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DELOS NoEDELOS NoE

DELOS DELOS

Network of Excellence for Network of Excellence for

Digital LibrariesDigital Libraries

Carol Peters Carol Peters

IEI-CNR, Pisa ItalyIEI-CNR, Pisa Italy

Cultural Heritage Projects MeetingVienna, 30 June 2000

DELOSDELOS NoENoE -- Objectives Objectives

Contribute towards improving effectiveness of Contribute towards improving effectiveness of European research in the DL domainEuropean research in the DL domain

Provide forum where researchers, practitioners, Provide forum where researchers, practitioners, representatives of interested applications and representatives of interested applications and industries can exchange ideas and experiencesindustries can exchange ideas and experiences

Provide reference point for all EU-funded DL Provide reference point for all EU-funded DL projects where common problems can be projects where common problems can be discussed, and areas of cooperation identifieddiscussed, and areas of cooperation identified

The DELOS NoE aims at providing a set of The DELOS NoE aims at providing a set of “services” for the European DL Community.“services” for the European DL Community.


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BackgroundBackgroundDELOS Working Group 1996-1999 set up to promote European research in the DL domain

Thematic Workshop Series European Conferences on Digital Libraries (ECDL) NSF-EU Collaborative Working Groups ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library

Network of Excellence will continue and extend WG activities with increasing involvement of application community


DELOS NoE - ActivitiesDELOS NoE - Activities

The Network activities are carried out in The Network activities are carried out in a set of Forums:a set of Forums:

Research ForumResearch Forum

Evaluation ForumEvaluation Forum

Standardization ForumStandardization Forum

Technology Transfer ForumTechnology Transfer Forum

International Cooperation ForumInternational Cooperation Forum


DELOS NoE - DELOS NoE - Research Forum Research Forum Advance European DL research and

encourage scientific collaboration through: thematic workshops

(1st Workshop on “Complex Queries and Relevance Feedback in DLs”, ETH-Zurich, Autumn 2000)

ECDL conference series(ECDL 2000, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-20 Sept.)

international research exchange programme


DELOS NoE -DELOS NoE -Evaluation ForumEvaluation Forum Build publicly available reusable evaluation

infrastructures; two different testbeds are being created, maintained and operated: digital library test suite

(linked with US-D-Lib Test Suite initiative run by CNRI)

cross-language system evaluation infrastructure(in collaboration with NIST; continuation and extension of CLIR track at TREC as Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF); 1st evaluation campaign Jan - Sept. 2000; 1st Workshop, 21-22 Sept. 2000, Lisbon)


DELOS NoE -DELOS NoE -Standardization ForumStandardization Forum Working Group will focus on

deployment of standard metadata schemas deployment of related infrastructures for publishing, registering, and cross-linking

application schemas. Standardisation Forum is organising a workshop on

“How multiple metadata standards can be used in combination” at EC concertation event for Cultural Heritage projects, 30 June, Vienna


DELOS NoE - DELOS NoE - Technology TransferTechnology Transfer Take-up activities aimed at research, application and industrial communities International Summer School

focus on the state-of-the-art in selected DL technologies 1st Summer School, 2001 - Director Prof. Hans

Roosendaal, Univ. Twente Training

- technology transfer courses in selected application/commercial environments

- tutorials on DL technologies organised in conjunction with international conferences (IFLA, FIAT/IFTA)


DELOS NoE -DELOS NoE -International CooperationInternational Cooperation Three forms of cooperation are planned: Joint thematic workshops with EU and non-EU

participants in order to exchange results and experiences on specific topics

Joint working groups to investigate topics in key areas in order to define a research agenda

Joint research projects with DL communities in N.America, S. America, Russia, Japan, and Mediterranean


DELOS NoE -DELOS NoE -International Cooperation International Cooperation

(cont.)(cont.) Current activities include:Current activities include: organisation of exploratory Workshop in conjunction with 2nd All-Russian DL Conference, Protvino Sept. 2000

- discussion of common problems between EU and Russian DL researchers

organisation of a Workshop at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, Nov. 2000

– presentation of state-of-the-art by DELOS invited speakers

– evaluation of areas for collaboration between EC-funded groups and partners from non-EU Mediterranean countries


DELOS NoE -DELOS NoE -International Cooperation International Cooperation

(cont.)(cont.) Agreement for Cooperation on Digital Libraries Agreement for Cooperation on Digital Libraries between EC (5FP-IST-KAIII) and NSFbetween EC (5FP-IST-KAIII) and NSF

Possible actions for DELOS NoE - in collaboration with Possible actions for DELOS NoE - in collaboration with NSF:NSF: organisation of dissemination event to launch this organisation of dissemination event to launch this

agreementagreement organization of annual DL meetings, alternately in organization of annual DL meetings, alternately in

Europe and US, with presentation of DLI and EU Europe and US, with presentation of DLI and EU projects and joint discussion sessionsprojects and joint discussion sessions

creation of joint EU-US working groups on selected creation of joint EU-US working groups on selected topics topics



All-Projects MeetingAll-Projects Meeting

The NoE will support concertation The NoE will support concertation activities for all 5th FP-IST DL projects, aimed at for all 5th FP-IST DL projects, aimed at facilitating exchanges of experiences and facilitating exchanges of experiences and results.results.

All-projects European Meeting (Dec 2000)All-projects European Meeting (Dec 2000) technical workshop to identify synergies and common technical workshop to identify synergies and common

problemsproblems thematic workshops (2001-2002) on particular areas thematic workshops (2001-2002) on particular areas

where projects have common problems/interestswhere projects have common problems/interests



MembersMembers

About 30 members from:About 30 members from: AcademiaAcademia

8 ERCIM institutions (CNR-IEI, CWI, ETHZ, FORTH, GMD, INRIA, SICS, MTA SZTAKI), Univ. of Athens, Dortmund, Mannheim, Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technology, Tech. Univ. of Crete, Bavarian Research Centre, Milan Polytechnic, Austrian Acad. of Sciences, Social Sciences Centre - Bonn.

Application CommunitiesApplication Communitieslibraries (National Library of Portugal, It. Inst. for Union Catalog), electronic publishing (Springer, Elsevier), education (Arts and Humanities Data Service - UK), archives (It. Ministry of Cultural Heritage), broadcasting (BBC - UK).

IT IndustriesIT IndustriesThe NoE is “open” The NoE is “open”



Advisory BoardAdvisory Board The NoE programmes are reviewed and approved by an The NoE programmes are reviewed and approved by an

International Advisory Board International Advisory Board Stephen M. GriffinStephen M. Griffin Digital Library Initiative, NSFDigital Library Initiative, NSF Lorcan DempseyLorcan Dempsey UK Distributed National Electronic UK Distributed National Electronic

Resource (DNER)Resource (DNER) Makoto NagaoMakoto Nagao Japanese Multimedia DL project Japanese Multimedia DL project

President Kyoto UniversityPresident Kyoto University Yuri HohlovYuri Hohlov Russian DL programme, Institute of Russian DL programme, Institute of

the Information Scoiety, Moscowthe Information Scoiety, Moscow Rudi SchmiedeRudi Schmiede German DL programme, University German DL programme, University

of Darmstadtof Darmstadt



Contact InformationContact Information

For more information, see our Web site: http://www.ercim.org/delos/

orContact the Network Director, Dr Costantino Thanos:

[email protected]