Strategy of Inclusion Lobbying with the government Inga

Strategy of Inclusion Lobbying with the government Inga Grīnfelde The National Library of Latvia LIBER/EBLIDA Copenhagen, October 25, 2007 © LNB 2007

Formation of Letonica § Sustainability § Standards & common quality criteria Turning point (2001 -2002) § Part of long-term government cultural policy § Stronger common lobby for funding § Leadership (NLL)

Functional Organization Director IT Department (Systems design) Web archiving Collections & Preservation (content and scanning) Special Collections Indexing & Cataloging (Vocabularies & thesauri) Scanning . . .

Matrix Organization Director IT Department (Systems design) Web archiving Collections & Preservation (content and scanning) Special Collections Letonica Scanning Project administrator

Matrix Organization [2] Major Library Regional Library National Museum National Archive Letonica Competence Center Local library Local museum Local archive R&D

Pros § § § More (but not entirely) predictable Common standards Common preservation strategy and platform (DOM) • Data self-correction and solutions to bit-rot § Common lobbying § National registry § Compliance with EDL ideology on a local scale § Common copyright space § More multimedia educational content

Cons § Different supervising agencies § Influence of local political climate § Varying degree of preparedness and knowledge § Fear of the “joint pocket” § Personal ambitions § Cumbersome work on standards and specifications § Compromises on content

Pilot § Latvia Lost § > 30 partners § Standard agreements § Common platform (DOM) Monument to Peter the Great in Riga, 1914

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