The European Library

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M25 Annual ConferenceIn It Together: Responding to National Initiatives

Nienke van SchaverbekeMarketing Manager

The European Library

48 National Libraries41 Research and University Libraries126 Million Bibliographical Records> 20 Million Digital Objects> 25 Million Pages of Full Text

The European Library Membership

Now open to research libraries/consortia Supported by leading library organisations:

CENL, CERL, LIBER and Europeana Foundation

Membership

Benefits Aggregation services Data enrichment Widened access to libraries’

resources Involvement in new projects

for research and development

Networking & knowledge sharing

Marketing expertise

Aggregation services

Efficient aggregation infrastructure Library domain aggregator for Europeana

Data enrichment

Enhanced discovery Mapping data Create links within records Linked Open Data

Widened access to libraries’ resources

Single gateway to digital collections and bibliographical data

Unique dataset of Europe’s libraries

Widget Open search API

Involvement in new projects

Succesful track record in leading EU funded projects

Strategic partnerships with European infrastructures

Image source: National Library of Estonia

Projects

Network & knowledge sharing

Joint network of libraries

Working groups:- Technical & Metadata

- Marketing & Editorial

- Library Coordinators Group

Collaboration with other digital library projects and services

Marketing Expertise

Strong network Events Publications Social Media Showcasing collections

The European Library Consortial Membership

Libraries membership fee Research library annual

fee: 500 to 4000 Euros 5 economic indicators 1 library indicator

Consortia annual fee: discount based on the number of libraries joining

Thank you

Nienke van SchaverbekeE: nienke.vanschaverbeke@theeuropeanlibrary.org