Republic of Croatia National programme of digitization of archival, library and museum holdings Dunja Seiter-Šverko Lana Križaj The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

Contents  European initiatives  National initiatives  Digitization – why is it important?  Key issuses regarding digitization policies and programmes  Principles of digitization  National programme of digitization of ALM holdings Chronology Aims Structure Activities The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

Basic European initaitives in the field of information society:  eEurope 2005 Action Plan ( ) ex_en.htm  eEurope+ x_en.htm  i2010 ( ) /index_en.htm The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

ICT could contribute to the European cultural richness in the way of: - protection - accesibility of works of art aiming at education, entertainment, tourism and economic development Culture in the digital age The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

In accordance with those initiatives Member States have established trans-european mechanisms for digitisation policies and programmes in the field of cultural content and applications The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

Fundamental documents in the field of culture:  Lund Principles, 2001 ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/ist/docs/digicult/lund_principles- en.pdf  Lund Action Plan, ex_en.htm The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

Charter of Parma 2003  Agreed on the fundamental principles of Lund documents  Implemented within the framework provided by the Lund Action Plan, operationally supported by MINERVA European network The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

MINERVA (Ministerial Network for Valorising Activities in Digitisation) Objectives:  Networking of Memebr States ministeries aiming at harmonising activities carried out for the digitization of cultural and scientific content  Establishment of the common European tecnological and content platform  Creation of recommendations and guidelines about digitization and metadata as well as the long-time accessibility and preservation The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

NRG (The National Representative Group on digitisation policies in the EU Member States)  NRG members – officially nominated experts from each Member State and acts as a steering group for the activities related to the coordination of digitisation policies and programmes, with special emphasis on cultural and scientific resources and the contribution of public cultural institutions  Aim – to monitor progress regarding the objectives encapsulated in the Lund Principles  NRG meetings take place every six months – Croatia has participated twice on those meetings – Salzburg, June 2006 and Helsinki, October 2006 The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Programme e-Croatia 2007  National Council for Information Society (June 2006): recommendation – to digitize the cultural heritage  Strategy for the Development of Broadband Internet Access in the Republic of Croatia / Action Plan for the implementation of Strategy for 2007 – on October adopted by the Croatian Government National initiatives The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Digital environment as a space of expression, communication, experience, attitudes and value exchange  Accessibility of resources  Networking capability  Creation of new services  Protection Importance of digitization - why? The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Selection criteria  Expenses  Methodology, standards, interoperability  Fragmentation of resources and activities  Product shaping and management  Long-term protection, sustainability and usability of products and services Key issues The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 1: The institution which intends to digitize its resources or build their own digital collections in some other way should consider and adopt the digitization policy.  2: Digitization activity should be planned through the projects with clearly specified objectives and results, activity plan, responsibilities, resources, and evaluation procedure. The principles of digitization (1) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 3: Materials which are to be digitized should be carefully selected and thoroughly prepared, starting from the objective and digitization procedure. Preparation for digitization always includes the preparation of metadata as well.  4: Wherever possible, the standardized procedures should be established.  5: Project of digitization should consider and offer the solution for the long-term preservation and digital collection management issues. The principles of digitization (2) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 6: Good digitization programme envisages the systematic development of organizational capabilities and resources, high involvement of personnel and co-operation with other institutions.  7: Digitization programme should comprise standards and procedures for monitoring and quality control.  8: Digitization programme should take care of intellectual property and copyright issues in the accordance with the relevant national legislation. The principles of digitization (3) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Digitization = Processing + “Digitization” + On-line access + Rights management + Long-term preservation. The principles of digitization (4) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

The development of comprehensive widely accessible content in digital form is one of the key assumptions for the protection and evaluation of cultural heritage, for networking and presentation of Croatian cultural heritage in European, regional and other cultural networks, for the preservation of cultural diversity and use of cultural contents in education, tourism and other service industries. National programme – basic propositions The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

1.Digital collections produced by digitization of archival, library and museum holdings are of high quality and usable as the way of protection as well for easier access to resources. 2.Digitization is carried out in the framework of appropriately planned and conducted projects, in accordance with generally adopted principles, standards and priorities. 3.Digital collections could be accessed in accordance with usability rules through networking. Objectives (1) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

4.The complete digitisation of material in the long term leads to the creation of recognizable and relevant contents and “cultural space” in the electronic environment. 5.Digital collections are part of the organised management system which offers sufficient guarantees for their permanent preservation and availability. 6.Institutions whose resources are not sufficiently developed shall not be deprived of the possibility to digitise their materials. Objectives (2) The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Cooperative national project of digitisation of archival, library and museum holdings “Croatian cultural heritage”  Elaboration of standards and guidelines for the digitisation of material  Establishment of support and monitoring systems for the digitisation projects  Portal “Croatian cultural heritage”  Establishment of cooperative digital archives  Education  Infrastructure development Activities The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

The overall planned costs of the programme amount to 5, ,00 HRK. In the period 2007 to 2009 it is necessary to provide 1,933,000,00 HRK annually for the implementation of the programme. No.NameAmount (HRK) 1. Functioning of the Project Office ,00 2. Professional training and support for institutions ,00 3.Drawing up of standards and technical specifications ,00 4.Procurement of equipment for the cooperative digital archives ,00 5. Telecommunication costs ,00 6 Support to digitisation projects in institutions ,00 7. Computer services ,00 Total ,00 Specification of programme costs The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Initiative of the Ministry of Culture, National and University Library and Croatian Library Council  Working group nominated by the Minister of Culture:  National Digitization Programme Proposal drafted by working group:  National Programme adoption:  Strategy for the Development of Broadband Internet Access:  Operational plan for the implementation of Programme e- Croatia 2007:  For the first time the resources for digitization of cultural heritage have been provided from the National Budget for 2007  Agreement on co-operation on the implementation of National Project “Croatian Cultural Heritage” (Ministry of Culture, National and University Library in Zagreb, Croatian State Archives and Museum Documentation Centre): Chronology (1): The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Council and Office of the National Project :  Organization and establishment of the Project :  Working groups for drawing up of standards and guidelines for: - Selection criteria and preparation for digitization - Digitization procedures - File storage formats (for preservation and access) - Digital collections development - Quality control of digitization procedures (to be completed in November 2007) Chronology (2): The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Address-book of the cultural institutions in Croatia followed by the questionnaire on existing digital collections and on-going projects :  Call for open tender for the digitization projects :  Department for digitization of library, archival and museum holdings (within the Ministry of Culture)  Portal “Croatian Cultural Heritage” – tender : Chronology (3): The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 MODULE 1 : target group: management level (five workshops in county centres in Croatia)  MODULE 2: CSSU (Centre for permanent professional training for librarians) : stuff in cultural institutions Education: The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

1.Croatian National Theatre Split: database for archival materials and partial digitization 2.Dubrovnik Summer Festival: digitization of archival materials 3.Library “Fran Galović” Koprivnica and City Museum Koprivnica: digitization of local news-paper “Glas Podravine” 4.City Museum Zagreb: Digitization of documentation collections 5.Museum Documentation Centre Zagreb: digitization of collection of museum posters and old and rare objects from Bauer collection 6.National and University Library Zagreb: digitization of Croatian manuscripts held in foreign institution Projects supported by Ministry in 2007: The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

 Cooperative national project of digitization of archival, library and museum holdings “Croatian cultural heritage”  Elaboration of standards and guidelines for the digitisation of material  Establishment of support and monitoring systems for the digitisation projects  Portal “Croatian cultural heritage”  Establishment of cooperative digital archives  Education  Infrastructure development Activities The 3rd SEEDI international conference digitization of cultural and scientific heritage September 13-15, 2007, Cetinje, Montenegro

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