Vol 2, no. 3/4 (2011): From Closed Doors to Open Gates

Editors: Jon Purday, Maria Śliwińska

Table of Contents

Foreword PDF
Neelie Kroes 5-7
Introduction PDF
Jonathan Purday, Maria Śliwińska 9-11

Main Articles

Surviving the Flood: Antediluvian Libraries and the Ark PDF
Derek Law 15-23
WorldCat – the Power of Global Library Community, Efficiency and Sharing, with introduction provided by Lorcan Dempsey PDF
Tom Storey, Lorcan Dempsey 25-32
Wikipedia & Museums: Community Curation PDF
Liam Wyatt 33-41
EOD network - eBooks on Demand PDF
Silvia Gstrein 42-45

Interviews & Projects

News from EuropeanaConnect PDF
David Fuegi 49-53
Europeana: from prototype to production PDF
Jonathan Purday 54-63

Short Articles

Albania: Moving The Library of the University of Arts into Digital Space PDF
Miranda Bakiasi 66-71
Bulgaria: The Online Union Library Catalogue in Bulgaria PDF
Irina Kuzidova- Karadzhinova 72-75
Croatia: In Service of Their Communities: Public Libraries Today PDF
Aleksandra Horvat 76-83
Czech Republic: eSbírky - Culture without Borders PDF
Ivana Havlikova, Kateřina Salonová 84-87
Finland: The National Digital Library of Finland PDF
Minna Karvonen 88-91
Germany: Museum-digital PDF
Stefan Rohde-Enslin 92-95
Greece: Greek Cultural Collections: the Path to Europeana PDF
Katerina Moutogianni, Constantinos Chatzichristos 96-101
Hungary: The Digital Literary Academy PDF
Iván Rónai 102-105
Ireland: Ask About Ireland – a User Centred Approach to Digitised Cultural Content PDF
Annette Kelly 106-109
Italy:Internet Culturale [Cultural Internet]. Catalogues and Digital Collections from Italian Libraries PDF
Laura Ciancio 110-119
Latvia: Latvian National Digital Library "Letonica" PDF
Uldis Zarins 120-125
Lithuania: The Development of Digital Publications in Lithuanian Museums in 1995 - 2010 PDF
Danutė Mukienė 126-131
Poland: Polish Memory Institutions Show Resources Online PDF
Maria Śliwińska 132-135
Portugal: Enhancing Digital Services at the National Library of Portugal PDF
Helena Patrício 136-143
Romania: The Romanian Libraries in the Electronic Age PDF
Oana Lucia Dimitriu 144-149
Slovak Republic: Information Ecology of Digital Libraries PDF
Jela Steinerová 150-157
United Kingdom: Culture Grid PDF
Phill Purdy 158-161

Book Reviews

Vesela Chichovska. The Policy against Education. 2nd amended edition. Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House, 2011, 579 p. PDF
Dr. Dimka (Ivanova) Gicheva-Gocheva 164
Richard E. Quandt, The Changing Landscape in Eastern Europe : A Personal Perspective on Philanthropy and Technology Transfer. Oxford: University Press, 2002, 469 p. – Series:Europe in Transition. PDF
Maria Śliwińska 164-166
Tatyana Slavova. Ruler and Administration in Early Medieval Bulgaria: Philological Perspectives. Sofia: PAM Publishing Company, 2010, 344 p. PDF
Yavor Miltenov 166

Conference Reports

Belgium: Europeana and Digital Access to Cultural Heritage. Brussels (Belgium) January 19, 2011 PDF
Hans van der Linden, Jef Malliet, Rony Vissers 170-173
Bulgaria: Integrating Bulgarian Library Resources: Nalis – The Gateway To Bulgarian Academic Libraries. International Forum, Sofia (Bulgaria), 23-24 September 2010 PDF
Ekaterina Dikova 174
Israel: EVA/MINERVA 2010, Jerusalem The 7th Jerusalem Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem (Israel), 15-17 November 2010 PDF
Susan Hazan 175-179
Lithuania: The Cooperation between State and Business Agencies in Pursuing Cultural Heritage Digitisation Projects in Science and Memory Institutions. Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania), November 10, 2010 PDF
Dalia Sirgedaitė 180
Poland: Opening of the Digital National Museum in Warsaw PDF
Marcin Werla 180-181
Poland: Hack4Europe! from a Polish perspective, Poznan (Poland) Dzialynski Palace, 7-8th of June 2011 PDF
Adam Dudczak 182-183
United Kingdom: Culture Grid Hack Day Report. Newcastle (United Kingdom), Febrary 18, 2011 PDF
Phill Purdy 184-186


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