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Dear colleague,
I just wanted to draw your attention (with apologies for cross-posting)
to the excellent article on the Museums Association website concerning
the recent announcement from the European Commission urging Member
States to increase investment in and coordination of strategies for
Digitisation and Digital Preservation.
The article is up at
http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/01112011-uk-told-
to-increase-digitisation-investment
The Commission's announcement presents us with both a challenge (to get
3.93m new digital objects from UK museums into Europeana) and an
opportunity to carve out a place for the UK in the direction of European
funding for the Digital Agenda. As I mentioned previously, we will be
picking this up with ACE and DCMS, but in the meantime do please let me
know if you would like any additional information on this.
All best,
Nick
Nick Poole
CEO
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