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Europe (MICHAEL Plus)
- MENON
(http://www.menon.org)
Constitutes a European research network which aims at facilitating policies, content development strategies and lifelong learning service-oriented pilot developments, which would contribute to the structuring of education added-value to Europe’s cultural heritage. To this end, MENON will offer support to the consolidation of the MICHAEL Open Source Model, in order to ensure interoperability and robustness to the various national/regional cultural & scientific digital repositories, though their corresponding CMS solutions, in such a way that it will greatly facilitate the proliferation of varying, customisable and scalable learning and edutainment services, using XML etc. MENON will also contribute to the validation of such a model with learning context customisations in various education settings.
Belgium - Flanders (MICHAEL Plus)
- Vlaamse Overheid. Agentschap Kunsten en Erfgoed
(http://www.erfgoedsite.be)
The Flemish government agency for arts and heritage is part of the Flemish government ministry responsible for culture, youth, sports and media, including heritage digitisation policy.>
- FARO. Steunpunt voor cultureel erfgoed
(http://www.erfgoedsite.be )
Flanders will incorporate the Michael Service in its portal site on cultural heritage: the 'Erfgoedsite' ('Heritage Site'). Targetting a general audience, the Erfgoedsite presents heritage in a broad perspective. Its goal is to accomplish a better understanding by the public of the rich and varied content that is covered by the term 'cultural heritage'. Exploring the site means discovering a wide variety of cultural heritage, ranging from landscapes over urban legends to living heritage.
Czech Republic (MICHAEL Plus)
Estonia (MICHAEL Plus)
Finland (MICHAEL Plus)
- Helsingin Yliopisto - Helsinki University/The National Library of Finland
(http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/english/index.htm)
The University of Helsinki, working in close collaboration with the National Archives and the Finnish Board of Antiquities, serves as the national service and development unit for research libraries and is responsible for promoting library co-operation within the country and internationally. In its own field the library has responsibility for the maintenance of the collections of the cultural heritage of Finland and of other collections of national relevance as well as for the dissemination of information and the provision of information services based on these collections
- Kansallisarkisto - National Archives
(http://www.narc.fi/en)
The National Archive Service is a government agency comprising the National Archives and the seven Provincial Archives of Hämeenlinna, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Mikkeli, Oulu, Turku and Vaasa. The National Archive Service operates under the authority of the Ministry of Education in the sector of the Department for Education and Science Policy.
- Museovirasto - National Board of Antiquities
(http://www.nba.fi/)
The National Board of Antiquities preserves Finland’s material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The Board is a cultural and research institution, but it is also a government authority charged with the protection of archaeological sites, built heritage, cultural-historically valuable environments and cultural property, in collaboration with other officials and museums.
France (MICHAEL, MICHAEL Plus)
- Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Ministry of Culture and Communication
(http://www.culture.gouv.fr and http://www.culture.fr)
The Ministry of Culture and Communication has the role of preserving and developing the French material and immaterial cultural inheritance, encouraging the creation of works of art and the spirit, contributing to the diffusion and the democratisation of culture and promoting cultural diversity. Its remit includes galleries, museums, heritage sites and world-famous institutions such as the Louvre museum in Paris.
- AJLSM
(http://www.ajlsm.com/)
AJLSM is a private IT company that specializes in finding and implementing solutions for documentation using XML. AJLSM offers innovative open source software to support its customers in creating, managing and publishing digital information. It has extensive experience in the cultural heritage sector.
- Dédale (http://www.dedale.info)
Dédale is a French research and production agency devoted to relationships between arts, culture and new technologies. In addition to its cultural activities related to new artistic practices, it provides assistance to European cultural networks and public authorities (digitisation and valorisation of the cultural heritage, new learning environments, digital arts and new cultural venues).
Germany (MICHAEL Plus)
The Federal Constitution gives the responsibility of Cultural Affairs at the Länder level. These seven top cultural institutions will jointly act as the national agency for Germany.
- Bundesarchiv - Federal Archives
(http://www.bundesarchiv.de/)
Archival institution that provides acces to the records of the federal
government and its predecessors, including military records and important
film collections as well as records from the central agencies and the
parties and mass organisations of the former GDR. The Federal Archives are
constantely improving internet access to their holdings with online-finding
aids and innovative search facilities as well as pilote applications for
presenting digitizations in context.
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek - German National Library
(http://www.d-nb.de)
The German National Library is central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. Its task, unique in Germany, is to collect, permanently archive, comprehensively document, record bibliographically and preserve without gap all German and German-language publications from 1913 on and to make them available to the public. Publications covered by the Act are conventional printed works, those in microform, sound recording media including music, physically disseminated digital publications and net publications. With the projects KOPAL (http://kopal.langzeitarchivierung.de) and NESTOR (www.langzeitarchivierung.de) the German National Library is overseeing two co-operative projects of strategic importance for the long-term preservation of digital cultural heritage in Germany.
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Bavarian State Library
(http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/)
The Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; BSB) is the second
largest universal library in German-speaking countries and the main archival
library of the state of Bavaria. Together with Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
and the Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt/Leipzig the BSB forms
the "Virtual National Library".
The Bavarian State Library holds about nine million volumes, outstanding
older collections including precious incunabula, numerous special
collections (such as maps, literary remains, autographs, bookplates,
portraits, the portrait and photograph archives, painters' books) as well as
one of the most important manuscript collections worldwide.
Founded 1997 as "Munich Digitization Centre", the Digital Library of the
Bavarian State Library was established for the digitization of conventional
library holdings and the subsequent provision of free online access to the
digital collections. Today the BSB provides one of the largest and fastest
growing digital collections in German-speaking countries, now comprising 40
large collections with more than 120,000 digital items and a total amount of
more than 11 million images.
The library's long-term preservation efforts (in cooperation with the
Leibniz Computing Centre) ensure perpetual accessibility of this vast amount
of information. Apart from digitization the Bavarian State Library presently
designs new strategies and workflows for the long-term storage and
preservation of all kind of electronic resources.
- Deutsches Museum - German Museum
(http://www.deutsches-museum.de)
The Deutsches Museum is one of the biggest museums devoted to technology and natural sciences in Europe with 73.000 square meters of exhibition space, 52 departments and approximately 1.4 million visitors per year. It shows and explains the evolution of technology and science from the early beginnings to the present. The unique collection of exhibits (historical and modern) on display are supplemented by interactive experiments, dioramas, films and multi-media systems. A large library (with about 850.000 volumes) and extended archives as well as a research institute for the history of technology and sciences and the Kerschensteiner Kolleg for the advanced training of teachers, students and museum staff also belong to the Deutsches Museum.
- Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - State Archives of Baden-Württemberg
(http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/)
The Archives of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
is responsible for the
authentic archives of the Land Baden-Wuerttemberg. It permanently secures,
preserves, makes accessible and complements mainly records created in the
agencies of the government and courts of law. For almost ten years the State
Archives of Baden-Wuerttemberg uses the Internet for publishing its archival
descriptions and holdings. It is concerned with digitising projects,
presenting selected holdings, digitised archival material and educational
resources on-line. Its activities in the field of digitisation include
expert experience in the digitisation of watermarks, photographic
collections, newspapers, deeds and emigration records.
The Archives of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg developed a workflow and
tools for the digitisation of large amounts of archival material. It is
partner in the BAM project, which established a German portal of Libraries,
Archives an Museums. Deploying XML and semantic standardisation it allows
the three institutions to make their catalogues, online finding aids and
digitised records or objects accessible via the same online portal. Being a
partner in the ARCHE project, the Archives is also engaged in methods for
the sustainablity of digital material. In cooperation with private and
public partners, the ARCHE project developed a laser beamer for colour
microfilms for the long-term preservation of born digitals or digitised
documents, combined with a complete digitisation workflow including the
re-digitisation of the colour microfilm.
- Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft - Senckenberg Nature Research Society
(http://www.senckenberg.de)
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Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
- Foundation for Prussian Cultural Heritage
(http://www.hv.spk-berlin.de/ )
Greece (MICHAEL Plus)
- Elliniko Ypourgeio Politismou - Hellenic Ministry of Culture
(http://www.culture.gr)
HCM is the Greek government ministry responsible for culture
- Erefnitiko Panepistimiako Instituto Sistimaton Epikinonion kai Ipologiston/Ethniko Metsovio Polytechneio -
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems/National Technical University of Athens
(http://www.icccs.ntua.gr)
ICCS-NTUA is the most advanced laboratory in digitisation of Cultural Heritage of the Technical University of Athens. It is also responsible, on behalf of the whole consortium, to correlate the Michael project with the activities carried out by the MENON Network, which joins the project as a member, without a direct budget allocation.
Hungary (MICHAEL Plus)
- Nemzeti Kulturális Örökség Minisztériuma - Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage
(http://www.nkom.gov.hu)
NKOM is the Hungarian government ministry responsible for culture.
- Informatikai és Hírközlési Minisztérium - Ministry of Informatics and Communications
(http://www.ihm.gov.hu/)
IHM is the Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Communication, responsible for the National Audiovisual Archive, and the host of the National Digital Datamart Program.
- Neumann János Digitális Könyvtár és Multimédia Központ Kht - The Neumann House
(http://www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html)
The Neumann House is responsible for the National Audiovisual Archive (http://www.nava.hu/), the host of the National Digital Data Archives Program (http://www.nda.hu/) and is the leading Hungarian organisation in the field of digital library.
Italy (MICHAEL, MICHAEL Plus)
- Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali - Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities
(http://www.beniculturali.it)
MiBAC is the Italian government ministry responsible for preservation of
and access to cultural heritage and for promotion and enhancement of cultural activities and performing arts. Its remit includes state museums and galleries, state libraries and archives, archeological sites, built heritage and the intangible heritage.
- Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali – Regione Emilia-Romagna (Ibacn) (http://www.regione.emilia-romagna.it)
Ibacn is the regional Agency of culture of the Emilia-Romagna Region. From the very beginning of the Minerva project, it was involved in the different working groups, with the objective to provide a regional approach to the activities of the national governments. Its role within the project is to advance in this direction, in order to better understand the legal basis for cooperation in the provision of the services between large and small cultural institutions.
- Amitié (http://www.amitie.it)
Amitié is a research centre in the sector of education and training. It offers project management in the field of cultural heritage, new technologies and social research.
Malta (MICHAEL Plus)
- Heritage Malta (http://www.heritagemalta.org/)
Heritage Malta is the national agency of the Government of Malta set up
in 2002 under the provisions of the Cultural Heritage Act and entrusted
with the management of national museums and heritage sites and their
collections in Malta and Gozo, including seven UNESCO world heritage
sites. Following the recognition of four key aspects of the national
cultural heritage, namely management, conservation, interpretation and
marketing, Heritage Malta bases all its activities bearing in mind that
all our national museums and sites have an important role to play in
education, learning, access and the generation of revenue to be
reinvested in the heritage sector.
- Across Limits, Malta (http://www.acrosslimits.com)
AcrossLimits has been working in the Maltese cultural digitisation issues hand in hand with Heritage Malta - the National Agency for Cultural Heritage. It has helped in the drawing up of several reports and most notably it has drafted the first National Policy on Digitisation of Cultural Heritage that has been launched for wider public consultation in February 2005.
AcrossLimits has also participated in discussions and focus groups on the future of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean and is actively participating in several Culture2000 and FP6 projects on the subject, amongst which MinervaPLUS.It has organised workshops and training events on the subject to participants from EUMEDIS projects in North Africa. Finally it is currently researching on issues dealing with the protection and traceability of stolen historical artefacts and how this can be mitigated with proper applications of technology.
Netherlands (MICHAEL Plus)
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Royal Library (KB)
(http://www.kb.nl)
The National Library is responsible for a national digitisation programme "Memory of The Netherlands".
- Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
(http://www.minocw.nl)
MinOCW is the Netherlands government ministry responsible for education, culture and science, including heritage digitisation policy.
Poland (MICHAEL Plus)
- Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji- Ministry of interior and administration
(http://www.mswia.gov.pl)
MSWA is the Polish ministry responsible for access to information and digitisation issue. These responsibilities have been assigned in the Polish Government to MSWA, after incorporating of the Information Society Department from the previous Polish public partner, the Ministry of Science and Information Technology.
- Międzynarodowe Centrum Zarządzania Informacją - International Centre for Information Management Systems and Services (ICIMSS)
(http://www.icimss.edu.pl)
It has a consolidated experience in cooperation with the cultural heritage institutions such as archives, libraries and museums in the field of education, culture, and distance learning.
Portugal (MICHAEL Plus)
- Secretaria-Geral do Ministério da Cultura - Seretariat-General of the Ministry of Culture
(http://sg.min-cultura.pt/)
The Ministry of Culture is the Portuguese Government department responsible for all matters related with the specific area of competence.
Spain (MICHAEL Plus)
- Biblioteca Nacional de España - National Library of Spain
(http://www.bne.es)
The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the main information and documentation centre on written Spanish and Latin American culture, since all printed publications produced on Spanish territory since the 18th century are deposited at this institution through Legal Deposit.
Sweden (MICHAEL Plus)
- Uppsala University
(http://www.uu.se/)
The University of Uppsala, in Sweden, working in close collaboration with
the National Archives, and through them a number of major Swedish Cultural
Institutions.
United Kingdom (MICHAEL, MICHAEL Plus)
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The Museums, Librairies and Archives Council (MLA)
(http://www.mla.gov.uk)
MLA is the lead strategic agency for the museums, libraries and archives sector in England and advisor to UK government on digitisation of cultural heritage material. MLA is a powerful leader and advocate for museums, libraries and archives. It supports the development and management of their collections and resources to increase understanding and support learning, inspire creativity and nurture identity.
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