Intelligence on Digitisation - The ENUMERATE Project
The date of the 6th of June is again memorable, but this time it was related to a much more peaceful event - the first meeting of the consortium of the ENUMERATE project. This is an EC-funded project with the important task of monitoring the state of digitisation of Europe’s cultural heritage.
The ENUMERATE project took advantage of Collections Trust’s Open Culture Conference in Birmingham to bring together partners from around Europe for a first meeting where plans for the next three years were discussed and finalised.
Vision
The long term vision of the ENUMERATE Thematic Network is the creation of an observatory, where:
- Statistics and other data on the digitisation of cultural heritage can be submitted and validated at any time;
- Results are available in static documents and as dynamic data (that can be retrieved using visualisation tools).
This observatory would, in state-of-the-art of statistical monitoring of cultural digitization and related activities, be a platform to:
- Support digitisation policies and strategies, benchmarking and accountability;
- Promote networking, collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
Partners
Looking at the cultural heritage in Europe, the ambition of the current project is to create a reliable baseline of statistical data about its:
- Digitisation output;
- Costs of digitisation;
- Digital preservation;
- Online access.
Today statistical data on Europe’s digital heritage is uncertain and scattered at best. The project will bring about major improvements in its availability, quality and accuracy. In this way, it will support and drive strategic decision-making at European, national and institutional level, and therefore support the Digital Agenda 2020.
Partners
The partners in the EC-Funded project are:
- Collections Trust, UK (project coordinator);
- DEN Foundation , Netherlands;
- Digibis, Spain;
- Stiftung Preuβischer Kulturbesitz, Germany;
- Austrian National Library;
- FARO, Belgium;
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek [KB] / The European Library, Netherlands;
- Ministry of Culture and Communication, France;
- National and University Library of Slovenia;
- National Széchényi Library, Hungary.
The partners obviously do not cover the whole of Europe. However the ambition of the Network is to do so. Therefor if your organisation is interested, and able, to act (unpaid) as a National Coordinator for ENUMERATE. Please contact gordon@collectionstrust.org.uk
