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EVA/MINERVA 2007
The Fourth Annual Jerusalem Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage

Tuesday the 20th and Wednesday the 21st of November 2007

Bet Tzarfat (Maison de France)
Givat Ram campus, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Finding Maison de France and local accommodation



Program

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

 

8.30.00-10.00                                                                Registration



9.00-11.00
Parallel Morning Sessions:

Personalising, contextualising and semantic interoperability



 

 

DELOS I: The Digital Library Reference Model

Chair, Prof. Elhanan Adler, Deputy Director, JNUL

 

 

 

Parallel
Morning
sessions
9:00 -11:00


Donatella Castelli, DELOS
Networked Multimedia Information Systems (NMIS), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo", bibliography and Yannis Ioannidis , DELOS

 

 


DELOS
I

Reference Model for Digital Library Management Systems

There is no agreement yet on what Digital Libraries (DL) and Digital Library Management Systems (DLMSs) are and on which functionality they must provide.
The objective of this DELOS activity is to define a DLMS reference model i.e. a formal and conceptual framework describing the characteristics of this particular type of information system. The model will exploit the understanding of the architecture and functionality expected from an operational DLMS

The DELOS Network of Excellence aims at integrating and coordinating European research in the field of digital libraries. The project is carrying out research on digital library architecture, information access and personalisation, audio/visual and nontraditional objects, user interfaces and visualisation, knowledge extraction and semantic interoperability, preservation and evaluation.


 

 

 

 

 

Roundtable: The Mediterranean Digital Library


 

 

Parallel
Morning
sessions
9:00 -11:00


Download here the background paper: “European Digitization Policies: The Cultural and Political Background” by Franco Niccolucci

Prof. Franco Niccolucci
Visiting Professor, The Cyprus Institute
University of Firenze, PIN, VAST Lab
Overview and Introduction

Bernard M. Salome
Special Representative of the Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
The role and activity of Bibliotheca Alexandrina


Rossella Caffo
Director, Library of Modern and Contemporary History (Rome); Coordinator Committee of MICHAEL; Ministry of Culture, Italy.
National and international initiatives of the Italian Ministry of Culture: Minerva, Michael and the MedCult

Prof. Marinos Ioannides, Computer Department, Higher Technical Institute , Cyprus
Built heritage as part of digital libraries: the experience of Cyprus

Prof. Elhanan Adler
Deputy Director for Information Technologies, Jewish National and University Library
The potential contribution of JNUL to the Mediterranean Digital Library

Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum
Head, The School of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Sorin Hermon, EPOCH A network of excellence for open digital heritage
The contribution of EPOCH to the creation of digital repositories of 3D cultural objects

Dov Winer
EUMEDIS NCP for Israel - ISERD
Conclusions

 

 

 


MOSAICA – An ontology based semantic web portal for European Jewish  cultural heritage


Chair: Raphael Attias, ORT France, Coordinator MOSAICA


 

 

 

Parallel
Morning
sessions
9:00 -11:00


The MOSAICA Ontology and Semantic Annotation Tools

Nahum Korda, Straight Technologies
The MOSAICA Architecture

Boaz Hashavyia, IDEA Information Systems
The MOSAICA Virtual Expeditions

Prof. Judy Dori and Dr. Miriam Barak
The Technion, Technology Institute of Israel

Dov Winer
MAKASH/JNUL
Jewish Content to be annotated in MOSAICA



 

 


MOSAICA


MOSAICA is envisioned as a technologically advanced web portal, featuring multifaceted interfaces for knowledge based exploration and online utilities. Contents focus initially on the European Jewish Cultural Heritage.
The project will also provide a framework for the ontology based, interactive conceptualisation of cultural resources: Online semantic annotator. Free text annotation tools to comment and recommend individual cultural objects or to associate them with relevant ontological concepts. Online ontology editor. Empowers users with convivial means to further develop their own conceptual models, and to dynamically enrich the MOSAICA ontology with their own


 

 


11:00 -11:15                                                   Coffee Break


 

 


11.15-13.00
Parallel morning sessions

Regions, rights and rules



 

DELOS II: Presentation and Demonstration of the DELOS DLMS Prototype
Chair: Prof. Catriel Beeri, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Parallel
Morning
Sessions
11:15 – 13:00


Gert Brettlecker
(1), Diego Milano (1, 2), Heiko Schuldt (1)

(1) Database and Information Systems Group, University of Basel, Switzerland
(2) Database and Information Systems Group, University of Konstanz, Germany

 

 

DELOS II
Delos DLMS Prototype
The overall goal of the Delos DLMS is the implementation of a prototype of a next-generation digital library management system [Schek and Schuldt 2006]. This system combines text and audio-visual searching, offers personalized browsing using new information visualization and relevance feedback tools, provides novel interfaces, allows retrieved information to be annotated and processed, integrates and processes sensor data streams, and finally, from a systems engineering point of view, is easily configured and adapted while being reliable and scalable.

The DELOS Network of Excellence aims at integrating and coordinating European research in the field of digital libraries. The project is carrying out research on digital library architecture, information access and personalisation, audio/visual and nontraditional objects, user interfaces and visualisation, knowledge extraction and semantic interoperability, preservation and evaluation.

Click here for the full description of this workshop

The overall goal of the DelosDLMS is the implementation of a prototype of a next-generation digital library management system. This system combines text and audio-visual searching, offers personalized browsing using new information visualization and relevance feedback tools, provides novel interfaces, allows retrieved information to be annotated and processed, integrates and processes sensor data streams, and finally, from a systems engineering point of view, is easily configured and adapted while being reliable and scalable.

This session introduces and demonstrates the architecture of DelosDLMS and the different DL services that have been integrated.

Full description of this workshop

Agenda:

- Introduction to DELOS and Delos DLMS                
- Content-based Image Similarity Search in DLs         
- Delos DLMS Architecture                             
- Content-based Similarity Search in DLs: Audio, Video, 3D 
- Information Visualization                           
- Non-standard input devices for DLs (interactive paper, speech)
- Wrap-up, final discussion


 

Interactive aspects:   "emotional-awareness" and Ubiquity

 

 

Parallel
Morning
Sessions
11:15 – 13:00


Benjamin Hodgson, iTacitus Lead Developer
British Maritime Technology (BMT), Coordinator iTacitus

iTACITUS
http://itacitus.org/
The iTACITUS project aims to explore how mobile technology can be used to enhance the experience of cultural tourists. By prototyping a system which provides assisted itinerary planning, visual augmented reality overlays, interactive audio plays and location based contextual information.  

In this session we discuss the technologies in the context of a broader trend which creates both new opportunities and new challenges for cultural institutions. For example standards such as geoRss allow anyone to annotate the real world and mobile technology allows content to be retrieved from anywhere. Which raises the questions about how institutions can open up and embrace external contributors while ensuring quality is maintained?


 

Massimo Bertoncini
Head of Sector Services for Digital Content and Media,
R&D Lab, Engineering - Ingegneria  Informatica, Rome, Italy

CALLAS 
http://www.callas-newmedia.eu/
Download here the  CALLAS  presentation

The CALLAS Integrated Project aims to design and to develop a multimodal architecture which will include emotional aspects in order to support applications in the new media business scenario with an “ambient intelligence” paradigm. The vision underlining the CALLAS Project is that new media can enhance user participation in content, media, and social interaction.

This workshop explores to what extent, and in which ways digital technologies affect performing arts and digital art, and focuses on the interactive aspect and natural and "emotional-aware" interfaces. Through examples drawn from the CALLAS experience this presentation will showcase the state of the art of the advancement of usage of digital technologies when applied to museums and libraries where "culture" then becomes more appealing - especially for the young people. 

 
 

 

 

 

Dissemination of standards – Images, Texts and Multimedia

Co-Chairs: 
Dr. Allison Kupietzky
Collections Database Manager, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Expert MinervaEC WP2 on "Assessment and Evaluation”
Dr. Susan Lazinger
Department of Library Studies, Haifa University

 

 

Parallel
Morning
Sessions
11:15 – 13:00


Dr. Susan Lazinger, Department of Library Studies, Haifa University
Metadata Standards for Works of Art: CIMI, CDWA, VRA and the Getty Crosswalk     
The session will familiarize the cultural heritage sector audience with recommended standards for digitization, access and preservation of images, texts, and multimedia.


 


Danny Ilan and Isaac Akerman

The Standards Institution of Israel     
Dissemination and Implementation of International Standards in an Israeli Setting


 


Ora Zahavi
The Library of the University of Haifa
Why Follow Standards? Why Work with the Library?  Experience and Examples of Digital Projects in Israel
     

 


Pier Giacomo Sola
(TBC)
Coordinator MinervaEC
Assessment and Evaluation
Within the framework of the MinervaEC the workgroup of "Assessment and Evaluation", is examining a list of Minerva products, standards and dissemination techniques to enhance the adoption of relevant standards.


 


Dr. Allison Kupietzky,  Collections Database Manager, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Expert MinervaEC WP2 on "Assessment and Evaluation"
From Theory to Practice - Applying Standards to Digitization Projects


 

 

 


13.00 -14.00                                                  Lunch


 

 

14.15-16.00
Parallel Afternoon Sessions

Tools, Sounds and Web 2.0


Image-based Interaction


Parallel

Afternoon
Sessions
14:15 – 16:00


Andreas Walter
Forschungsbereich IPE
FZI Karlsruhe – awalter at fzi.de
IMAGINATION
Download the full workshop programme

The main objective of IMAGINATION is to bring digital cultural and scientific resources closer to their users, by making user interaction image-based and context-aware. Our aim is to enable image-based navigation for digital cultural and scientific resources. Our vision is a system where users receive meaningful contextual information about images and image parts, which makes images easier to understand. Moreover, users can simply navigate to new, relevant images and texts in the knowledge repository only by clicking on interesting image parts.

Based on an analysis of the user requirements, content owners prefer a work-integrated creation of ontologies instead of using predefined ontoloties created by knowledge engineers. When the ontology is integrated into the image annotation process, users are motivated to create an ontology to enrich their own images with high quality semantic annotations in the hope to gain more potential customers.
Workshop programme:

  • General Presentation
  • Image contents in the IMAGINATION project
  • Automated tools and benefits from iterative combinations
  • The ImageNotion tool: collaborative ontology development



Parallel
Afternoon
Sessions
14:15 – 16:00

DILIGENT
A Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology http://www.diligentproject.org

Chair: Edward Aronovich,  School of CS Tel Aviv University, Regional Operation Center representative EGEE

Donatella Castelli, Networked Multimedia Information Systems (NMIS), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione Alessandro Faedo

 Yannis Ioannidis , University of Athens

Heiko Schuldt,  Database and Information Systems Group, University of Basel, Switzerland

DILIGENT aims at building an infrastructure that can be used to create Digital Libraries (DLs) on demand by exploiting shared resources. Shared resources for us are computing and storage resources, services and content. See: http://www.diligentproject.org

The DILIGENT test-bed will be built by integrating Grid and Digital Library (DL) technologies. The test-bed will be demonstrated and validated by two complementary real-life application scenarios: one from the environmental e-science domain and one from the cultural heritage domain.

In order to implement this infrastructure we exploit grid infrastructures, technologies and framework. In particular, we exploit the EGEE infrastructure - http://www.eu-egee.org/ , the gLite middleware - http://glite.web.cern.ch/glite/  and the WSRF.

More information on the system we have developed, named gCube, can be found at http://www.gcube-system.org

 

Enabling access to sound archives
Chair, Dr. Gila Flam, Head, Music and Sound Archives, JNUL


 

 

 

Parallel
Afternoon
Sessions
14:15 – 16:00


Guy Marechal, Israel Cohen and Jean-François Cosandier
, Radio Suisse Romande
MEMORIES  
http://www.memories-project.eu/index.html
 


Josh Reiss (see bio)
Centre of Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London
EASAIER Coordinator
Francois Scharffe, Ivan Damnjanovic, Chris Landone
EASAIER
http://www.easaier.org

Full description of this workshop


 

 


Many digital sound archives still suffer from tremendous problems concerning access. Materials are often in different formats, with related media in separate collections, and with non-standard, specialist, incomplete or even erroneous metadata.

Thus, the end user is unable to discover the full value of the archived material. To expose the inherent value of the archived material, powerful multimedia mining techniques are needed, in combination with content extractors, meaningful descriptors, and visualization tools. There is also a need to improve retrieval effectiveness.

This workshop will demonstrate and discuss various methods of addressing these issues through development of tools and techniques which allow archived materials to be accessed in different ways and at different levels.

MEMORIES: summary 
MEMORIES: a short presentation

EASAIER

Summary of the project
Case scenarios


 

 

 

Digital discourse as a new source of cultural heritage

 


C0-Chairs: Ora Zehavi, University of Haifa, Library
Dr. Judit Bar-Ilan, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Information Science


Wikis, blogs, talkbacks, elearning repositories,and forums.
Are these new technologies really part of our (future) cultural heritage?

 

 

Parallel
Afternoon
Sessions
14:15 – 16:15

Dr. Alon Hasgall, Bar-Ilan University and MAVINIT

The Internet, the community and I -  A perspective on the web evolution

 

Ami Salant, Director of the Information Center, Mofet Institute, Tel Aviv and Sigalit Adani, HOT

The community of information specialists in Israel - the Joint Content Portal

 

David Shay, Wikipedia
The Hebrew Wikipedia

he.wikipedia.org

 

Reuven Koret
CEO of Koret Communications, Publisher of Israel Insider, Founder of the Shmooze social network and Producer of NOWLEJ personal portals
http://www.koret.com/

Widgets and Mijits and Feeds, Oh My!


 

Rivka Shveiky, The Jewish National and University Library

Web Heritage: what's worthy of preservation?


 

* The presentations will be in Hebrew

 

 

 


16.00-17.30
Professional Networking Session


The call for presentations at the Conference Networking Sessions is open. Visit the call page and register. Do not forget to invite your colleagues who are working in areas related to the digitization of science and cultural heritage. This is your opportunity to present your work at the conference – the perfect moment to introduce your work and be able to discuss it with your colleagues.


 


17.30-19.00

Plenary Session

Building on the past - Stepping into the Future


 

 

Chair: Dr. Susan Hazan

Liina Munari
Project officer, European Commission
DG Information Society and Media
Unit E.3 - Cultural heritage and technology-enhanced learning
The European Commission, Directorate Information Society and Media, INFSO E.3: Cultural Heritage and Learning Technologies

Prof. Franco Niccolucci
Visiting Professor, The Cyprus Institute
University of Firenze, PIN, VAST Lab
University of Firenze, EPOCH Network of Excellence for Open Digital Heritage

World Summit Awards (WSA) Gala Celebration
Rimon Levy, President, Israel Internet Association, ISOC-IL




 

Gala celebration of the 2006/7 national winners of the
WSA Israel contests



Presentation of the seven Israel winners
and the International winner of the first prize - e-Culture category


The City of David

 


The call for presentations at the Conference Networking Sessions is open. Visit the call page and register. Do not forget to invite your colleagues who are working in areas related to the digitization of science and cultural heritage. This is your opportunity to present your work at the conference – the perfect moment to introduce your work and be able to discuss it with your colleagues.


Registration

To download and save (right click) the Hebrew registration form (Word Doc or PDF) International Registration
To download and save (right click) the English registration form (Word Doc or PDF)

Send in your registration by email attachment to evaminerva07@gmail.com or by fax (the PDF page) to: 02-5333269

If you have any questions about the conference, or seek further information about the Digital Heritage, Israel contact

Dov Winer and Dr. Susan Hazan
Conference Co-Chairs
The Jerusalem 2007 Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage
Digital Heritage, Israel
EVA MINERVA Israel

 
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