Summary of WP1 Implementation Plan

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• Summary of WP1 Implementation Plan
• M1.3

EDLproject KSW, KB, 11-01-07 Olaf Janssen, The
European Library Office, The Netherlands
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Steps so far..

• 5 Sept 06 EDLproject Kick-off in Frankfurt
• End Sept 06 TEL Office sent out Requirement
  Analysis Questionnaires
• Nov 06 All countries returned RAQ
• Dec 06 TEL Office wrote sent out draft
  overall implementation plan
• Now Knowledge Sharing Workshop M1.1

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Planning timing 2007-2008

• 1112 Jan Knowledge Sharing Workshop for
  EDLproject target countries
• 15 25 Jan libraries to finalize
  Implementation Plan (with new
  understandings gained at workshop)
• 25 31 Jan TEL Office to finalize
  Implementation Plan
• 31 Jan Final Overall Implementation Plan
  M1.3
• 5 Feb 07 Start of Implementation Phase
  Work, work, work(hurdles, hurdles, hurdles)
• Feb 08 End of Implementation Phase (9
  happy libraries) D1.3

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OAI SRU/Z39.50 gateway setup(Sjoerd Siebing,
Eric vander Meulen, Nuno Freire)
Work, work, work(hurdles, hurdles, hurdles)
Writing goodcollectiondescriptions(Sally
Chambers, Robina Clayphan)

• Diacritics/Character sets/Unicode
• - Translations
• - Marketing

Metadata (crosswalks , conversions) (Julie
Verleyen Theo van Veen)
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Planning the period Feb. 2007 Feb. 2008

• TEL Office will have 9 libraries to deal with(
  25 non-EDLproject libraries)

• Aim to spread total workload over 12 months (max.
  attention for each library)
• Try to start with Greece (Ireland,
  Liechtenstein)- Easy connection via Z39.50-
  Non-exclusive language
• Exact country order will be finalised before
  February

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Targets by February 2008 or earlier

• All collection descriptions completed(min.
  English local language)
• All metadata up to standard (TEL AP) and
  implemented,all conversions done
• All infrastructure (OAI, Z39.50, SRU, OpenURL) up
  to standard and implemented, local SRU/Z39.50
  gateways operational
• All translations done (interface, helptexts )
• All of the above tested (also by TEL Office)
• Marketing for TEL underway (local MC plan,
  linking programme, press list)
• Libraries ready to join The European Library

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Collections statistics (optimistic)

• Total collections made available 43
• Browse-only collections 9
• Searchable collections 34
• Accessible via OAI 16
• Accessible via SRU 0
• Accessible via Z39.50 18
• collections with digital/digitized content
  29
• Total new records added ??

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Greece

• 2 collections
• 1x Z39.50 - Main catalogue
• 1x WWW Digitised newspapers (220K pages)

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Iceland

• 2 collections
• 1x Z39.50 (Union Catalogue - GEGNIR)
• 1x OAI (Digitised Journals Newspapers -
  VESTNORD

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Ireland

• 1 (or 5) collections
• 1x Z39.50 (Main Catalogue)
• Possibly 4 subcollections
• - Books and Periodicals
• - Manuscripts
• - Photographs
• - Prints and Drawings

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Liechtenstein

• 1 collection (Main catalogue)
• Start as WWW, then via Z39.50 and finally via OAI
• Digital objects 40 full-texts and 25.000 Tables
  of Content

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Luxembourg

• 3 collections
• 3 x OAI
• - Union catalogue, starting 1985-
  Non-Luxembourg aquisitions before 1985-
  Luxemburgensia Online

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Belgium

• 8 collections
• 2x OAI (Main Catalogue Retrospective Catalogue
  )
• 6x WWW (Medals, Drawings, Prints, Photographs,
  E-depot, Scanned library cards)

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Norway

• 1 collection - Norwegian National collection
  (metadata, books, posters, music, journals,
  newspapers, maps..)
• Start with WWW, later OAI (infrastructure
  development)

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Sweden

• 3 collections
• 3 x OAI - Main catalogue (REGINA)- Posters-
  Maps

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Spain

• 6 (or 16?) (sub)collections
• 1x (or 11x ?) Z39.50 (Main catalogue)
• 5x OAI (portraits, posters, cartography, Goya)

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After the workshops.

• Detailed workload planning will be finalized
  (we might ask you to shift initial timings
  deadlines)
• 25 January updated implementationplans returned
  to TEL Office
• Set up regular teleconferences to give
  assistance, discuss problems progress
  etc.Calendar to be made agreed
• Start implementation of Greece early February

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