Europeana and the digital Renaissance Yvo Volman European

Digital Agenda for Europe • Context for report Comité des Sages and the actions

Digitisation in Europe Where did we stand in 2005? Some co-ordination of MS efforts

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Work on Framework Conditions Co-ordination MS Co-funding

Europeana – state of play • Enough interesting content in Europeana? • Are Europeana’s

Content for Europeana • All public domain masterpieces in Europeana by 2016 – No

New value from old material Out-of-distribution and orphan works Cds: • Avoid a 20

Digitisation as a basis for economic activity • Digitisation is a growing industry •

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Work on Framework Conditions Co-ordination (MSEG) Press,

Conclusion • Europeana central in the Commission’s strategy for access to and use of

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Europeana and the digital Renaissance Yvo Volman European Commission DG Information Society and Media European Parliament Conference Brussels, 29 March 2011

Digital Agenda for Europe • Context for report Comité des Sages and the actions on Europeana and digitisation • ‘Every European digital’ • Key action 15: sustainable financing model for Europeana and digitisation • Key action 1: Orphan works and out of print works • Building on achievements since 2005

Digitisation in Europe Where did we stand in 2005? Some co-ordination of MS efforts (NRG, Lund) Political attention Co-funding technologies (projects) Press, general public

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Work on Framework Conditions Co-ordination MS Co-funding (projects) Europeana Press, general public Dialogue between Stakeholders Political attention

Europeana – state of play • Enough interesting content in Europeana? • Are Europeana’s technologies solid? – Cap Gemini technical audit – positive result – Much was set in motion - based on open source • Can Europeana do what Google Art does? – Need for a central repository + combination of technologies – Content providers need to be actively involved Cd. S: turn Europeana into the reference point for European culture online

Content for Europeana • All public domain masterpieces in Europeana by 2016 – No watermarks… • Access through Europeana as a pre-condition for public funding • Roadmap process with Member States • MS must act: digitisation, aggregating content, awareness raising on Europeana – Need for national champions for Europeana (clear roles and responsibilities) • In-copyright content

New value from old material Out-of-distribution and orphan works Cds: • Avoid a 20 th century black hole • Full respect of legitimate interests rights holders • 8 -step test for orphan works legal instrument – Discussions in the Commission on instrument ongoing • Model for out of distribution works – Stakeholders’ dialogue to arrive at licencing agreements

Digitisation as a basis for economic activity • Digitisation is a growing industry • Market for preservation of digital material • Using the digitised material for new information products and services – Education, tourism, design, apps based on cultural material – Improving language technologies, search, datamining etc • Essential that digitised resources + metadata can be re-used • Facilitating role of Europeana: hub for the creative industries PPPs for digitisation (within boundaries)

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Work on Framework Conditions Co-ordination (MSEG) Press, general public Dialogue between Stakeholders Co-funding (projects) Political attention

Conclusion • Europeana central in the Commission’s strategy for access to and use of digital heritage – Work on funding model in context MAFF ongoing • Report of the Cd. S important reference point for the coming years • Improving access to culture + economic activity around cultural assets • Developing Europeana is a responsibility for all: MS, cultural institutions, European institutions • More Bulgarian content for Europeana!