Cultural Heritage, Scientific Knowledge, Public Information: Digital Libraries & Identity. Presentation by Frédéric Blin, Head of Preservation and Heritage Collections, National and University Library Strasbourg (France), at the International Conference on Digital Library ICDL 2013, Delhi (India), 29th November 2013

1. Cultural Heritage,
Scientific Knowledge, Public
Information:
Digital Libraries & Identity
Frédéric BLIN
Head of Preservation and Heritage Collections
National and University Library Strasbourg, France
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2. The National and University Library of Strasbourg:
an institution with an identity
24/08/1870: Burning of the 2
historical libraries in Strasbourg
1871: Creation of the new
German Imperial, Regional and
University Library
1895: Opening of the new library
building
1926: French National &
University Library
Today: Over 3M documents, 2nd
library in France
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3. Google Books:
the Earthquake
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4. Gallica: The French Identity on the Web
Gallica:
DL of the BnF, the
French National
Library
Opened 1997
More than 2M items
From more than 40
French libraries
gallica.bnf.fr
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5. Europeana: European Culture Online
Europeana:
Lauched Nov.21, 2008
More than 30M items from
european
libraries, museums, archives
Digitization & Research
Projects
www.europeana.eu
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6. Europeana 1914-1918: The European Memory of WW1
http://europeana1914-1918.eu/
http://vimeo.com/46478457#t=0
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7. UNESCO World Digital Library
Launched April 2009
Cultural treasures of the world:
Memory of the World Programme
Quality >> Quantity
http://www.wdl.org/fr/
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8. Digital Libraries: keeping touch with one’s own
culture
Digital
Tourism
Culturethèque:
Portal to French
Culture, Science &
Information
Launched for India
on 24/11/2013
http://www.culturetheque.com
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9. Oriental Collections in the BNU
BNU, Ms.4437: Manuscript
on Palm Leaves
Vadicandra, Pandavapurana
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BNU, Ms.4385:
Ultarâdhyayanasûtra
(1473)
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10. Oriental Collections in the BNU
BNU, Ms.4384: Commentary
on the Viçesâvçyakabhâsya
by Jinabhadra Hemacandra
(1760)
BNU, Ms.4247: Arabic
Translation of Ptolemee’s
Geography, by Al-Khwarizmi
(1036): Representation of the
Indian Ocean
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11. NUMISTRAL.fr: the Identity of the BNU Online
Opened 04/10/2013, with
40.000 items
+200,000 pages / year
Links to Gallica.fr &
Europeana.eu
www.numistral.fr
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12. Science or the Acknowledge Economy
Publish only scientifically
edited documents or give
access to new unexplored
sources?
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BNUS.374,
http://cdli.ucla.edu/collections/st
rasbourg/bnus_fr.html
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13. French Scientific Digital Libraries
Copie d’écran de Persee
PERSEE: The national portal
for scientific journals in
Humanities and Social
Sciences
Opened 2005, today: 143
journals, 175,000 articles
free available online, 2M
consultations / month
www.persee.fr
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14. French Scientific Digital Libraries
Copie d’écran de Numdam
Numdam: The national
portal for scientific
journals in Mathematics
35 journals
Opened 2006
www.numdam.org
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15. French Scientific Digital Libraries
HAL: The National
Scientific Archive
Opened 2005, today:
262,500+ articles,
http://hal.archivesouvertes.fr/
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16. French Scientific Digital Libraries
ISIDORE: The National Portal for
Scientific Data In Humanities and
Social Sciences
Opened 2011, today: Over 3M
Ressources, from over 2300
contributors
Collections + scientific Data
http://www.rechercheisidore.fr/
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17. French Scientific Digital Libraries
Copie d’écran de BSN
BSN, the National Digital Scientific
Library Initiative
Since 2008
National framework for the Scientific
Information Strategy
BSN5 – Digitization of scientific
resources & research materials
www.bibliothequescientifiquenumeri
que.fr
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18. European Scientific Digital Libraries
Copie d’écran de Dariah
DARIAH: The European Digital
Research Infrastructure for the
Arts & Humanities
Framework for collaboration on
research data in Europe
www.dariah.eu
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19. MOOCS & Digital Libraries
Copie d’écran de FUN
In France:
2005: Thematical Digital Universities
Oct. 2013: FUN, France Université
Numérique. Already more than
35,000 « students »
http://www.france-universitenumerique.fr/
Where are the libraries?
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20. Scientific Information: Public Information, Public
Good?
Geneviève Fioraso, French Ministry
for Higher Education & Research,
24/01/2013: « Scientific
Information is a public good, which
should be accessible to all »
• Open Access
• Open Data
• Open Government
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21. Digital Libraries: a Democratic Issue
Creative Commons, Information
Commons, Public Domain Mark…
In France:
• French controversy around public-private
partership between the National Library and
ProQuest
• Public workshop in the National Assembly on
oct.31st, 2013
• SavoirsCom1: a Civic Movement in favor of
public domain and commons
(http://www.savoirscom1.info/)
• Soon: a law on the public domain stating that
public domain is the rule, private intellectual
property an exception?
DRM = TPM (Technical Protection Measures)
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22. Digital Libraries: the Professional Identity
IFLA, the International Federation of
Library Associations and Institutions
• Digital Libraries Manifesto
(2007, endorsed by Unesco 2011)
• Unesco Vancouver Declaration on
Digital Preservation (2012)
• E-Lending Principles (2013)
• Google Books Statement (2013)
• The IFLA Trend Report (2013)
• www.ifla.org
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23. Digital Libraries: Tools for Dialogue Between Proud
Identities
IFLA: the Global Voice of Libraries and their
Users
IFLA World Library and Information
Congress, Lyon (France), 17-22 August 2014
Join and meet over 3500 colleagues from over
the world
Make Indian libraries known to the world
We expect to see you in Lyon:
Bienvenue à tous à Lyon!
Welcome to all in Lyon!
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http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/
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24. Many thanks for your
attention!
frederic.blin@bnu.fr
Twitter: @BFL50
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