Government initiatives and legislation

The Moving Image Gateway (MIG)

The Moving Image Gateway (MIG) is a new service that collects together websites that relate to moving images and sound and their use in higher and further education. The sites are classified by academic discipline, some forty subjects from Agriculture to Women's Studies, collected within the four main categories of Arts & Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences and Science & Technology. Each site has been evaluated and described by the BUFVC's Information Service, which regularly checks and updates the database. Sites are highlighted which have video or audio streaming.

http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway

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RODA (Repositório de Objectos Digitais Autênticos)

The National Archive Institute of Portugal (IAN/TT) doesn't currently have the needed infrastructures to support the processes of ingestion and management of digital objects produced by the public administration (PA). The initiatives of the eGovernment establish the need to support its activity in information and communication technologies to improve the efficiency, productivity and quality of their public services. In this scenario it is clear that the number of digital objects produced by these institutions will grow, and that their legal value and authenticity should be assured.

http://portal.roda.dgarq.gov.pt/

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The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIP)

The Library will work closely with federal partners to assess considerations for shared responsibilities. Federal legislation calls for the Library to work jointly with the Secretary of Commerce, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the National Archives and Records Administration.

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

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GovTalk (UK)

The purpose of this site is to enable the Public Sector, Industry and other interested participants to work together to develop and agree policies and standards for e-government.

http://interim.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk.aspx

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Data Creators

INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

The Institut National de l'Audiovisuel is a public organisation with an industrial and commercial role that was set up through the reform of the audiovisual sector conducted in 1974 and implemented on 6 January 1975. INA has the following main missions: 1. Preservation of the national audiovisual heritage, by collecting audiovisual programmes, preserving and restoring the collections, offering up to date and efficient documentary services, and improving access to images and sounds within the Internet environment. 2.

http://www.ina.fr

E-DEPOT

In its capacity as National Library of the Netherlands the KB is responsible for the Dutch deposit library. The aim of the deposit library is to collect, catalogue and preserve all publications appearing in the Netherlands. As the number of electronic publications is on the rise, the KB has embraced the important task of preserving and providing long-term access to Dutch electronic publications. It has developed a digital information archiving system which is the technical heart of the 'e-Depot' project. It is primarily intended for archiving publications by Dutch publishers.

http://www.kb.nl/hrd/dd/index.html

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Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA)

In 1999 the European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) initiated a project aimed at the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials and defining the role of new technology in collection management. This resulted in Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA). The project was set up explicitly to bring together representatives from different types of institutions that hold photographs: libraries, archives and museums, as well as from research institutes.

http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/sepia/

e-Science Programme

e-Science is a Cross Research Council, RCUK initiative. The programme has quickly demonstrated the utility of e-Science across disciplines in areas ranging from chemistry and biology to astronomy, atmospheric physics, engineering design, materials science and health and medicine. Scientists are engaging with each other in multidisciplinary teams to develop new Grid middleware across many pioneering projects and applications.

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/xrcprogrammes/prevprogs/Pages/e-Science.aspx

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IDCC

The 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) took place on 6–8 December 2010 in Chicago. Its theme was ‘Participation & Practice: Growing the curation community through the data decade’. Check out the programme for links to the slides and posters presented at the conference, or catch up with what people have said about it in the event Netvibes page. Last year the conference took place in Bristol, UK, 5-7 December 2011.

Government initiatives and legislation

IDCC

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