive services • £55m cost National Museum Director’s Conference in association with MGC and mda

  11. What we have been doing ...

  12. www.cornucopia.org.uk

  13. Designation Challenge Fund • £6m of funding on ICT projects • lessons • need to be user-centred • not enough consultation & evaluation • need for standards & advice • need for partnership and information-sharing • under-valued by museums until too late • re-invention of wheels • risk management • procurement timescales • local authority IT departments

  14. The Plans … • 1999 DCF applicants • people • 20 project managers • over 100 staff - skilled in creating data, capturing images and / or website design • collections management software suppliers • 18 museums purchasing systems • 4 major suppliers • customised, installed and staff trained within 6 months

  15. The Reality ... • 2002 – DCF projects • people • 20 project managers  • over 100 staff - skilled in creating data, capturing images and / or website design  • collections management software suppliers • 18 museums purchasing systems  • 4 major suppliers  • customised, installed and staff trained by within 6 months 

  16. What has been achieved? • small selection … • also look at • www.bowesmuseum.org.uk • www.ruralhistory.org • www.horniman.ac.uk • www.stoke.gov.uk/museums • www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk • www.bmag.org.uk • and the others . . .

  17. www.ironbridge.org.uk

  18. www.molli.org.uk

  19. The Impact • on-line catalogues – from 2 to 24 • resources for schools – from 1 to 14 • resources for life-long learners – from 2 to 11 • accessible websites – from 0 to 18 • 18 museums report increased use of website • 9 report longer visit duration • 12 report increase in enquires

  20. IT Challenge Fund CHAIN Romans in Sussex East, West, Central Virtually the Ice Age Netting the Bay North Devon on Disk Three-cornered Gallery Victorians website Cradle of Science and Technology Jewels of Milton Keynes www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/itcf

  21. £100 m to connect all libraries £50m to create digital content £20 to train all public librarians

  22. People’s Network Infrastructure • £100m to create ICT learning centres in 4,300 public libraries across the UK • a rolling programme of openings until end of 2002 … • over half UKonline Centres are in libraries … • on time! • on budget! • Celebrated by our Prime Minister!

  23. NOF-digitise programme • £50m to create on-line material to support and encourage lifelong learning for all • 400 learning packages • over 1million digital objects • support government strategy for social inclusion • enable those not part of formal education benefit from information age • cultural enrichment • citizenship • re-skilling the nation

  24. Technical standards • minimise (?) confusion amongst projects • need to ensure interoperability and re-use • emerging e-Government standards • e-GIF • Website Design Guidelines http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/content/technical.asp

  25. NOF-digitise - creating a Portal • web-based cataloguing tool • projects • learning resources • databases • projects enter and maintain their own data

  26. Cross-searching • Considering OAI metadata harvesting

  27. access to arts and culture through digital media museums, libraries, archives, film, broadcasters, heritage, visual arts, performing arts, digital arts, new media ... curriculum enhancement and life-long learning interactive programmes to engage learners webcasts, online workshops, themed delivery user driven - story-led just starting . . .

  28. Forum for Network Co-ordination • Joint activity with JISC • Supported by DfES and DCMS • exploring ideas • strategic co-ordination of policy and funding initiatives • technical standards • emerging issues • broadband, e-Science, Grid computing, Information Environment ... regional broadbands, BECTa, Cabinet Office, DfEE, NHS, Post Office, Countryside Agency, Digital Scotland, Welsh Assembly, DETR, BBC, DTI etc

  29. Europe

  30. eEurope Action Plan • By 2002 • Bring every citizen, home and school, every business and administration, online and into the digital age. • Create a digitally literate Europe, supported by an entrepreneurial culture ready to finance and develop new ideas. • Ensure that the whole process is socially inclusive, builds consumer trust and strengthens social cohesion.

  31. eEurope Action Plan 2002 • Objective 3D. eContent – “European digital content for global networks” • 56. Launch a programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote the linguistic diversity in the information society, including action to support exploitation of public sector information • 57. Create a co-ordination mechanism for digitisation programmes across Member States

  32. Lund Principles • Identified the importance of Cultural and scientific heritage • platform for the development of the European digital content industry • supports cultural identity and diversity • supports education and tourism

  33. Lund Principles • Issues to be addressed ... • fragmented approach • digital preservation • IPR • lack of synergy between cultural and new technology programmes • institutional commitment http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult/en/eeurope.html

  34. Lund Action Plan • create a forum • develop a European view of policies and programmes • benchmarking • promoting good practice • accelerating skills development • set up national inventories

  35. National Representatives Group • representation from each Member State • meet every six months under the Presidency • Belgian Presidency - Quality Framework • Spanish Presidency- Preservationof Digital Memory • closing remarks by Minister of Culture

  36. Policies and Programmes • National policy profiles • completed for most Member States • Benchmarking • first version now completed • trialled in early 2002 • in UK • IT Challenge Fund, NOF, Culture Online, JISC DNER, HLF • progress reported to NRG meeting under Spanish Presidency in May • now being analysed and methodology revised

  37. Benchmarking

  38. MINERVA project • MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation

  39. MINERVA Project • To take forward this work • Benchmarking • Inventories of projects • Interoperability • Quality Frameworks • Identification of good practice • Strategic impact and enlargement • IT, BE, ES, FR, FI, SW, UK • other Member States joining ...

  40. Europe and Culture Portal • launched 18th March • cultural cooperation, regulations, funding for culture and international relations www.europa.ei.int/comm/culture

  41. 6th Framework • Next generation of EU funding • large-scale Networks of Excellence • Expression of Interest submitted 7 June • co-ordinated by MINERVA • support of all Culture Ministries • creation of an information environment • issues still to be addressed - IPR, digital preservation etc • wide range of organisations involved at national and international level • the beginning of a process of building on national initiatives • willing to work with others ...

  42. eEurope 2005 Action Plan • adopted in May 2002 • modern online public services • dynamic e-business environment • eGovernment • eLearning • eHealth • eBusiness • services, applications and content • broadband infrastructure and security

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