austrian national library vision 2025 and austrian books online

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Austrian National Library Vision 2025 and

Austrian Books Online

Max Kaiser

Head of Research and Development Austrian National Library [email protected]

Vienna, 5 December 2013

mailto:[email protected]

September 2012 http://www.onb.ac.at/

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Fundamental impact on production, storage and availability

of knowledge

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→How will we make tomorrow‘s knowledge available ?

→How can we contribute to shaping the knowledge society of tomorrow?

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Goal: Reinforce role of Austrian National Library

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reshaping of the library

as bridge between past

and future

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everyone in the world has unrestricted access to our collections

→this enables creativity and inspiration

→this contributes to development of society and scientific progress

we stand for free

access to knowledge 1

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we preserve our heritage in order to make it available for the scholarly and social debate

→we contribute to the creation of new ideas

→innovation and creativity are based on strategic planning

we stand for

innovation 2

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we support the further education of our users and the growth of competence of our staff

→we make a contribution to the advancement of our knowledge society

we stand for

education

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we care about our mandate to preserve our knowledge heritage

→we create a basis for cultural identity, social reflection, and the shaping of the future

we stand for

responsibility

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collect preserve describe make available foster research

September 2012 http://www.onb.ac.at/

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strategic planning

strategic projects

Vision 2025

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Vision 2025 Knowledge for the world of tomorrow

Our holdings are digitized

We collect and sustain knowledge

Access to our knowledge is simple

With us, research is more faceted and effective

We enrich cultural and social life

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→ substantial part of our book collections digitised

→ full-text search

→ important parts of other collections digitised

→ all our services are digital

our holdings are

digitised 2025

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→ cooperate with other National Libraries

→ cooperate with private partners

→ lobby for legal solutions to enable digitisation of orphan works and out-of-print works

Our holdings are digitized

how?

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→ focal point of our collection policy is digital

→ collect user-generated content and new digital formats

→ scalable system for digital long-term preservation

we collect and

sustain knowledge 2025

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→ amendment of Austrian legal deposit regulations

→ cooperate with others in digital preservation

how? We collect and sustain knowledge

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→ enrich metadata and connect with semantic web

→ link with external metadata (e.g. geo data)

→ build innovative (e.g. visual) interfaces

→ Open (Linked) Data

access to knowledge

is simple 2025

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→ unified access system for all holdings and collections

→ focus in metadata enrichment

→ in-depth documentation of historical collections

→ links with external resources

→ innovative interfaces to our data

→ open data

→ data embedded in semantic web

2025 Access to our knowledge is simple

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→ invest in metadata, data quality and interfaces

→enrich our metadata with external information

→engage in Open Data

how? Access to our knowledge is simple

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→digital content integrated virtual research environments

→ tailored digital services for researchers

→digital humanities

→crowdsourcing

with us, research is more

faceted and simple 2025

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→ APIs / open data

→ cooperation with researchers

→ “Researchers in Residence” programs

how?

With us, research is more faceted and simple


we enrich cultural and social life

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→ space for encounter and communication

→ digital services and reading rooms and museums

→ reinforce library as social space

→ foster user participation with our digital resources

→ user generated content

→ connect activities in museums and exhibitions with digital content

we enrich cultural and

social life 2025

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→open interfaces and APIs

→crowdsourcing projects

→work with private partners

how? We enrich cultural and social life

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access for everyone from anywhere

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Austrian Books Online

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Austrian Books Online www.onb.ac.at/ev/austrianbooksonline/

http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/austrianbooksonline/

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digitisation of the entire historical book holdings of the Austrian National Library

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largest Austrian

public private partnership in the cultural sector

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600,000 volumes

200 Mio pages

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Google Books

Digital Library

Austrian National Library

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Partner Program

Library Program

Google Books

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13 Libraries in Europe

5 National Libraries Italy Austria The Netherlands Czech Republic Great Britain

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>20 Mio. books

> 50% non-English

~ 75% from libraries

~ 2 Mio. books from European libraries

> 3 Mio. books public domain

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70+ staff members of Austrian

National Library

20+ exclusively for project →book logistics

→metadata adaptation

→ cataloguing

→ conservation / restoration

→quality control

→ software implementation

→project management

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which books?

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entire historical book holdings

16th–19th century


200.000 volumes

State Hall

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Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books

Map Department

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Department of Music

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Theatre Museum

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Fidei Commiss Library

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where are we today?

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end 2013

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book flow

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no individual selection …

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logistics in the

State Hall

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challenges…

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preparation for digitisation

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adaptation of metadata

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ready for digitisation …

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digitisation

→ scanning Center in Germany

→ books unavailable to users for ~ 3 months

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book flow digital flow

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digitisation

data download

book logistics

quality control

storage

access

ADOCO (Austrian Books Online

Download & Control)

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Data

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access

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full-text

search

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thank you! [email protected] www.onb.ac.at

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