Quality Principles

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Quality Principles

• HUNGARIAN CULTURAL SITES

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Target Websites

• Hungarian Electronic Library
• Neumann House Digital Library and Multimedia
  Centre
• Hung-Art Hungarian Art Gallery
• Archive of Heves County
• University Library, Archive, and Museum of
  Miskolc

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Hungarian Electronic Library
http//www.mek.oszk.hu/
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Hungarian Electronic Library
The first Hungarian Digital Library

• The most popular digital library
• 1994 invented by librarians
• 1999 integration into the National Széchényi
  Library
• Stores cultural, scientific, and educational
  digital documents texts, maps, and sheet-music
• Online periodicals, and newspapers

http//www.mek.oszk.hu/
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Strength

• All criteria are fulfilled
• Accessible
• User-centered
• Responsive

http//www.mek.oszk.hu/
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Challenges

• Transparency Mission statement is not on the
  front page, and monolingual
• Effectiveness No crumbtrail, and sitemap
• Maintained No facelift (new look) has been
  implemented, or planned in 6 months
• Multilinguality No sign-language, no other
  foreign languages used than English
• Managed No watermarks used
• Preserved No periodic backups

http//www.mek.oszk.hu/
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John von Neumann Digital Library

• www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html

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Neumann House Digital Library
Digitizatizing the Hungarian cultural heritage

• Services
• WebKat.hu Catalogue of Hungarian Internet
  Resources
• Bibliotheca Hungaria Internaria - Digitization
  and publication of texts on the network
• Digital Literary Academy texts by contemporary
  writers
• Its good to read! Childrens Literature
• Virtual Museum of Filmstrips

www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
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Strength

• All criteria are fulfilled
• Transparent
• Accessible
• Maintained

www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
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Challenges

• Effective No high-resolution images, and
  crumbtrail
• User-centeredness Not allowed users to
  contribute content
• Responsivity No user forum available
• Multilinguality No sign-language, no other
  foreign languages used than English, no policy
• Interoperability No distributed search possible,
  and no discoverability profile
• Managed No watermarks
• Preserved No media migration is planned

www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
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Fine Arts in Hungary
From the Romanesque period up to the mid 20th
century
http//www.hung-art.hu/
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Fine Arts in Hungary

• Functions
• Virtual museum - fulfilling academic requirements
• Database - available for the public
• Content
• Scope Time-frame 1000-1975
• Images Over 5.100 full screen images
• Text Artist biographies
• Services
• Guided tours
• Special exhibitions Virtual versions of reall
  exhibitions
• Free postcard service
• Accessories Glossary of art terms

http//www.hung-art.hu/
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Strength

• High scores in the following categories
• Transparent
• Effective

http//www.hung-art.hu/
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Challenges

• Effective No international metadata standards
• No crumbtrail, or sitemap is available
• Maintained No facelift is planned, or carried
  out in the last six months
• User-centered Users hasnt been involved
• Responsive No user forum is available
• Multilingual Content is not available
  sign-language, just bilingual
• Interoperable No metadata standards, no OAI
• Managed No watermarks, no legal agreements
• Preserved No disaster recovery plan exists

http//www.hung-art.hu/
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Heves County Archives
http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/
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Heves County Archives
One of the oldest Hungarian archives

• Operates from 1768
• Serves researchers
• Preforms educational tasks for the public
• WAP http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/wap/index.wml

http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/
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Strength

• High scores in the following categories
• Effective
• Maintained
• Accessible

http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/
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Challenges

• Transparent No mission statement
• User-Centered Users hasnt been involved
• Responsive No user forum
• Multilingual No sign-language, and any other
  languages than English
• Interoperable No metadata, or OAI used
• Managed No watermarks
• Preserved No media migration planned

http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/
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University of Miskolc Library, Archives, Museum
http//www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
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University of Miskolc Library, Archives, Museum
Multifunctional institution

• Academic Library
• Online resources (databases, catalogue, digital
  libraries, searching tools)
• Selmec Museum Library - the oldest special
  technical collection
• Archive - belongs to the institutional frame of
  the library

http//www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
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Strength

• High scores in the following categories
• Effective
• Accessible

http//www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
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Challenges

• Transparent No mission statement
• Effective No search facilities
• User-Centered Users hasnt been involved
• Responsive No user forum
• Multilingual No sign-language, and any other
  languages than English
• Interoperable No metadata, or OAI are used
• Managed No watermarks
• Preserved Media migration hasnt been planned,
  no disaster recovery plan

http//www.hevesarchiv.hu/
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Strength
Hungarian Electronic Library Accessible User-Centered Responsive
Neumann Digital Library Accessible Transparent Maintained
Fine Arts in Hungary Transparent Effective
Heves County Archive Accessible Maintained Effective
University of Miskolc Accessible Effective
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General challenges

• Mission statement is missing, or it isnt on the
  front page
• Crumbtrail, and sitemap is missing
• Multilingual equals with bilingual
• Watermarks
• User forums are missing
• Problems with using metadata standards, and OAI
• Media migration plan, and disaster recovery plan
  is missing

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• Thanks for your attention!
• Gabriella Szalóki
• szalokig_at_oszk.hu