© LNB 2007 Inga Grīnfelde The National Library of Latvia LIBER/EBLIDA Copenhagen, October 25, 2007

Formation of Letonica  Sustainability  Standards & common quality criteria Turning point ( )  Part of long-term government cultural policy  Stronger common lobby for funding  Leadership (NLL)

Director Indexing & Cataloging (Vocabularies & thesauri)... Collections & Preservation (content and scanning) Scanning Special Collections IT Department (Systems design) Web archiving

DirectorLetonica Project administrator Collections & Preservation (content and scanning) Scanning Special Collections IT Department (Systems design) Web archiving

Major Library Regional Library Local library Local museum Local archive National Museum National Archive Letonica Competence Center R & D

Pros  More (but not entirely) predictable  Common standards  Common preservation strategy and platform (DOM) Data self-correction and solutions to bit-rot  Common lobbying  National registry  Compliance with EDL ideology on a local scale  Common copyright space  More multimedia educational content

Cons  Different supervising agencies  Influence of local political climate  Varying degree of preparedness and knowledge  Fear of the “joint pocket”  Personal ambitions  Cumbersome work on standards and specifications  Compromises on content

Pilot  Latvia Lost  > 30 partners  Standard agreements  Common platform (DOM)

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