050531 Presentation Info 2005

Dov WinerIsrael MINERVA Coordinator

Director - eJewish.infoDeveloping Jewish Networking Infrastructuresan initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel

דיגיטציה להתחדשות מורשת התרבות היהודית

המעבר לאוספים דיגיטליים" לצפיה הקש: "מושב

http://www.jafi.org.il/

http://www.minervaisrael.org.il [email protected] http://www.ejewish.info

Man creates technology. Technology changes man and

re-creates him at the same time.


Osmosis as a Model

Why there is need for a digitisation policy?

Substantial changes in the environment


Changes in the Environment:

Convergence of Digital Media

The end of the Internet


Telephony Radio TelevisionInternet/Web Mobile Services

Applications

Web services delivered over cable television

Webcasting of television, radio, music services

Browsers in cellular mobile phones

Wireless PDA

SMS messaging seamless: Internet, Cellular and TV

Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) telephony services

End of the Internet




2003 150,000,000,000 Music files downloaded from the network

almost three fold from 2002 55 billion Music files dowloaded

iTunes (Apple) began in April 2003 and sold 70 million files (.99 US$)

MSN Music

Yahoo – Internet Radio Giant bought MusicMatch Offers 700 thousand files – main competitor to iTunes

iTunes standard Music service for Motorola CellularHaaretz 24.9.2004

Musical Contents



Frames of Reference


Jewish Demography – 2004

2004 American Jewish Yearbook, V 104,

World 12,989,700

Israel 5,165,400

Diaspora 7,824,300

America North 5,661 KCentral 52,000South 346,000

6,059,000

Europe EU 1,121,600Western 19,800

FSU 360,000East 34,400

1,550,000

Asia 40,600

Africa 81,000

Oceania 107,900


Israel Demography

Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, May 2005

Israel Total 6,900,000

Jews 5,260,00

Others 290,000

Arabs 1,350,000

Jews and others

were born:

Israel 65% 3,600,000

Abroad 35% 1,930,000Among them in the FSU

950,000


Sources for Developing a Cultural

Heritage Digitisation Policy


Digital Promise Digital Opportunity Investment Fund DoIT

(1) Learning Models (2) Digitise collections: museums, universities, museums, cultural institutions

National Academy of Science

IT, Innovation and Creativity: need for mutual synergies between Art and Computer Science

European Union Lund Action Plan

Sources for Developing Cultural Heritage

Digitisation Policy


Accessible and sustainable heritage

Support cultural diversity, education and content industries

Digitised resources of great variety and richness

Lund Premises

Problems

Fragmentation of Approach

Obsolescence

Lack of simple, common access

Intellectual Property Rights

Lack of synergies between cultural andnew technologies programs

Institutional investment and commitment


Israel Frame of Reference


National Jewish and University Library National Archives Directorate of Culture (Ministry of Education)

Department of Public Libraries Department of Museums

ICOM International Council for Museums – Israel Malmad – The Israel Digital Information Center (IUCC - Universities) Meital – Center for Learning Technologies (IUCC – Universities) Pais Council for Culture and the Arts UNESCO Secretary in Israel Department of Scientific and Cultural Agreement (MOFA)

Coordination The Jewish Agency for Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Expected to join:

The Israel Antiquities Authority The Israel Broadcasting Authorities

Statutory Institutions Co-Opted for the Policy

Development Process


MINERVA Experts Network in Israel

Nominated by Statutory Institutions




The Jerusalem Declaration I

1. Contribution of Israel participation in the EU NRG

Framework for establishing here an agenda for

digitisation of Cultural Heritage.

2. Jewish People contribution to European Heritage

3. Digitization of CH and convergence present unique

occasion for the Jewish People and their collective and

evolving memory.

4. Call for a concerted policy for digitisation of Jewish

cultural assets…long term preservation; continuous

access; re-incorporation in the contemporary life of the

Jewish People as living assets re-creating Jewish culture

in its variety and multi-faceted aspects.


The Jerusalem Declaration II

5. Israel ..expression for cultural diversity. Expression for

the historical and contemporary creativity of Arab, Druze,

Islamic and Christian culture and others.

6. Adopts the Charter of Parma (December 2003)

7. Adopts the Dutch Presidency NRG conclusions:

“…integrate coordination of digital heritage with its

economic sectors of reference (culture, education,

tourism, technology, research…), their policies and

programmes, policy drivers (…) and their objectives in

the enlarged Europe…


Debate in the Parliament (Knesset)

Committee for Internet and Information Technologies

Following the Jerusalem Declaration of October 2004 the Committee held a

well attended debate on the issues related to the Digitisation of Cultural

Heritage.

In preparation for an extended discussion later in 2005 an economist was

nominated in the Comptrollers Division of the Ministry of Finance to work

together with the MINERVA Working Groups in preparing a brief on the

contribution of digitisation of Cultural Heritage to the National Economy.

UK Creative Industries Concept

British Library evaluation of the value of its services for the British economy.

EPOCH Work Package on Economic Contribution of CH


National Representatives Group Reports on Israel

comprehensive mapping of the main digitisation initiatives, policies and players

http://www.minervaeurope.org/publications/globalreport/globalrep2003.htm

http://www.minervaisrael.org.il//nrg_reports.html

MINERVA Technical Guidelines

CALIMERA Guidelines – Hebrew

Cultural Heritage Digitisation Distributed Course for the staff of small and medium institutions and university students.

Background Documentation and Initiatives




http://www.minervaisrael.org.il//nrg_reports.html


The Jewish People Frame of Reference




Opportunities in the new environment

Example: Learning Objects

Thousands of Jewish films in each Jewish school, community center and faculty

Communities of educators, cultural professionals, creative artists, educators re-owning and re-creating Jewish culture

and all the while dialoguing about it

“Eretz Amazonia”


Purpose of eJewish.info Create a Joint Jewish Market that will

provide clear advantages, by its size, ease of use and speed of access, for providers of services and goods of Jewish interest

The Challenge of the new environment: a User model

The Challenge of the new environment: Semantics

Jewish networking infrastructures - User Model


David Bearman, President, Archives & Museum Informatics Sustaining Culture, Enhancing Life: User Requirements for Cultural Heritage http://www.eu2004.digitaliseringerfgoed.info

Jewish networking infrastructures – User Model

Maslow’s Hierarchy of

Needs

Type of Information

Needed

Self-Actualization Significance

Esteem Significance

Belonging Meanings

Safety Facts

Physiological Facts

http://www.eu2004.digitaliseringerfgoed.info/




Jewish networking infrastructures - User Model


Jewish networking infrastructures



Registry of Jewish web resources and partner registries

Survey of Jewish Heritage Controlled Vocabularies

Experts WGs: Resources Discovery

Quality

Interoperability

Good Practice and Competence



Agents

Semantic web integration of heterogeneous sources

Learning objects

Link to the Semantic Web Presentation


For copyJewish networking infrastructures

Registry of Web Resources

Development of controlled vocabularies for Jewish networking

Creation of a Metadata sets for the description of Jewish resources: CONTEXT

Registration of resources on the level of collections for allocating Metadata

Registry of persons, institutions and corporations that deal or have an interest in Jewish networking


http://www.ejewish.info/


For copyJewish networking infrastructures

Near future:

Pilot for the experimental integration of heterogeneous digital repositories

Identifying successful models

Defining an specific content area

Developing the partnership

Developing the necessary ontologies and other tools


Concerted Policy for Jewish CH Digitisation

Consultation – December 2004

European frameworks concerned with the expression of Cultural Diversity in Europe – EC CH Cluster Projects and other institutes

Jewish Institutions:National Foundation for Jewish Culture

European Association for Jewish Culture

IJPR (London) – Hanadiv – Bnai Brith – ECJC –AIU


Policy for Jewish Heritage Digitisation

Action Items

Prepare a basic policy profile on Jewish Heritage Digitisation

Mapping cultural heritage digitisation initiatives

GIS Project for Jewish Heritage in Europe

WGs of experts in areas parallel to those of MINERVA Interoperability and Service Provision

Good Practices and Competence Centers

Discovery of Content and Multilingualism

Quality framework and user needs

Survey vocabularies and set pilot for seamless access


Thank you for your attention !

Contact: Dov Winer, Coordinator, MINERVA Network in IsraelDirector - Program for the Development of Jewish

Networking Infrastructuresan initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel

P.O.Box 92 Jerusalem 91000 [email protected]: +972.2.6202992 fax: +972.2.6204194http://www.ejewish.info/

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http://www.jafi.org.il/

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