Action Plan

David Dawson

Head of Digital Futures

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

Presidency Workplan 2005-6

• dynamic Action Plan for digitisation• digitisation =

• selection• conversion from analogue to digital• storage• presentation• use• re-use for eLearning• preservation• impact assessment

Values

• re-affirms Lund Principles• sustainable and accessible digital cultural

heritage • support e-inclusion, cultural diversity, education

and training• promote resources of variety and richness and

stimulate content industries• synergy between cultural and technology

programmes

Barriers

• fragmented institutional approaches

• immaturity of key technologies and standards

• fragmentation of policy approaches

• insufficient integration of digitisation actions in the European Knowledge economy

Organisation

• led by 3 successive presidencies• chair NRG• monitor implementation plan• maintain contact with the Commission and other

bodies (Council of Europe, UNESCO etc)• report on progress to the Council

Role of NRG

• promote implementation of the Dynamic Action Plam

• monitor progress

• define financial and logistical structures for MS to sustain their commitment at a European level

• maintain contact

• promote recommendations and good practice

NRG roles and responsibilities

• consulting national experts, policy makers and politicians

• monitoring developments • creating synergy and cross-links between EU

Programmes, Networks and Projects• watching emergent technologies, visions, and

technological developments• analysing the information, and plan necessary

actions and common policies.• developing strategies for dissemination and

implementation of results

Action Areas

• users and content

• economic sustainability

• technological development and tools

• digital memory preservation

• actors, responsibilities and timescales determined by NRG

Dynamic Action Plan

How might it work?

3 Presidencies

NRG

Strategic Network Service Integration Best Practices

Audio/Visual

Virtual exhibitions

Community Memory

3D / Virtual Reality

Semantic Web

Preservation

Multilingualism

external relations

Literary works

Commission

Expert Working Groups

Technical Standards

Users and Citizens

Next steps

• text to NRG for consultation

• introduction to CAC

• development of the detailed Operational Plan

Next Steps

• text to NRG for consultation• introduction to CAC• development of the detailed Operational Plan• launch of Action Plan under UK Presidency

• Bristol – 16th November