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- EU-Commission: "Europe's cultural heritage at the click of a mouse ..." (2008)
The EU-Commission published a communication. Its title: "Europe's cultural heritage at the click of a mouse. Progress on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation across the EU", Brussels 11.08.2008 (PDF 52 kb)
- Green Paper - Copyright in the Knowledge Society (2008)
"The purpose of the Green Paper is to foster a debate on how knowledge for research, science and education can best be disseminated in the online environment. The Green Paper aims to set out a number of issues connected with the role of copyright in the "knowledge economy" and intends to launch a consultation on these issues. ..." (PDF 96 kb)
- Auf dem Weg zur Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek (DDB) (2008)
Studie des Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme (IAIS), erstellt im Auftrag des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) (PDF 1,9 MB)
- Bestandsaufnahme zur Digitalisierung von Kulturgut und Handlungsfelder (2007)
Fraunhofer-Studie erstellt im Auftrag des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) unter finanzieller Beteiligung des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (PDF 2,8 MB)
Anhang zur Fraunhofer-Studie (PDF 1,3 MB)
- coordinating digitisation in europe (2006)
Minerva (ed.), "coordinating digitisation in europe. Progress report of the National Representatives Group. coordination mechanisms for digitisation policies and programmes 2006", Rome 2007 (HTML Document)
- Digital Applications for Tangible Cultural Heritage (2006)
Franco Niccolucci, Guntram Geser, Teresa Varricchio, EPOCH (Hrsg.), "Digital Applications for Tangible Cultural Heritage - Report on the State of the Union Policies, Practices and Developments in Europe, EPOCH Survey 2004/2005", Budapest 2006 (PDF 21 MB)
- coordinating digitisation in europe (2005)
Minerva (ed.), "coordinating digitisation in europe. Progress report of the National Representatives Group. coordination mechanisms for digitisation policies and programmes 2005", Rome 2006 (HTML Document)
- Retrospektive Digitalisierung von Bibliotheksbeständen
Evaluierungsbericht über einen Förderschwerpunkt der DFG ("Retrospective Digitisation of Library Collections: Evaluation Report on a DFG Funding Priority"), Manfred Thaller et. al., Köln 2005 (PDF 1640 KB)
- Die deutschen Archive in der Informationsgesellschaft ...
DFG-Arbeitsgruppe Informationsmanagement der Archive, "Die deutschen Archive in der Informationsgesellschaft - Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven", 2003 (PDF 156 KB)
- Charter of Parma
This Document continues and supports the fundamental Principles of Lund. Minerva Project, Parma 2003 (HTML Document)
- Firenze Agenda
Experts' Workgroup on the Preservation of Digital Memory, Firenze 2003 (PDF 47 KB)
- A community of cultures - The European Union and the arts
European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (ed.), "A community of cultures - The European Union and the arts", Luxembourg (PDF 456 KB)
- Lund Principles
European Content in Global Networks
Coordination Mechanisms for Digitisation Programmes: Conclusions of Experts Meeting, Lund, Schweden 2001 (PDF 50 KB)
- Lund Action Plan
Action Plan on Coordination of Digitisation Programmes an Policies
Follow up of Experts meeting, Lund, Sweden 2001 (PDF 100 KB)