Koninklijke Bibliotheek was the choice for a
general, rather than an academic, audience.
the experience that was gained in pre-
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, a considerable
scaling-up was required as regards content
and organisation. What makes the Memory
special is its programmatic approach, which
is large-scale, comprehensive, and has a pro-
fessional set-up. The Memory covers art,
culture and history in the broadest sense.
The main focus is on digital content.
the problem of how to develop a sta-
An additional focal point of the project
concerns the acquisition and dissemina-
tion of knowledge about digitisation and
project management. After reviewing the
project proposal, the Dutch Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science granted
the Koninklijke Bibliotheek a substantial
subsidy, with the advice to devote particu-
lar attention to the educational component,
and to reinforce the digital learning envi-
ronment in secondary education.
duces a programmatic approach to
rials in The Netherlands. The unifying ele-
ments in the programme's content are
history, art and culture in the broadest sense.
On the organisational level, the programme
is characterised by co-operation, profes-
sionalism, and large-scale digitisation. The
advantage of this programmatic approach
is that the processes can be managed in a
professional way. Previously, this approach
proved effective in Metamorfoze (http://
www.metamorfoze.nl), a large-scale nation-
al preservation programme run by the
Koninklijke Bibliotheek. The Memory uses
a large amount of material and occupies a
favourable prices with scanning companies
without compromising the quality of the
material. The approach of the various sub-
projects is highly uniform. More and more
materials are becoming available for com-
parison. This allows a better insight into
both processes and costs. As a result, more
effort can be put into the development of
the technical and organisational infrastruc-
ture. Knowledge is better preserved and dis-
seminated. A durable, stable form of access
can be guaranteed. Ultimately, all this con-
tributes to providing the public with bet-
ter services.
examples of re-use in educational appli-
was to create a separate educational interface
on the entire Memory collection, but based
on experiences from school practice this was
abandoned in favour of the development of
a number of varied applications.
indicator of success, the following
cations:
and examination requirements.
· Attuned to existing teaching methods.
· Educationally sound.
· Developed jointly with people working
in education and tested in the school
environment.
· Attractive to both teachers and pupils.
· Discrete entities.
· Complete with a `reward' or check
system.
· Compliant with existing, widely available
software and databases.
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