[Pal-dc] Public libraries in Europeana

[Rob Davies]

Stuart

I am based in London (this week in Madrid).

I  afree it would be useful to have such a conversation. I am quite
frequently in The Hague. Jill Cousins, John Purday and others at the
Europeana office at KB know all about Europeana Awareness in general: it is
their current flagship project.

Best

Rob
On Mar 20, 2012 5:46 PM, "Stuart Hamilton" <Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org> wrote:

> Dear Rob****
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> Thanks for the post to the list, good stuff! Where are you based, in the
> KB in The Hague or elsewhere? I’m in the KB with IFLA, might be good to
> talk at some point about if there is an potential co-operation between
> Europeana Awareness and the IGF DC.****
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> Cheers,****
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> Stuart ****
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> *From:* pal-dc-bounces at lists.apc.org [mailto:pal-dc-bounces at lists.apc.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Rob Davies
> *Sent:* 19 March 2012 18:38
> *To:* pal-dc at lists.apc.org
> *Subject:* [Pal-dc] Public libraries in Europeana****
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> Dear Colleagues****
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> Congratulations to all on the launch of this new coalition.****
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> This is to introduce a potentially valuable new strand of public libraries
> activity, recently launched under the EU’s flagship Europeana digital
> libraries initiative, as part of a newly launched major three-year Best
> Practice Network project called Europeana Awareness,****
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> Among the core goals of this work will be:****
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> **·         **the development and roll-out this year of one or more
> digital services specifically tailored for delivery by public libraries to
> their users,  making use of the 20 million plus items of digital content
> from all over Europe and beyond which are currently indexed by Europeana.*
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> **·         **the establishment of a network of public libraries to act
> as collection points for user-owned content in a range of thematic areas,
> which communities and individuals want to contribute for use through
> Europeana and the wider Internet environment****
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> Both of these initiatives are directed towards helping increase citizens’
>  engagement and participation in innovative and inclusive public library
> activities. It is hoped that they will be supported and tested through the
> establishment of an initial network of 100 leading public libraries across
> Europe, currently under formation, before being made available through any
> public library.****
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> This work will be a focus of an international  public libraries conference
> later this year. Its possible relevance elsewhere In the world will also be
> one of the topics covered in the Digital Libraries Workshop on 10 May at
> IST Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
> http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2012/.****
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> Warm Regards****
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> Rob Davies****
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> Leader Workpackage 3 Developing New Partnerships, ****
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> Europeana Awareness****
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> Director, MDR Partners, UK ****
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