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Taking the British Library forward in the 21st Century

Lynne J Brindley

Chief Executive Designate

June 2000

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Structure of Talk

Themes

Context

E-strategyrole of curators

widening public accesscollaboration and partnership

British Library contribution to DNER

collaborationdigital coherence

international developments

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E-Strategy

• legal deposit for an electronic age

• digital preservation

• digital infrastructure procurement

• digitisation strategy

• re-purposing challenges

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Role of Curators

contribution to:– e-strategy– international scholarship and research

partnerships– entrepreneurial ventures– supporting widening access

ECAI (Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative)FATHOM dotcom

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Widening Public Access

• exhibitions

• visitor attraction

• web site development

• regional presence

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Collaboration and Partnership

• British Library/Higher Education Task Force– co-ordination of DNC

– inter-relationships in inter-lending and document supply

– high level performance measures

• British Library Co-operation & Partnership Programme– 19 funded projects, cross-sectoral and cross-domain

• participation in RSLP• bi-lateral arrangements

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SYSTEMMANAGEMENT

Contribution to DNER

NETWORK

CONTENT MLE

SUPPORTSERVICES

DISCOVERY&

DELIVERY

insideETOC

scholarship

digitalcontent

digitalcontent

nationallibraries

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Conclusions

wideningaccess

internationalcollaboration

DNER

DNC

e-strategy

new structures, skills, alliances