DIGITIZATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE from the current situation assessment towards the national strategy Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Information society ↓ Knowledge society Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

e-Europe 2005 ↓ Programme e-Croatia Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Culture: Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj establishment of information & communication infrastructure establishment of information & communication infrastructure creation of high-quality digitised cultural and national content based on the library, museum, gallery and archive materials creation of high-quality digitised cultural and national content based on the library, museum, gallery and archive materials

LEGAL FRAMEWORK  Law on electronic signatures (OG, no. 10/02) Zakon o elektroničkom potpisu (NN 10/02)  E-commerce law (OG, no. 173/03) Zakon o elektroničkoj trgovini (NN 173/03)  Law on telecommunications (OG, no. 122/03) Zakon o telekomunikacijama (NN 122/03)  Law on Electronic Media (OG, no. 122/03) Zakon o elektroničkim medijima (NN 122/03) Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Law on Standardization (OG No. 163/2003) Zakon o normizaciji (NN 163/03) Law on copyright and related rights (OG No. 167/03) Zakon o autorskom i srodnim pravima (NN 167/03) Law on Protection of Personnal Data (OG no. 103/03) Zakon o zaštiti osobnih podataka (NN 103/03) Act on the Right of Access to Information (OG no. 172/03) Zakon o pravu na pristup informacijama (NN 172/03) Law on archival material and archives (OG, no. 105/97) Zakonom o arhivskom gradivu i arhivima (NN 105/97) Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

HERITAGE ACTIVITIES MUSEUMS LIBRARIES ARCHIVES MONUMENTS (conservators & restorers) carried out under the common theory of HERITOLOGY

CROATIAN MODEL  ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS work independently, but have advisory body of experts, attached to the Ministry of Culture  CONSERVATION SERVICE works within the structure of the Ministry of Culture  RESTORATION SERVICE public service under the competence of the Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

LIBRARIES  public libraries - Ministry of Culture  school, university and scientific libraries - Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

LIBRARIES National projects: CROLIST – co-operative cataloguing project, ran by the National and University Library in co-operation with 43 other libraries Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

DIGITIZATION There is not national programme of digitization of library holdings yet, but there are some independent examples of good practice in digitization → Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

LIDA - Libraries in the Digital Age Topics of LIDA 2005:  What can digital libraries do that traditional cannot?  Building a small digital library and digital library network Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

MUSEUMS  M++ - program package for cataloguing of museum objects and keeping the museum documentation in compliance with: International Guidelines for Museum Object Information : The CIDOC Information Categories. Paris : International Council of Museums, 1995 Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

ARCHIVES  ArhIS – Archival Information System (software application for managing the holdings of all state archives based on an Oracle database) in compliance with:  ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description  ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families, Second edition Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

MONUMENTS  BREUH – restoration service (Croatian Restoration Institute)  TEUTA – conservation service (Ministry of culture) Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Developed separately, but using:   common standards (Council of Europe, ISO)   common technological platform (1st phase: Access/SQL; 2nd phase: XML) Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Working group for digitization of archival, museum and library holdings  how to create/initiate the creation of the quality digital content  how to create/initiate the creation of the quality services laid upon digital content  how to ensure long-term preservation and usability of digitised and other digital content  how to improve resources, institutional abilities, exchange of experiences and knowledge Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Three (3) phases: 1. strategy document, i.e. National digitization programme 2. National digitization project 3. web-portal “Croatian heritage” Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION  CALIMERA  HEREIN –  KulturKarte Donau – .... Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj

Regional Meeting on Digitizaton of Cultural Heritage Ohrid, Macedonia, March 2005 Recommendations for coordination of digitization of cultural heritage in south-eastern Europe Ministry of Culture Direction for Cultural Development and Cultural Policy Cultural Heritage Information and Documentation Department Lana Krizaj