Europeana 1.0 project

ECP 2008 DILI 558001 (eContentplus)

This project is the successor network to the EDLnet thematic network which created the EDL Foundation and the Europeana prototype. Following the launch of the user designed and driven prototype of Europeana the EDL Foundation wishes to use Europeana v1.0 to develop an operational service and solve key operational issues related to the implementation and functioning of the European Digital Library Europeana. Stakeholders, including the general public when an operational service is offered, will be involved in Europeana and informed how they can contribute and access content. The work of Europeana v1.0 will include the development and implementation of all the necessary processes to create and run such an operation and a full scale business development operation to ensure a steady stream of content is made available. Additionally dissemination efforts to end users will be executed to ensure take up and continuous involvement of end users in order to achieve sustainability of such a service. Among the tools to enlarge user involvement will be the development of generic (web)services that allow others to re-use and repurpose the data. Key infrastructure components and value-added services will be implemented by the EuropeanaConnect BPN. Content will come from existing sources such as The European Library and from the linked EuropeanaTravel, Mimo and Judeica proposals, as well the results of current eContentPlus projects: Athena, EFG and EDLocal.

CELI is part of work package 2, on functionality and interoperability.