Dear All
I thought this might be of interest. Is this just for libraries or would
archives be influenced by these digitization policies?
Regards
Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan
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>Thread-Topic: RESOURCE LEADING ON EUROPEAN DIGITISATION COORDINATION
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>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:51:50 +0100
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>From: Helen Baigent <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RESOURCE LEADING ON EUROPEAN DIGITISATION COORDINATION
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> Apologies for cross posting
>
> The People's Network website has been nominated as the UK's
>national contact point in an EU action to coordinate digitisation
>policies across Europe.
>
> The People's Network website was nominated at the seminar held
>in Mons last Saturday under the Belgian presidency of the EU. The
>website brings together details on a wide range of Information and
>Communications Technology (ICT) projects in the UK, and provides the
>official response to a questionnaire circulated across the UK by the
>Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The creation of the national
>contact point is one recommendation of the eEurope Action Plan, a
>10-point plan to speed the adoption of ICT across the EU.
>
> The use of the People's Network website as the UK's national
>contact point on digitisation policies builds on the successful launch
>last year of the Forum for Network Coordination, organised by Resource
>on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the
>Department for Education and Skills. The Forum facilitates information
>exchange and discussion about delivery and sustainability of ICT
>learning initiatives in the UK. More than 80 organisations and
>individuals are currently involved.
>
> The People's Network website already has links to a range of
>information about eEurope activity, including information on funding
>available under the EU's IST Programme and links to the pages for other
>Member States, as they become available.
>
> Resource and other European partners in the action will be
>developing a database to highlight best practice and technical standards
>in digitisation. They will also begin work on digitisation benchmarking
>across the EU and develop policies on issues highlighted in the Lund
>Principles, such as interoperability and training. The Lund Principles
>are also available on the People's Network website.
>
> For more information visit:
>http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/forum/index.html
>
> Ursula Woolley
> Acting International Policy Adviser
> email: [log in to unmask]
> tel: 020 7273 1430
>
>
>Helen Baigent, Network Adviser
>Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
>16 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AA
>
>direct tel: +44 (0) 20 7273 1403
>fax: +44 (0) 20 7273 1404
>email: [log in to unmask]
>web: www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk
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>
>
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