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21. ARTSCONNECTED: COLLABORATION
IN THE INTEGRATION AND ACCESS TO MUSEUM RESOURCES BY ROBIN DOWDEN,
SCOTT SAYRE, AND STEVE DIETZ
First Monday, volume 5, number 6 (June 2000)
This paper discusses the philosophical underpinnings for museum
collaboration; background, implementation, and evaluation of a particular
collaboration between the Walker Art Centre and The Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, ArtsConnectEd; and a vision for future directions
for museum collaborations.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_6/dowden/index.html
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22. CIMI (CONSORTIUM FOR THE COMPUTER INTERCHANGE
OF MUSEUM INFORMATION)
CIMI - the Consortium for the Interchange of Museum Information
- works together to bring cultural heritage information to the widest
possible audience by:
encouraging open standards-based approaches to creating and sharing
digital cultural heritage information
applying standards to museum information in demonstration projects
that invite member participation and help them to further develop
their information systems
disseminating the results of these collaborative efforts throughout
the consortium
sharing individual work on electronic information issues with
each other
http://www.cimi.org/
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23. DELOS IST-1999-12262 (A NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE
ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES)
EU FP5 project from 1 January 2000 for 3 years. DELOS will provide
a context for the continuous development of an international research
agenda and constitute a reference point for Digital Library (DL)
projects funded by the IST Programme, stimulating the exchange of
experience in this multidisciplinary area. It will make test-beds
available, facilitate their interoperability, and provide mechanisms
for the evaluation of models, techniques, and approaches, and the
exchange of open-source software components. It will contribute
to the definition of relevant standards. Appropriate take-up models
will be developed to facilitate the exploitation of DL technologies
by industry. A network of links with the international research
community will be created. The activities will be organized under
five Forums: DL Research, Evaluation, Standardization, Dissemination
and Technology Transfer, International Co-operation.
http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/DELOS/
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24. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
A Bertelsmann Stiftung funded project that works on the assumption
that the cooperation of a small, highly motivated and flexible group
of experts of the international public library scene will be able
to produce and efficiently disseminate innovative solutions. The
International Network of Public Libraries is intended to have a
high level of practical relevance: Future-oriented model solutions
are developed by practitioners for practitioners. The objectives
of the network are to pool international know-how, to strengthen
the exchange of experience among public library experts, to develop
successful concepts and above all, to promote their practical implementation.
Future-oriented model solutions are developed by practitioners for
practitioners. Network phases last about 18 months and each includes
a conference. Two phases have been completed since 1997. The current
phase 3 1999-2000 focuses on Learning from other industries; Leadership
and management; Libraries as part of the public sector; Future-oriented
offerings.
http://www.stiftung.bertelsmann.de/english/netz/publib/index.htm
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25. RLG CULTURAL MATERIALS INITIATIVE
Participants in RLG's 2000-2003 initiative for RLG members, which
was announced January 2000, will develop best practices and conditions
for creating electronic surrogates of cultural materials. They will
also address institutional intellectual property mandates, contribute
to a collective, "critical mass" resource of unique or rare cultural
materials, and ensure that the resulting service is international,
representative, and self-sustaining.
Supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. In December 1999,
Yale, Cornell and Oxford universities, the New York State Archives,
Library, and Museum, the Chicago Historical Society, and the International
Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) agreed to play a lead role
in a member alliance for the future development of the initiative.
At the beginning of June 2000, there are 34 institutions in the
alliance. RLG will be working with IBM's DB2 software, which has
object-relational database capabilities.
http://www.rlg.org/culturalres/
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