NOFdigitise and Enrich UK http www enrichuk net

NOF-digitise and Enrich. UK http: //www. enrichuk. net Seminário Internacional sobre Digitalização: Experiência e Tecnologia Peter Dowdell - UKOLN 11 th May, 2004

The NOF-digitise programme • £ 50 million (€ 75 m) allocated for digitisation projects • Funded from National Lottery proceeds • Some 150 awards granted • Programme started 2001 • All project development complete end 2004 • Funding to 2007

Programme partners The New Opportunities Fund In partnership with: • UKOLN (University of Bath) • AHDS (King College, London) • MLA (formerly Resource) • Becta

Management structure Peoples Network MLA Compliance checks NOF Technical Standards Advice Becta Compliance Arbitration Technical Advisory Service UKOLN / AHDS Technical Queries TAS website Compliance arbitration Quarterly / Final reports Case Manager contact PROJECTS

Technical Advisory Service • Run by UKOLN in partnership with AHDS • Provides email and telephone support to projects and other interested parties • Provides site visits and consultation • Publishes information papers and a FAQ list • Provides technical advice to NOF • Supports the compliance checking process • Maintains Email lists to programme community • http: //www. ukoln. ac. uk/nof/support/

NOF-digitise Technical Standards and Guidelines • Developed by UKOLN in wide consultation with Higher Education and Industry • Regularly revised during span of programme – 5 versions issued • “Lifecycle” philosophy • Forms backbone of compliance process • “must”, “should” and “may” grammar • Location: http: //www. peoplesnetwork. gov. uk/content/technical. asp

Compliance monitoring • As part of terms of the grant, projects were required to comply with the Technical Standards and Guidelines • Compliance checking service provided by Becta and problems referred to TAS for advice and arbitration

Compliance monitoring (2) • • HTML validation WAI level A validation Javascript Plug-ins Proprietary file formats – PDF, DOC etc Alternative text Security provisions Metadata structure

Project Examples Very broad range of subject material • From very local to international scope • Wide representation from UK regions • Museums / Archives / Galleries • “Sense of Place” • Community-based projects • Learning material

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Am. Baile

Somerset Time Line

Seamless. UK

Digital Shakshipatri

Enrich. UK – the programme portal

Enrich. UK – the programme portal • 10 – 20, 000 searches per month • One-stop access by browse or search to the entire corpus of material generated by the programme • Currently holds 150 project records and over 300 collection descriptions

Enrich. UK – the programme portal • A collection description registry • Based on RSLP and Dublin Core metadata fields • Includes private project interface for adding records to system • Administration panel for site admins

Enrich. UK - service checking • NOF required an automated method to check projects remain up on the Web during the full funding period => 2007 • System makes an HTTP request to project and collection URL • Response recorded in database • Report created and emailed at configurable intervals

Good Practice Guide • Aimed at project managers of digitisation projects • Encapsulate good practice learnt from the NOF-digi programme • Build on Minerva Good Practice Guide • Publication during July 2004

Links NOF www. nof. org. uk Enrich. UK www. enrichuk. net UKOLN www. ukoln. ac. uk MLA www. mla. gov. uk Peoples Network www. peoplesnetwork. gov. uk AHDS www. ahds. ac. uk Becta www. becta. org. uk

Contacts Peter Dowdell UKOLN technical advisor Suite 303 15 -17 Middle Street Brighton BN 1 1 AL e: t: m: p. dowdell@ukoln. ac. uk 01273 201 151 07786 266 440