● EBOOKS-ON-DEMAND-NETWORK opening publications for European netizens

opening publications for European netizens

UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK (AT)

University of Tartu (ET), National and University Library / Ljubljana (SI), Moravian Library (CZ), University of Greifswald (DE), National Library of Sweden (SE), Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (PL), Czech Academy of Sciences Library (CZ), Research Library Olomouc (CZ), National Library of Portugal (PT), National Library of Estonia (ET),

State of the art

The lion’s share of books available online are copyright-free books, i.e. books in the public domain. However, the most substantial output of literary creativity generated in the 20th century is not accessible online.

Description of the project

The EODOPEN project focuses on making 20th & 21st centuries library collections digitally visible by directly engaging with communities in the selection, digitisation and dissemination processes. 15 European libraries from 11 countries have set the goal to make at least 15.000 works digitally available and to reach more than 1 million people in Europe by 2024. EODOPEN contributes to the wide topic of “digitalisation” by creating and sharing an open source tool for rights clearance documentation enabling library staff to collect all documents and communication snippets that arise during the rights’ clearance process virtually in one place.

The outputs of EODOPEN shall build confidence amongst library staff in dealing adequately with rights clearance, and therefore contribute to the understanding of library staff as cultural operators.

Creative Europe’s support

Cooperation with other European organisations is especially necessary as libraries all over Europe face the difficult challenge of managing tremendous amounts of textual materials which have not yet been digitised because of the complex copyright situation.

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Beyond Digitalisation

EODOPEN will tackle the needs of blind and visually impaired persons by improving the knowledge of library staff to deliver the adequate formats.

Contact

www.eodopen.eu Creative Europe Project Results