digital library services for immigrant...
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VerdensbiblioteketDigital library services for Immigrant
Communities
Presentation NORDILL Oktober 2018Marit VestlieProject ManagerNational Library Norway
Focus in this presentation
• Background for the project
• What is the goal
• Presentation of the platform
• Future – Next step
Background for the project
The starting point for the project is the existing cooperation between the national libraries in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and between the national services for library services to immigrant populations.
The Best Practice Network
The Best practice Network
• 2009 Best practice - network established
• 2015 Application Nordic Council ofMinisters
• 2016-18 Project 3 mill DDK
Verdensbiblioteket. dk
• The services will build on the digital service Verdensbiblioteket.dk - a digital platform for the dissemination of film and music developed by The State Library, Denmark (The Royal Library – Denmark)
Digital books in foreign languages
• To improve the digital library services to linguistic minorities in the Nordic countries
• E-books
What is the purpose
• Immigration
• Integration
• Literacy
• Digital skills
The starting point:
Participants
• The Royal Danish Library
• The National Library of Sweden
• The National Library of Norway
• Cooperations:
• The Danish Library Centre for Intergation(KB – DK)
• The International Library – Stockholm (ssb)
• Malmø Public Library
• Multicultural Library – NB - Norway
Verdensbiblioteket
• New: digital books
• Languages:
– Tiginya
– Somali
– Arabic
– Persian/Farsi
– Croatian/Serbic
Content
• E-books
• Sound-books
• Childrens literature
• Fiction
• Non fiction
How we do it
• Cooperation
• Decisions
• Selection of materials
• Legal copyright clearances
• Metadata standards
• Platform - Three versions
• Danish – Swedish - Norwegian
What have been the challenges?
• Procurement:
• language
• public procurement
• costs
• files- formats
• metadata
• platform
Metadata in excel:
The platform
Fiction e-books
Sound books
Next step – future plans
• Transition from project to operation
• Develop a permanent organization
• Economy
• More languages
• Cooperation
• Finland and Iceland
Links
• Sverige: https://verdensbiblioteket---se---master-7rqtwti-dl3swnu7q7xx2.eu.platform.sh/Norge: https://verdensbiblioteket---no---master-7rqtwti-dl3swnu7q7xx2.eu.platform.sh/Danmark: https://www.verdensbiblioteket.dk/