Digital Heritage 2015: Workshop Presentation by Jasmina Ninkov and Predrag Djukic, Biblioteka grada Beograda (Belgrade City Library), Serbia Granada, Spain 1st October 2015

1. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov & Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
International Congress Digital Heritage 2015, Granada
LoCloud is funded by the
European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme

2. Workshops and other types of dissemination
• SLO, CRO, SRB
Joint workshops
• MNE (GKR, BGB)
• BIH (GKR, Jara) + (GKR, BGB)
• MKD (GKR, Jara)
• ALB (GKR)
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

3. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Cetinje, National library of Montenegro "Đurađ
Crnojević”, Montenegro
Date 15th of April 2015
Co-organizers Jelena Đurović and Vjenceslava Ševaljević from
National library of Montenegro "Đurađ Crnojević”
Presenters Predrag Djukić / BGB,
Andreja Silić Švonja /GKR
Number of participants 18

4. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Trebinje, Hotel Leotar, Annual Meeting of Library
Association members, Republic of Srpska
Date 16th of April 2015
Co-organizers Stojka Mjatović from Librarians Association in
Republic of Srpska
Presenters Predrag Djukić / BGB,
Andreja Silić Švonja /GKR
Number of participants 29

5. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Skopje, National and University Library “Sv. Kliment
Ohridski”, Macedonia
Date 7th of May 2015
Co-organizers Viktoria Kostoska from National and University
Library “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” and
Ivanka Sokolova from Public Library Brothers
Miladinovci in Macedonia
Presenters Breda Karun / Zavod Jara,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 26

6. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Sarajevo,
Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Date 26th of May 2015
Co-organizers Biserka Sabljaković from Faculty of Economics
Library in Sarajevo and Nadina Grebović-Lendo
from BAM Association of Informational
Professionals from Libraries, Archives and Museums
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presenters Breda Karun / Zavod Jara,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 18

7. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Tirana, Medicine University Library, Albania
Date 3rd June 2015
Co-organizers Monika Luarasi from Science Library Polytechnic
University of Tirana and Lindita Papadhopulli form
Medicie University Library in Tirana
Presenters Sara Vukušić / GKR,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 30

8. Results
• LoCloud dissemination in the Balkans region included 5
workshops attended by 121 participants form libraries,
museums and archives.
Agenda
• Generally about project, MINT, MORE, micro-services,
preparing digital objects and metadata (LoCloud online
courses) and LoCloud Collections Workshop.
• LoCloud Collection Workshop consisted of presenting
Omeka possibilities, registering, creating collection,
describing metadata and adding digital objects.
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

9. Impressions
• In general, the LoCloud dissemination in the Balkans
region was successful (although, sometimes we had
some technical difficulties: bad internet connections,
outdated browsers, security, lack of computers…)
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

10. Conclusions
• Sustainability
• Cost of maintaining LoCloud Collections
• Good solution for Institutions with no digital
collections yet
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

11. Future plans in Serbia
• To continue with dissemination and advocacy
• To support other culture heritage institution
• To use LoCloud product and services
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

12. Some Examples
• MORE as aggregating infrastructure for Kamra.si
• LoCloud Collections in CRO, SRB, BIH…
Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

13. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

14. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

15. Balkan Experience
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

16. Thank you for your attention
Any Questions or Suggestions?
direktor@bgb.rs
predragd@bgb.rs

17. LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's
ICT Policy Support Programme
The views and opinions expressed in this
presentation are the sole responsibility of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the European Commission.
Funding