Explanation of the policies of the European Union, the relations with Israel and the MINERVA project for coordination of policies of cultural heritage digiisation. Seminar at the School for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Beit Berl Academic College, Seminar for the Faculty of the Program for Information Sciences and Librarianship, Apri 26, 2006.

1. ‫סמינר מחלקתי‬
‫תכנית לימודי מידע וספרנות‬
‫בית הספר ללימודים רב-תחומיים‬
‫המכללה האקדמית בית ברל‬
2006 ‫62 אפריל‬
‫הסבר על פעילות הנציבות האירופית, הקשר‬
MINERVA ‫עם ישראל, ומיזם‬
Dov Winer
Israel MINERVA Coordinator
Director - eJewish.info
Developing Jewish Networking Infrastructures
an initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel

2. http://www.minervaisrael.org.il dovw@jazo.org.il http://www.ejewish.info

3. 457 Million inhabitants
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4. GDP: 9755.4 Billions of Euro
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6. Main European Union
institutions
 The Council of the European Union
 represent the member states
 The European Parliament
 represent the citizens
 The European Commission
 politically independent body that upholds
the collective European interests
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12. Lund Program - 2001
Dynamic Action Plan - 2005
 eEurope 2002 Action Plan
coordination digitisation across Member
States - Lund Action Plan through NRG
 Council, November 2005 – Dynamic
Action Plan: importance of digitisation:
 provide digital resources for education and
research, tourism and creative industries
 enabling citizens access to cultural heritage
 advancing the European Digital Libraries
initiative
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13. Dynamic Action Plan - 2005
 Objectives:
Leadership – Coordination – Fragmentation
– Identifying models, funding and policy
Cultural and linguistic diversity – Access
 Action Areas:
 Users and Content
 Technologies for Digitisation
 Sustainability of Content
 Digital Preservation
 Monitoring Progress
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17. Statutory Institutions Co-Opted for the Policy
Development Process
 National Jewish and University Library
 National Archives
 Directorate of Culture (Ministry of Education)
 Department of Public Libraries
 Department of Museums
 ICOM International Council for Museums – Israel
 Malmad – The Israel Digital Information Center (IUCC - Universities)
 Meital – Center for Learning Technologies (IUCC – Universities)
 Pais Council for Culture and the Arts
 UNESCO Secretary in Israel
 Department of Scientific and Cultural Agreement (MOFA)
 The Israel Antiquities Authority
Coordination
 The Jewish Agency for Israel
 Ministry of Science and Technology
http://www.minervaisrael.org.il dovw@jazo.org.il http://www.ejewish.info

18. MINERVA Experts Network in Israel
Nominated by Statutory Institutions
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22. Facets for a Cultural Heritage Digitisation Policy
for Israel
 How will our Culture, Education and
Identity stand up to this challenge?
 What are the opportunities presented
by the new environment?
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23. Professional Communities Involved in Cultural
Heritage Digitisation
 Computer Scientists Engineers and Technicians
 Librarians and Information Science Experts
 Archivists
 Museums
 Creative artists
 Communities: Computerized graphics, Archaeology, Architecture,
Multimedia production, Information Experts, Distributed Learning,
Education and Training,
 Broadcasting archives, TV Stage Directors, Producers Association,
Documentary producers
 IP Professionals – Creative Commons initiative
 Business and entrepreneurship community
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