The European Library aggregates the collections of 48 European national libraries into one single portal. Users will discover and access a wealth of materials and the service aims to promote the outstanding collections of these libraries to a global audience.
The European Library portal is available at: http:// www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
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For further information about the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) please refer to: http://www.cenl.org/
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For details of all The European Library's projects please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary. org/portal/organisation/cooperation/cooperation_ en.html
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Collier, Mel (2005). The business aims of eight national libraries in digital co-operation: a study carried out for the business plan of The European Library (TEL) project. Journal of Documentation , 61 (5), pp. 602-623.
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For further information about the TEL-ME-MOR project please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary. org/portal/organisation/cooperation/archive_en. html#telmemor
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For further information about the EDLproject please refer to: http://www.edlproject.eu/about.php
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For further information about the TELplus project please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ portal/organisation/cooperation/telplus/
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For further information about the FUMAGABA project please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ portal/organisation/cooperation/fumagaba/
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For further information about the TELproject please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/ organisation/cooperation/archive_en.html#tel
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TELproject ( 2002) Minutes of the 1st meeting of the TELproject Workpackage 3 (Metadata Development) Working Group meeting, p.1 from: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/cooperation/archive/telproject_archive/doc/wp3min1a.doc
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The first version of the Dublin Core Libraries Application Profile (DC-Lib) was published in August 2001: http://dublincore.org/documents/2001/08/08/ library-application-profile/
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TELproject ( 2002) op.cit., p.2.
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The European Library (2006 a) TEL Application Profile for Objects, version 1.5 from: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/handbook/Metadata/tel_ap.html
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The European Library (2006b) TEL Application Profile for Collection Descriptions, version 1.5 from: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/handbook/Metadata/tel_ap_cld.html
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For further information about The European Library's Metadata Working Group please refer to: http:// www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/handbook/mdregistry. php?menu_mdregistry=0-4&menu_mdregistry_ pg=metadata/mwg.html
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There are currently 2-3 releases of The European Library portal per year. The latest release was version 2.0 in July 2008, see: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary. org
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The European Library's Handbook is available online at: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/handbook
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The European Library supports the use of OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting): http://www.openarchives.org/pmh/; SRU (Search / Retrieval by URL): http://www.loc. gov/standards/sru/ and Z39.50: http://www.loc. gov/z3950/agency/ for accessing the collections of Europe's national libraries.
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The European Library Metadata Registry is available online at: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ handbook/mdregistry.php
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For more information about ISO (International Organization for Standardization) please refer to: http://www.iso.org/iso/about.htm
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The official status regarding the development of the ISO International Standard Collection Identifier is available on the ISO website at: http://www.iso. org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail. htm?csnumber=44293 If you are interested in further information regarding the development of the ISCI standard please contact Sally Chambers: sally.chambers@theeuropeanlibrary. org.
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The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is "an open organization engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models." For further information about the DCMI please refer to: http://www.dublincore.org/
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For further information about the DCMI Registry Task Group please refer to: http://wiki.metadataregistry. org/DCMI_Registry_Community
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For further information about the DCMI Libraries Community please refer to: http://www.dublincore. org/groups/libraries/
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For further information about the OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) please refer to: http://www.openarchives.org/pmh/
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For an introduction to The European Library portal's technical architecture, including our user of federated searching please refer to: http://www. theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/services/ federated_searching.pps
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The OAI Overview presentation (available at: http:// www.edlproject.eu/downloads/tel-oai_workshop-implementation.pps) which was given by Nuno Freire from the National Library of Portugal during the EDLproject Knowledge Sharing Workshop held at the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague in January 2007, see: http://www. edlproject.eu/agenda2.php is just one example of the OAI-PMH promotional activities that took place during EDLproject.
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The European Library's OAI-PMH installer can be downloaded from The European Library Handbook at: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/hand book/handbook.php?handbook_menu=0-4-3-1& handbook_menu_pg=handbook/Accessing_my_ collections/OAI-PMH_installer_harvester.html
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For further information about the TELplus project please refer to: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ portal/organisation/cooperation/telplus/
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For further information about The European Library's User Advisory Board please refer to: http://www. theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/about_ us/useradvisory_en.html
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Perry, Michele (2008) European Library sets up user advisory board. Information World Review, 7th April 2008: http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-worldreview/news/2213865/users-given-voice-european-3923010
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The European Library's Exhibition Space is available at: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/exhibition/
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The English-language version of The European Library's First Time User's Guide is available at: http:// www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/ services/userguide_en.html. In addition, it has also been translated into many of the languages of our national library partners. To view the First Time User's Guide in other languages, please select your preferred language from the drop-down list of languages in the top right hand corner of the screen.
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The video version of the First Time User's Guide is available at: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ portal/organisation/services/video_userguide.html
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For further information about The European Library's Mini-Library please refer to: http://www. theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/services/ services_en.html#mini
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For further information about The European Library's Facebook group please refer to: http://www.facebook. com/group.php?gid=4282452845
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For further information about The European Library's Newsletter please refer to: http://www. theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/ newsletter/newsletter_en.html
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For further information about The European Library's Linking Programme please refer to: http://www. theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/links/ links_en.html
