DL.org Newsletter - Issue 2 2009 "Connecting DL Experts Globally"

DL.org Newsletter

Issue no. 2

June 2009

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Table of Contents

  • Editorial
  • Culture with a Capital “C”: Face-to-Face with Jill Cousins
  • Spotlight on Key Directions for Earth Sciences and Earth Observation: Briefing Paper
  • DL.org Workshop on DL Interoperability, Best Practices & Modelling Foundations, 1 October 2009, Corfu, Greece within ECDL09, 27 September to 2 October
  • DL.org Working Groups
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    Editorial

    7 months into the project, DL.org has been busy establishing and finalising its Working Groups,  where the first in a series of meetings will take place over the next two months. It has expanded its community with now over 30 strategic alliances identified across a wide selection of Digital Library (DL) projects and initiatives. With over 43 targeted contacts in the EU and 20 globally, the project is on its way to coordinating a common approach and methodology for the interoperability of DLs to reach all corners of the DL community.

    This month's newsletter offers highlights of recent developments in digital libraries through an interview with the Programme Director of Europeana project, upcoming DL workshops and highlights within both DL.org Working Groups and Liaison Groups.

    Culture with a Capital “C”: Face-to-Face with Jill Cousins

    The Europeana project, a digital library network at EU level aimed at creating a cross-domain (museums, libraries, archives, and audio-visual collections) portal, is marking a concrete step towards a common, co-ordinated access point to Europe’s culture. An interview with Jill Cousins, Programme Director of Europeana has helped spotlight the project’s significance, challenges and links with DL.org.

    The significance of Europeana lies in its drive towards enabling access to EU culture to all citizens in Europe, bringing to one place all the treasures currently located elsewhere. All citizens will therefore benefit from access to and the sharing of cultural resources with the potential to increase cultural awareness across Europe.

    Read the interview...

    Spotlight on Key Directions for Earth Sciences and Earth Observation: Briefing Paper

    Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency, sheds light on key directions for Research Digital Libraries in the arena of Earth Sciences and Earth Observation in a special mini report. An expert in the field with over thirty years’ experience, Luigi Fusco explores the specific requirements Digital Libraries should seek to meet with particular reference to the value-add of the EC-funded project DILIGENT.

    More special reports from the DL community are also available.

    DL.org Workshop on DL Interoperability, Best Practices & Modelling Foundations, 1 October 2009, Corfu, Greece within ECDL09, 27 September to 2 October

    The Workshop will raise awareness of the benefits of interoperability as a key factor for the development of global Digital Library infrastructures, defining effective methods for interoperability between DL systems, and exploring interoperability issues and best practices from the perspectives of architecture, content, functionality, policy, quality and users. Prof. Dr Stefan Gradmann, Europeana, will deliver a keynote address illustrating challenges surrounding interoperability in the field of DLs. The Welcome Session will be followed by two reporting sessions presenting the current outcomes of DL.org’s Working Groups, concluding with an interactive discussion.

    Find out more...

    DL.org Working Groups

    In its quest to integrate current Digital Library (DL) efforts by fostering a common approach and methodology for the future development and interoperability of Digital Libraries (DLs) in Europe DL.org has put into place 6 working groups of experts to address core themes identified in the DELOS DL Reference Model: Architecture, Content, Functionality, Policy, Quality, and Users. Each group is responsible for identifying the most urgent interoperability challenges and providing solutions and best practices.

    The DL.org Liaison group is chartered with evaluating the outcomes of the DL.org Working Groups, offering their own perspectives and helping shape the final outcomes of the project. A special feature on the Working Groups and Liaison Group will appear in the next newsletter.

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