MINERVA EC project newsletterJanuary 2007, n.12 We are sending you the twelfth issue of the newsletter and we thank you in advance for your attention. Please, send us any suggestions writing to minerva2@beniculturali.it. If you don't want to receive anymore the MINERVA EC newsletter, please unsubscribe. MINERVA EC homepage NewsEventsPublicationsMINERVA EC, MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, eContentplus Starting from October 2006 MINERVA Project is enlarged to MINERVA EC, MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, eContentplus - Supporting the European Digital Library. MINERVA EC is a Thematic Network in the area of cultural, scientific information and scholarly content. The Consortium brings together stakeholders and experts from all over Europe, capitalising the results achieved by the previous MINERVA project, and supporting the European Commission initiative “i2010 – A European Information Society for growth and employment” as well as the Dynamic Action Plan launched in Bristol in November 2005 by the European Union Member States. MINERVA EC will operate through the coordination of national policies, programmes and institutions of the cultural sector, and by supporting the process towards the creation of the European digital library, as described in the conclusions of the Council of the Ministries on the Recommendation of the European Commission on the Digital Libraries. The following tasks will be implemented: ---------- MINERVA EC: establishment of the working groups Five working groups are established in the frame of the MINERVA EC project, contributing to the implementation of the DAP Action Groups, namely:
The working groups are organised on national and European levels:
The mechanisms is the same as it was already successfully used for the MINERVA and MINERVA Plus working groups. ---------- MINERVA EC poster A poster on MINERVA EC was presented at the poster session of the MICHAEL International Conference (Rome, 4-5 December 2006). http://www.minervaeurope.org/events/michael/poster06120405/minerva.jpg ---------- MICHAEL: Explore the European digital cultural heritage The MICHAEL European Portal is now accessible online. Through the multilingual MICHAEL service you can find and explore digital collections from museums, archives, libraries and other cultural institutions from across France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Whether you are interested in art or archaeology, family history or planning holidays, the Romans or modern History, MICHAEL can show you what is available. Explore it: http://www.michael-culture.org
---------- MEDCULT project: MINERVA reaches also Jordan Last 12-13 December, the workshop "Culture for web, Web for culture (http://www.medcult.org/events/amman06121213.html) was held in Amman at the Department of Antiquities. During this event the Arabic paper edition of the postcard and the handbook Quality Principles for cultural Web sites has been distributed. ---------- Digitisation and Online Accessibility of Cultural Material The Council conclusions on the Digitisation and Online Accessibility of Cultural Material, and Digital Preservation were published in the Official Journal of the EU C 297, p. 1 of 7 December 2006 (all official languages available).
Berlin, 21-23 February 2007
Europe's Cultural and Scientific Heritage in a digital World
PublicationsHandbook on Cost Reduction in Digitisation. MINERVA Plus Project, 2006. Online version: Minerva project
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