The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Co-ordinating IST for Europe’s Local Cultural Institutions Rob Davies, Scientific Co-ordinator

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Calimera = Cultural Applications: Local Institutions Mediating Electronic Resource Access FP 6 Co-ordination Action

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme FP 4 – PubliCA - public libraries – accompanying measure [ ] FP5 – PULMAN - public libraries – concerted action [2001-3]. role in e-Europe Oeiras Manifesto + Oeiras Action Plan Guidelines (translated into 28 languages) FP6 – CALIMERA - museums+archives+public libraries+end users A little history

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Basic Facts 18 months —1 December May ,000 Euros 48 partners,40+ countries - local organisations, national authorities, research centres, Eblida —financial coordinator: Lisbon —scientific co-ordinator/project manager: MDR

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Ensure local cultural institutions can benefit from EU research and development (FP ) – enabling ‘anywhere, anytime, natural access to IST services for all’ – new forms of cultural and learning experience – community cohesion + cultural identity – creativity, inclusion, participation’ (Vivian Reding) – tackle the digital and technology divide – growth of knowledge-based economy – competitiveness Help establish a stable pan-European infrastructure for distributed digital content and community memory: 5 to 10 year horizon Strategic objective

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme 1. strategies 2. funding priorities 3. co-ordinated policy making 4. partnerships 5. interactive services 6. centres of excellence 7. staff recruitment and training 8. needs of users 9. benchmark 10. research and take-up activities PULMAN:Oeiras Action Plan

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Main goals : 1 Research agenda for Community Memory −Turn IST research into helpful digital services for citizens Make best use of existing/emerging technologies −Mobilise public libraries, local museums and archives −Develop and extend PULMAN good practice guidelines −Improve delivery of solutions to local institutions Focus on the needs of the end user/usability −Work with industry/researchers −Testing forums (Greece, Hungary, Portugal) How to measure impact of services on the end user

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Main goals : 2 Policy work: sensitise decision-makers, professionals, solution providers −European, national, regional and local levels −Support policy agendas e-government, social inclusion, e-learning, skills for employment, regional local economic development etc. −European co-ordination, benchmarking −Local authorities implement and deliver digitally-based services locally integration of public services/re-engineering

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Workplan Structure WP1Technologies and research for local cultural services [Critical Publics] WP2Local services: sharing policies and best practice [MLA] WP3The end user experience: a usable community memory [MMU] - Usability - Impact WP4 Dissemination, networking and training [Eblida] WP5 Management, co-ordination, evaluation [Lisbon/MDR]

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme How? Expert workshops Desk Research/state of the art analysis/recommendations —Usability —In–service training Toolkits Guidelines (++ museums and archives) —Translated —Good practice links Forums Country benchmarking reports (+’State of the Union’ Overview) Solutions Noticeboard

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Three reference networks Country Co-ordinators: locally-based professionals −builds on PULMAN country co-ordinators −adds archives, museums National Authorities responsible for local cultural institutions −public libraries, museums and archives Solutions Providers −the suppliers of local institutions [research and industry]

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme FP5 −DIGICULT, Heritage4All FP6 −BRICKS, DELOS, EPOCH, MinervaPLUS, PrestoSpace Co-operation between CALIMERA and Miinerva Network −‘bottom up’ and ‘top down’ National programmes + applications, industry … where to begin?

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Existing resources of Cultural Memory Organisations Generation of new digital content by virtual communities and individuals ‘Culture is everything that is not nature’ —interfaces between culture and knowledge, learning, information for everyday life Music/oral history Newer content forms e.g. Multimedia, VR/3D Content – what do we mean?

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Research roadmap – 1 Create Publish Ask DiscussLearn Enjoy View Acquire Identify and Acquire Describe Preserve Provide Share Enable Teach DesignAssess Validate Interpret Affirm Disseminat e Communi cat e

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Research roadmap - 2 FunctionSystems Description ExamplesNotes / Queries Research Issues Create a new objectSystems enable end users to create their own cultural objects, providing all the necessary tools. COINE ( CHIMER ( mer.org/index.as p) Reaktor ( ichman.no/) ?? Get a Life ( v.uk/lia) Terra Buskerud ( a.no) Moving Here ( inghere.org.uk/ Tools need to be very simple and assume very little IT knowledge. Context-based tag technology (SINTEF) ‘Get a Life’ is apparently on the intranet and not accessible from the Web? Build new systems which provide added functionality to those now available but hide this from the user.

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Solutions Noticeboard CALIMERA Solutions Noticeboard Front-end guidelines This document is meant to provide generic guidelines on how interfaces of the CALIMERA Solutions Noticeboard are to be presented. Please regard them as proposals on what is important to appear in each page; and feel free to adapt them to your current design, as well as the restrictions of your platform. Only elements related to the Noticeboard have been discussed; global navigation, footer and other key functions of the CALIMERA website have not been touched upon – we assume that these elements will remain as are. Text that appears in such a format represents links to the corresponding directory pages (index or full story). I think most of them are self explanatory, but if you are in doubt, please contact me. Elements in a red frame are “nice-to-haves”, but in now way do they concern a functionality we cannot live without. So, if you have a problem implementing (system or time-wise) them, don’t worry! Elements in a green frame represent links to anchors to elements on the bottom of the page. The wire-frames below are not exhaustive; you might need to create complementary templates. For example I have not specified forms for entering solutions’ or providers’ data. The current document deals only with the way information in the CALIMERA Solutions Noticeboard is presented. The previous specification document for the back-end database is still valid; indeed, it is with that specification as a reference that we have build the interfaces below. Homepage The featured solution is a randomly selected solution from the database (the above mentioned fields appear). Ideally, every time the page refreshes, the featured solution should change. Homepage for registered users (solution providers) A message box is not a necessity. However, a tool to prompt people that have not entered their data to do so is very important and will work wonders for the success of the Noticeboard. Solutions directory: first level I believe that the above directories are self-explanatory. Functional category is what on the specification document was called subject. If a directory has a large amount of sub-categories let’s agree on a maximum number of sub-categories that gets displayed, lets say 7-8, then followed by dots (…). The exact number is subject to our preferences and to the final design (size of fonts, etc). As far as the alphabetical directory is concerned, ideally the letter ranges should be created automatically so that categories are balanced. I understand that this is undoable in such short notice. Do you have any suggestions? Also, the most recently edited solution should appear. If this is not possible, then a random one, as in the homepage. Solutions directory: second level (on) Both the description and the expenses fields of the solution object need to be able to support formatted text, so that our users can divide their text into sections, use bold or italics, insert links, etc. “Views from the field” is a textual element that the Noticeboard moderator can edit, in order to present the public comments we will receive by . Solution Providers’ database: first level As far as the alphabetical directory is concerned see above. Solution Providers’ database: second level (on) For the number of items per page, see our rationale above. Solution Provider full story The solutions presented in this page are solutions of the specific solution provider. More solutions will lead to a separate page of all solutions by this same provider, if such exist. Table of contents Front-end guidelines Homepage Homepage for registered users (solution providers) Solutions directory: first level Solutions directory: second level (on) Solutions full story Solution Providers’ database: first level Solution Providers’ database: second level (on) Solution Provider full story Table of contents

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Section 1 – Social Policy guidelines Social inclusion Cultural identity and cohesion E-Government and Citizenship Learning (formal and informal) Social and Economic Development Section 2 - Management and planning guidelines Strategic planning Co-operation and partnership Business models Staffing Performance and evaluation Legal and rights issues CALIMERA Guidelines

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Section 3 - Technical guidelines Digitisation Multimedia services Resource description Discovery and retrieval Content and context management Accessibility Multilingualism Security Digital preservation Personalisation Interactivity and presentation Underlying technologies and infrastructure CALIMERA Guidelines

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Organisation Policies and strategic activities Statistics Information and communication technology in local institutions Outlook Key standards and guidelines Joint activities involving public libraries, museums and archives Research Country Reports

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme CALIMERAWeb ww w.calimera.org Single point of public access to project results − guidelines and roadmaps − country-based benchmarking reports − policy toolkit and advisory channels − best practice and policy forums − Solutions Notice board Stakeholder database Link to other projects, resources,events etc ‘Intranet’ for project documents

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme IST Workshop, The Hague – Interactive Living Heritage, 17 November IST Call 4 – November 2004 CALIMERA Policy Conference, Copenhagen, IST Call 5 - May 2005 e-Content plus Call Key dates

The Calimera Project is funded under the European Commission, IST Programme Contact Rob Davies