Recently Released: The European Library Standards Handbook (Version 1.0)
Direct to Handbook (12 pages; 30 pages; PDF)
From the Euopeana Web Site:
The European Library Standards handbook serves as a handbook for libraries providing data to The European Library and other services such as Europeana. The document clarifies the advantages of outsourcing specific data-provision tasks to an aggregator and provides a complete description of the process.
From a LIBER Summary
The handbook first addresses the role of content providers in the project and the benefits of participating. It then examines the process of submitting data and the technical, organisational and financial requirements for the submission of data. Finally, the handbook outlines highâlevel legal aspects and lists a number of definitions and resources, which are useful for the overall development and sustainability of content providers.
This handbook aims to provide sufficient information to libraries which wish to submit data to The European Library and others services such as Europeana, and also to become sustainable partners of the service.
Direct to Handbook (12 pages; 30 pages; PDF)
See Also: European Library Standards Handbook Introductory Video (via YouTube)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.