1. LOOKING AHEAD 2011-2017 PLAN The Department For Museums The Israeli Ministry of Culture

2. The Department for Museums 54 ‘Recognized Museums’ nation-wide Variety of objects and collections: Art, Judaica, Archeology, Ethnography, History and Heritage, Technology, Science, Nature… National project of digitizing the heritage Special budgets for preservation, QA and security

3. The Typical Museum Seeks to Preserve and enhance its collections Improve the quality of cataloging Enrich its relevant knowledge base Attract target audience by exhibitions, PR and virtual exhibitions Maximize the use of modern technology for reaching its goals

4. Digitizing the Israeli Heritage Digitizing the Israeli Heritage GoalsProducts MANA- Common platform for cataloging and collections management Catalogue enrichment with photos, videos and similar digital forms Europeana (Linked-Heritage) Linked vocabularies iMUS- The Israeli Museum Open Portal (Europeans API, MANA feeding tools) Electronic Catalogue Digital Preservation Membership of the international cultural community Public engagement

5. Digitizing the Israeli Heritage

6. Digitizing the Heritage - Challenges Collection K Items K Items to digit (2012-2016) Plastic Art311,905108,200 Archeology692,855197,158 Judaica45,32230,912 History and Heritage85,15278,785 Holocaust Memorizing378,250462 Ethnography24,3474,488 Science & Technology74,7110 Total1,612,542410,005