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Methodological and Technological Solutions for the Creation of Seamless Content of the Lithuanian

Digital Cultural Heritage: Gains and Challenges

Dr. Regina Varnienė-JanssenMartynas Mažvydas National Library of

LithuaniaNational Centre for Digitisation and the Virtual

Electronic Heritage System

Innovative Information Technologies for Science, Business and Education, IIT-2013

Content of the report

New digitisation paradigm within Lithuania’s strategic documents concerning the cultural and information society policy;

Impact of ICT on the creation of seamless digital content and its access.

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New paradigm in the legislation on cultural heritage

EU communication “eEurope2002”; EU communication “eEurope2005”; Initiatives by the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of

Lithuania (2004–2009):

A Concept for the Digitisation of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2005);

Strategy for the Digitisation of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage, Digital Content Preservation and Access (2009).

Implementation measure “Lithuanian culture in the information society” of the 3rd priority of the Action Programme for Economic Growth.

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A Concept for the Digitisation of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2005)

Defines the goal, objectives and principles for digitising the cultural heritage;

Sets common selection criteria for objects to be digitised;

Provides for long-term preservation and access of the cultural heritage.

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Strategy for the Digitisation of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2009) pursues the following

objectives:

Establishment of competence centres within memory institutions;

Development and implementation of a virtual cultural heritage system;

Creation of seamless digital content of the cultural heritage and ensuring its reliable functionality;

Standardisation of digitisation, preservation and access workflows;

Encouraging initiatives on cultural heritage access.

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Synergy between the cultural and information society policies(2009–2013)

Strategy for the Digitisation of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage (2009);

Implementation measure ”Lithuanian culture in the information society” of Priority 3 “Information society for all” within the Action Programme for Economic Growth.

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Impact of the synergy between the cultural and information society policies (2009–2013)

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;

A 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.

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CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES

EUROVOC – archivesLCSH (Lithuanian version) – librariesUDC – librariesULAN – museums

DATA CONTENT STANDARDS

ISAAR(CPF), ISAD(G) – archivesISBDs – libraries

CCO – museums

DATA STRUCTURE STANDARDS

EAD – archivesUNIMARC, MARC21 – librariesCDWA Lite, ESE – museums

DATA PRESERVATION STANDARDS

METS: libraries archives museums

CIDOC CRM (shared ontology)RDF, OAI-PMH

METADATA WITHIN VEPS

ACCESS STANDARDS

CONTROLED VOCABULARIES

Functional / Organizational structure of VEPS

SEMANTIC SEARCH WITHIN VEPS

UNICODEUNICODEURI URI

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RDF model and syntaxRDF model and syntax

OntologyOntology

QueryQuery

LogicsLogics

ReliabilityReliability

Software applicationsSoftware applications

From Jan Hannemann, Jurgen Kett

Results of a semantic search for linked data

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E35.Title+”LIETUVOS EVANGELIKŲ REFORMATŲ SINODAS…” ”Karaliaus Stepono Batoro raštas revizoriams dėl…”

E82.1.Person_Appellation(subclass of E82.Actor_Appellation)

+”Stefan Batory”+”Steponas Batoras”+”S. Batoras”+”Stephan”+”Стефан Батор”+”Istvan Bathory”

E21.Person (subclass of E39.Actor)

+”PL” : E55.1.Nationality_code (subclass of E55.Type)+”pl” : E55.1.Native_language_code (subclass of E55.Type)+”LNB” : E55.1.Provider (subclass of E55.Type)+”LNB=V*71534=BG” : E42.Identifier

E65.Creation

E73.Information_Object

+”sla” : E55.1.Language_code (subclass of E55.Type)+”LT” : E55.1.Country_code (subclass of E55.Type)+”C10000030143” : E42.Identifier+”rankraštis” : E55.1.Information_Object_Type (subclass of E55.Type)

C1.Digital_Object

+”sla” : E55.1.Language_code (subclass of E55.Type)+”LT” : E55.1.Country_code (subclass of E55.Type)

E35.Title

+”LIETUVOS EVANGELIKŲ REFORMATŲ SINODAS…” +”Karaliaus Stepono Batoro raštas revizoriams dėl…”

C2.Digitisation_Process

-P131.is_identified_by

-P102.has_title

-P14.performed -P94.was_created_by

-P94.has_created

-P102.has_title

-L1F digitisation


Impact of ICT on the digital content

Creation of a methodology for the partnership between memory institutions implemented within the Virtual Electronic Heritage System;

Creation of a single digital space of the Lithuanian cultural heritage on the basis of CIDOC CRM model as well as Semantic Web technologies;

Provision of free and semantic access to the digital content via the portal www.epaveldas.lt

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What next in 2014–2020?

EU cohesion policy for 2014-2020; National Progress Programme 2014–2020; Interinstitutional Programme for the Digitisation,

Long-Term Preservation and Access of the Lituanica Cultural and Scientific Heritage 2014–2020.

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A new strategic document for consolidation

Initiative: Interinstitutional Programme for the Digitisation, Long-Term Preservation and Access of the Lituanica Cultural and Scientific Heritage in 2014–2020

Further consolidating memory institutions for the creation of integrated content of the Lithuanian cultural heritage and its access.

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The Interinstitutional Programme’s goals

Creation and implementation of user-oriented digital heritage services;

Digitisation of cultural heritage objects and long-term preservation of digital content;

Advancement of digitisation competencies and promoting e-service skills.

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The Interinstitutional Programme’s impacts

Interinstitutional partnership; Interoperability of systems and providing services

for users on the basis of one-counter principle; Partnership between memory and research

institutions; Open access to digital data; Interdisciplinary Lituanica research.

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