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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-173).

1. Introduction --

2. The digital aura in Europe -- 2.1 Introduction to cultural heritage issues -- 2.2 Cultural heritage and inside European policies and strategies -- 2.3 Digital libraries for cultural heritage: a literature perspective -- 2.4 Concluding remarks --

3. Digitization and coordination of digitization in the European cultural heritage sector -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Developing infrastructure for digitization -- 3.3 A short overview of digital library developments in European countries -- 3.4 The development and future of Europeana -- 3.5 Concluding remarks --

4. Research into the digital library: problems researched, outcomes of research projects, and new challenges -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Principles, models, and frameworks for digital libraries -- 4.3 Access and use of digital libraries -- 4.4 Preservation and curation issues -- 4.5 Developing and testing the evaluation criteria -- 4.6 Concluding remarks --

5. Education for digital libraries: roots, approaches, and new directions -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Education of information specialists in Europe: tradition and modernity -- 5.3 Overview of the developments in digital libraries education -- 5.4 Research outcomes and challenges in education for digital libraries -- 5.5 Concluding remarks --

6. Conclusions and predictable future trends -- Appendix: List of projects mentioned in the book (with useful links) -- Bibliography -- Author biography.

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European digital libraries have existed in diverse forms and with quite different functions, priorities, and aims. However, there are some common features of European-based initiatives that are relevant to non-European communities. There are now many more challenges and changes than ever before, and the development rate of new digital libraries is ever accelerating. Delivering educational, cultural, and research resources-especially from major scientific and cultural organizations-has become a core mission of these organizations. Using these resources they will be able to investigate, educate, and elucidate, in order to promote and disseminate and to preserve civilization. Extremely important in conceptualizing the digital environment priorities in Europe was its cultural heritage and the feeling that these rich resources should be open to Europe and the global community. In this book we focus on European digitized heritage and digital culture, and its potential in the digital age. We specifically look at the EU and its approaches to digitization and digital culture, problems detected, and achievements reached, all with an emphasis on digital cultural heritage. We seek to report on important documents that were prepared on digitization; copyright and related documents; research and education in the digital libraries field under the auspices of the EU; some other European and national initiatives; and funded projects. The aim of this book is to discuss the development of digital libraries in the European context by presenting, primarily to non-European communities interested in digital libraries, the phenomena, initiatives, and developments that dominated in Europe. We describe the main projects and their outcomes, and shine a light on the number of challenges that have been inspiring new approaches, cooperative efforts, and the use of research methodology at different stages of the digital libraries development. The specific goals are reflected in the structure of the book, which can be conceived as a guide to several main topics and sub-topics. However, the author's scope is far from being comprehensive, since the field of digital libraries is very complex and digital libraries for cultural heritage is even more so.

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