I am what is laughingly referred to as the National Expert for the UK on
this activity  ...

The initiative covers digitisation policies across the Cultural and
Scientific Heritage, which, to quote someone from the Commission,
"includes anything done yesterday". As a result, it encompasses far more
than simlpy museums, archives or libraries - I am working with
colleagues in archaeology, arts and in the HE sectors ...

I hope that this helps

David

David Dawson
Senior ICT Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:32 AM
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Subject: RESOURCE LEADING ON EUROPEAN DIGITISATION COORDINATION


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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>        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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