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Going EUscreenXL: on the joys and challenges of participating in a pan-European AV heritage project

Maria Drabczyk (NInA), Kamila Lewandowska (NInA), Eve-Marie Oesterlen (BUFVC)

BAAC Conference,

Riga, September 18, 2014

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1. EUscreenXL – who and why?

2. A newcomer’s experience

3. The view from the inside

4. The end product – new euscreen.eu portal

5. The EUscreenXL Network

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EUscreenXL

29 partners

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1 000 000 of metadata

in 2016

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29 partners 19 content partners

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Kungliga BiblioteketAalto-yliopisto Lietuvos Centrinis

Valstybės Archyvas

Česká Televize

Deutsche Welle

Instituto Luce Cinecittà

Österreichischer Rudfunk

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Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française

ATiT

Universite de Luxembourg

Ireland’s National Televisionand Radio Broadcaster

RadiotelevizijaSlovenija

Televisió de Catalunya

Televiziunea Română

Nederlands Instituut voorBeeld en Geluid

Noterik

Universiteit UtrechtEuropeanBroadcasting Union

1Nemzeti AudiovizuálisArchivum

Eötvös LorándUniversity

Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνεί

Royal Holloway University of London

The British Universities Film & Video Council

Screen ArchiveSouth East

Queen’s University Belfast

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal S.A.

Institutnational de l'audiovisuel

Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

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PMB Structure

WP2 Aggregating and EnrichingContent (BUFVC)

WP3 Contextualisation, User Engagement and Evaluation (KB)

WP6 Dissemination, Exploitationand Sustainability (NInA)

WP5 Network Expansion and Pan-European Policies (NISV)

WP4 Integration and Cloud--based Services Platform (NTUA)

Pilots Leader

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Content

Partners

Representative (RTBF)

Project coordinator (UU)

Technical coordinator (NISV)

WP1 Project Management and

Quality Assurance (UU)

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WP6 Leader - Dissemination, Exploitation and Sustainability

Content Partner

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Mission of NInA since 2009

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EUscreenXL blog

blog.euscreen.eu

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VIEW Journal

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Freedom Express Campaign

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For archivists/broadcasters:

For users (educators, researchers, media professionals, enthusiasts):

Benefits

open collections to wider audiences

join network for discussion/best practice around IPR, metadata standards, digitisation, new services and technologies

access, find and explore rich variety of AV content from across Europe

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Portal

1.000.000metadata records

freeaccess

thousandsof items

17languages

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WP2 Aggregating and EnrichingContent

Content Partner

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BUFVC’s task

“metadata and content uploading and oversight”

• support the delivery process in best possible way

• monitor quality standards and performance

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Key ingredients

Data and content

Metadata schema

Committed partners

Ingestion tools

Interoperable multilingual online platform

Content selection policy

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Twin-track ingestion approach

Core Collection20 000

Aggregation1 000 000

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Ingestion process

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Backend (MINT tool)

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Frontend (EUscreen portal)

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Challenges

language issues

cultural/local variables

technical infrastructure

synching delivery workflow

wider organisational problems

legal issues

sustainability

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Communication is key!

Regional Workshop for Content Partners

Technical Workshop for Content Partners

Strategic Workshop on IPR Regulations for Audiovisual Heritage

Metadata & Content Handbook

Video tutorials

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1.000.000metadata records

Why new portal?

Users’ requirements (based on Google Analytics, focus groups and surveys):

Search, surf, build

• Less static, more dynamic and inviting homepage

• Showing ratings, most watched videos

• More information about available material

• Apps for mobile devices

• Video subtitling (respondents expressed interest in providing translationsthemselves)

• More intuitive search tool

• Bulilding exhibitions, rating, creating collections

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1.000.000metadata records

Task Force

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1.000.000metadata records

How did we do it?Editorial policy based on collaboration within the network

(18 content providers)

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Danish BroadcastingCorporation

The National Library of Sweden Lietuvos Centrinis

Valstybės Archyvas

Česká Televize

Deutsche Welle

Instituto Luce Cinecittà

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

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Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française

Ireland’s National Public Service Broadcaster

RadiotelevizijaSlovenija

Televisió de Catalunya

Romanian Public TelevisionThe Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Nemzeti AudiovizuálisArchivum

Screen ArchiveSouth East

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal S.A.

Institutnational de l'audiovisuel

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Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

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The new portal

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What will EUscreen look like ?

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What will EUscreen look like ?

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What will EUscreen look like ?

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Join EUscreenXL network!

Initiate Cloud-enabled technologies for storing, indexing, and linking metadata

Make use of our technical and archival expertise

Boost the visibility of your content

Get your content contextualized through historical and cultural experts

Develop new tools for automatic metadata enrichment

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EUscreenXL Conference in RomeFrom Audience to User: New Ways of Engaging with Audiovisual Heritage Online

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How to reach us?

info[at]euscreen.eu

https://www.facebook.com/EUscreen

https://plus.google.com/114583222201094670383

https://twitter.com/EUscreenhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/euscreen/

http://vimeo.com/euscreen

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Thank You!

Eve-Marie Oesterlen

evemarie@bufvc.ac.uk

Maria Drabczyk

maria.drabczyk@nina.gov.pl

Kamila Lewandowska

kamila.lewandowska@nina.gov.pl