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About EDLprojectThe acronym
EDLproject stands for European digital library
Background
- EDLproject was a Targeted Project funded by the European Commission under the
eContentplus Programme, within the area of Cultural content and scientific/scholarly
content. It was coordinated by the
German National Library.
- EDLproject built on
The European Library, a service funded by CENL,
the Conference of European National Librarians, providing unified access to
the electronic resources of the main European National Libraries as well as
to other library services. The project was also a continuation of the
TEL-ME-MOR
project, which has supported The European Library with the
inclusion in the service of the ten New Member States National Libraries.
- EDLproject was a direct response to the request
of Viviane Reding, Commissioner
for Information Society and Media, made at the CENL conference in Luxembourg
on 29 September 2005 that national libraries should use their influence in
the debate on the digitisation of European content for access through the
web.
Objectives
- EDLproject integrated the bibliographic catalogues and digital collections of
the National Libraries of Belgium,
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Sweden, into The European Library:
thanks to the project, all EU countries are now members of the European Library service.
- EDLproject further enhanced access to the European Library portal, by
continuing to develop its multi-lingual capacity.
- EDLproject took first steps towards collaboration between The European Library
and other non-library cultural initiatives, and expanded the marketing and communication activities of The European Library service.
- EDLproject leveraged the influence and resources of CENL as a key player and
stakeholder in the content field to work towards a consensual resolution of
certain issues raised by the Communication "i2010: Digital Libraries",
such as potential availability of digital content from national libraries
and the scope for collaboration between The European Library and other
content providers funded by eContentplus.
Project budget & timeframe
- EDLproject had a total budget of € 2.114 million EUR, of which € 1 million
contribution by the eContentplus programme. The project started in September
2006 was completed in February 2008.
Programme of work
The EDLproject workplan is outlined here.
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