Strategic, Methodological and Technical Solutions for the Creation of Seamless Cultural Heritage Content and Access: Lithuanian Approach Dr. Regina Varnienė-Janssen Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and Jonas Juškys Sintagma Ltd
My acknowledgements are to: Tomas Auškalnis and Liubovė Buckienė for their assistance in the preparation of this report
Content of the report New paradigm in Lithuanian legislation on cultural heritage Organizational / Functional structure of the Virtual Electronic Heritage System (VEPS) VEPS as the basis for seamless cultural heritage content Web portal epaveldas.lt - a single gate for access to electronic cultural heritage
New paradigm in the legislation on cultural heritage A Digital Agenda for Europe - 7 priority areas for development of the information society and increasing social openness The Concept for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2005) Implementation measure Lithuanian culture in the information society of the 3rd priority of Lithuania s Action Programme for Economic Growth in 2007-2013 Strategy for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage, Digital Content Preservation and Access (2009) Progress Strategy for Lithuania Lithuania 2030
Structure of national strategic documents Strategy Europe 2020 National programme for reforms Transitional objectives of the Progress Strategy for Lithuanian by 2020 Progress Strategy for Lithuania Lithuania 2030 General strategic document National progress programme Agreement of development and investment partnership Operational Operational Operational Operational programmes programmes of programmes programmes of the the Regional of the of the Convergence Cooperation Agricultural Ficheries Objective Objective Development Guidance Fund Projects financed by financial Instruments of the other EU policies TEN projects General funds EU funds EU funds Private funds Other budget funds General funds EU funds EU funds Private funds National budget funds
Methodology for the creation of seamless heritage content Defined in the following strategic documents: The Concept for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2005) The Strategy for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage, Digital Content Preservation and Access (2009) Implementation Framework 2009-2013 for the Strategy Implemented within the Virtual Electronic Heritage System
The Concept for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Defines the goal, objectives and principles for digitization of cultural heritage Sets common selection criteria for objects to be digitized
Strategy for Digitization of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage pursues to: Create a seamless system for digitization of cultural heritage and guarantee its reliable funcionality Develop and expand the virtual cultural heritage system combining search, preservation and access features Standardize digitization, preservation and access workflows Digitize heritage objects and deliver them to the web portal Encourage initiatives on cultural heritage access
Financed projects Development of the Virtual Electronic Heritage System (VEPS) (Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania) EUR 3 800 000 Lithuanian Documentary Cinema Online ( e-kinas ) (Lithuanian State Archives) EUR 3 000 000 Historical Heritage of the Lithuanian Statehood Online (Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania) EUR 900 000 Virtual Historical Lithuania: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Vilnius University) EUR 1 880 000 Virtual Library for the Blind (Lithuanian Library for the Blind) EUR 1 000 000 Creation of the Virtual Audio Library of the Lithuanian Radio (Lithuanian Radio and Television) EUR 1 800 000 Implementation of the Integrated Museum Information System (LIMIS) in Lithuanian Museums (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania) EUR 2 415 000 Presenting Works of Lithuanian Classical Literature Online ( e-klasika ) (Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania) EUR 580 000
Virtual Electronic Heritage System as a basis for seamless cultural heritage content Project Development of the Virtual Electronic Heritage System (VEPS) : ES Structural Funds - EUR 3 250 000 State budget - EUR 570 000
Development of the Virtual Electronic Heritage System (VEPS) Goal of the project: Ensuring sustainable creation of Lithuanian cultural heritage content and access Project objectives: Expansion of the network for the creation of digital content by establishing new digitization centres and units Development and expansion of the virtual system for the digital cultural heritage Ensuring digitization of cultural heritage objects and access to them
Metadata within VEPS CONTROLED VOCABULARIES CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES EUROVOC - archives LCSH (Lithuanian version) - libraries UDC - libraries ULAN - museums DATA STRUCTURE STANDARDS DATA CONTENT STANDARDS ISAAR(CPF), ISAD(G) - archives ISBDs - libraries CCO - museums DATA PRESERVATION STANDARDS EAD - archives UNIMARC, MARC21 - libraries CDWA Lite, ESE - museums METS: libraries archives museums ACCESS STANDARDS CIDOC CRM (shared ontology) RDF, OAI-PMH
Functional / Organizational structure of VEPS
Integrated thesaurus (BAVIC) (authors Dr. R. Laužikas and Dr. V. Vaitkevičius) serving for: Establishment of a universal model for presentation of personal names, geographical names and historical chronology Creation of an integarted database of personal names, geographical names and historical chronology
BAVIC Evolution of geographical names: example Marijampolė 1667-1736 - Pašešupis 1736-1758 - Starapolė 1758-1955 - Marijampolė 1955-1990 - Kapsukas Since 1990 - Marijampolė
BAVIC Recording of geographical names in different languages and scripts: example Tauragnai 13th c. (Latin) - Tovraks, Therake, Theuraxe, Thowraggen, Towragen 13th c. (German) - Taurage 14th c. (Latin) - Thurogno 17th c. (Polish) - Tauroginy 18th c. (Latin) - Taurogi 19th c. (Russian - Таурогины 19th c. (Polish) - Tawroginy 19th c. (Lithuanian) - Tauroginiai 20th c. (German) - Taurogone 20th c. (Russian) - Таурагнай 20th c. (Lithuanian) - Tauragnai
CIDOC CRM and CIDOC CRM dig for VEPS Appyling CIDOC CRM CIDOC CRM dig for the VEPS sotfware to a degree that is necessary for resenting collections preserved at memory institutions in the virtual space; Setting up a database aggregating personal, corporate body and geographical names and subjects headings imported from authority files of multiple memory and research institutions.
CIDOC CRM / CIDOC CRM dig - Additional information about Steponas Batoras MUSEUMS Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.)
MUSEUMS Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.) Painting by an unknown artist (19th c.)
CIDOC CRM / DC / UNIMARC/B - Additional information about Steponas Batoras MUSEUMS Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.) Painting by an unknown artist (19th c.) Seal which belonged to Steponas Batoras (16th c.)
CIDOC CRM / DC / UNIMARC/B - Additional information about Steponas Batoras MUSEUMS LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.) Painting by an unknown artist (19th c.) Seal which belonged to Steponas Batoras (16th c.) Manuscript 1586
CIDOC CRM / DC / UNIMARC/B - Additional information about Steponas Batoras MUSEUMS LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.) Painting by an unknown artist (19th c.) Seal which belonged to Steponas Batoras (16th c.) Manuscript 1586 Transcript of the 1581 manuscript
CIDOC CRM / DC / UNIMARC/B - Additional information about Steponas Batoras MUSEUMS LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES Painting by Vincentas Smakauskas (19th c.) Painting by an unknown artist (19th c.) Seal which belonged to Steponas Batoras (16th c.) Manuscript 1586 Transcript of the 1581 manuscript Newspaper article 1935
Archiving within VEPS METS - digital objects and metadata: <filegrp ID="FILEGROUP01" USE="IMAGES"> <file ID="FILE1" SEQ="1" SIZE="191243" CHECKSUM="7ab0d308b31ba0e416abc27d54e76bb7" CHECKSUMTYPE="MD5" DMDID="DMD01" GROUPID="01"> <FLocat LOCTYPE="URN" xlink:href="f\fn.jpg" /> </file>... Structure or <dc:title>verbos</dc:title> <dc:creator>lidija Meškaitytė</dc:creator> <dc:subject>miniatiūra</dc:subject> <dc:description>popierius, akvarelė, h/pl. - 13,7x10,5 cm </dc:description> <dc:date>1960</dc:date> Description METS <agent ID="CREATOR01" ROLE="CREATOR"> <name>jonas Petraitis</name> </agent> Administration
Text (4.5 million) Images (85 thousand) Audio (85 thousand) books paintings first shellac records manuscripts photographs vocal music periodicals negatives church vocal music printed music textile works instrumental music church documents maps music for theatre
Integrated portal - www.epaveldas.lt Integration of bibliographic, archival and museum information within VEPS Integration of digital content within VEPS Conclusion: supports end-user navigation from concept to particular items, artefacts and archival documents
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