The BDI project study Gabriele Lunati Ifnet srl

The BDI project study (Gabriele Lunati - Ifnet srl) g. lunati@ifnet. it ELAG - Roma 2002 1

Reasons for the study z. Complexity of the problem z. A rich cultural heritage z. Many projects in progress z. Financial availability z. Need for coordination ELAG - Roma 2002 2

The objective Objective and aim analysis of all the problems relative to the setting up, development and maintenance of a Digital Library in Italy. ELAG - Roma 2002 3

Main issues z. Organisational aspects · · · · Objects to be handled Format of data Means of description (metadata) Organisation of research (search engines) Interfaces (informatics and/or human) Production activities (Workflow, Budgeting) Integration of different types of applications and systems Complex and distributed system ELAG - Roma 2002 4

Other issues y. Evolution of services and the profession y. Technologies y. Standards (metadata, etc. ) y. Digitisation (of various types of materials) y. Copyright ELAG - Roma 2002 5

Other issues x. Digital supports x. Tlc infrastructures and Internet x. Automated management systems x. Data Storage ELAG - Roma 2002 6

The existing situation z. Situation abroad The study examines more or less in detail both the American and the European experiences in terms of : � the financial, political and the technological investment � the training and professional investment � the constant investment of study and analysis ELAG - Roma 2002 7

The existing situation z. Situation in Italy y. A large section is dedicated to the Italian situation, whose main characteristics are : xthe extremely fragmentary nature of the initiatives xthe poor coordination xthe lack of cooperation ELAG - Roma 2002 8

Proposals · fix precise criteria · plan for a strong series of initiatives of retraining and basic training · set up a constant study · for the application of standards specific to the digital · for the definition of methods and good practices · for the definition of productive models directed at quality ELAG - Roma 2002 9

Proposed model z Interaction with the existing digital libraries z The solution may be not a purely technical one z but it must be oriented towards the coordination, support and management of the digital z based on the experiences done by the main pilot institutions ELAG - Roma 2002 10

A Coordination Structure (CS) y. The “mission” of the Italian Digital Library: its definition and creation y. Study and research y. A national Directory of the Italian Digital Library y. Planning support y. Training y. Communication, promotion and outside relations y. A national conference on a regular basis ELAG - Roma 2002 11

State of the art z The BDI project has been launched in february 2001 z The National Committee has been nominated including representatives from Universities, Regions and main State libraries z Some working groups have been established: y metadata, serials, training z First initiative was the project for digitizing the historical libraries catalogues z Other initiatives will be planned according to the reccomandations of the EU ELAG - Roma 2002 12

What to do at first? z Set up the national Directory yaccording to the EU “national policy profile” z Benchmarking yagain according to the EU instructions z Best practice & monitoring ELAG - Roma 2002 13

• Full text of the Study (Ita) http: //www. intersistemi. it/studiobdi/Home. Page. htm • Summary report (Eng) http: //www. intersistemi. it/studiobdi/frame. asp? par=Summary&pari=i. Summary ELAG - Roma 2002 14