The Exploit Project is an accompanying measure designed to promote the results of EU library projects (both FP3 and FP4) and to facilitate their take-up by the market of library and information systems. The activities foreseen include special events for raising awareness among professionals in CEE countries that will accede to the EU in coming years.
The full partners in the project are the British Council, DBI and UKOLN.
DBI: Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut is the Co-ordinating Partner of the Exploit Project, and will be delivering the EXPLOIT-PORTAL. This will involve the establishment of a one-stop database, analysis and clustering of results of the Telematics for Libraries Programme, development of demonstration tools, organisation of a series of workshops throughout Europe, facilitation of additional presentations at national events.
Mr. Klaus Reinhardt
Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 12-16
D - 13405 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 30 41034 468
Fax: +49 30 41034 100
Email: reinhardt@dbi-berlin.de
URL: <http://www.dbi-berlin.de/>
DBI is by the idea of its founding bodies not a commercially working company but a non-profit,
public institution. Tasks and activities are defined by public act.
DBI is maintained, funded and controlled jointly by the German federal states (70 %) and the federal
government (30 %) and is the only federal states/government insti-tute of this kind in German
librarianship.
DBI was founded in 1978 by amalgamating two former institutes i.e. the Office for Library
Services (AfB) and the Office for Library Technology (ABT). So the history of the institute
goes back to 1958.
When the states and Government created the institute, they aimed at creating a joint service
and developing centre for overcoming the negative consequences of the federal structure of Germany.
An advisory council, representing all types of libraries, ensures that the Institute operates in a
fair way, allowing for the widest range of specialist and technical input from all concerned with
German librarianship, taking into account also the matter of political compromise in its discussions
and activities.
Since reunification the German Libraries Institute has been enlarged enabling to meet the increased
demands in tasks, responsibilities and provision put upon it.
DBI has a staff of some 120 members and an annual budget of DM 13 million, both figures with a
continuous tendency of reduce since 1992, and in addition runs a number of standing committees and
working groups with professional members from outside the institute. These groups guarantee for a
current contact to practical library work and to professionals in other fields outside the narrow
library profession. Staff members are computer specialists in hard- and software, engineers,
librarians and administration specialists.
DBI usually carries out work not only by the institute's own staff but mainly by working together
with other partners, the standing committees or subcontracted persons and institutes. So many staff
members mainly don't work as researchers or scientists but as managers and co-ordinators.
Such a wide democratic basis is offered by no other organisation in the German librarianship. The primary task of the Institute is to act as a mediator, and provide support for greater co-ordination in a fundamentally decentralised library scene.
Databases
In co-operation with regional library systems and the Berlin State Library, the DBI compiles and
offers large databases like:
There are some more databases for academic or public libraries. They are offered in various
forms on microfiche, disk, CD-ROM and on-line by our own host-service "DBI-LINK", now, since 1995,
as an additional offer in the INTERNET:
http://www.dbilink.de
The daily access rates are more than 20,000.
Consultancy
The DBI offers consultancy services in a wide range of library work:
Professional Reading
The institute is one of the leading publishing houses in Europe for professional reading in
librarianship. DBI publishes monographs as well as professional periodicals, cataloguing rules
and leaflets in all formats, including WWW-services.
Further education
30-35 seminars, national and international workshops and round tables are annually organised by the
DBI with about 800 participants.
Project management
DBI has a specialised team for project management and experience in projects for about 20 years,
mainly projects financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, Re-search and Technology and
the German Research Foundation and others.
The DBI is at present also partner in other projects, for example in:
Statistics
DBI is responsible for the national library statistic, published annually in separate volumes for
public, academic and special libraries, available printed and on disk.
Foreign Relations
"Bibliothekarische Auslandsstelle", the foreign relations office for German libraries, ensures
the development of international exchange of experiences in a range of programs. In addition,
DBI acts as National Focal Point for EU-activities and as IFLA-Secretariat of the
German National Committee.
DEUTSCHES BIBLIOTHEKSINSTITUT
Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 12-16
D-13405 Berlin (Reinickendorf)
Germany
Telefon: (030) 4 10 34 - 0
Telefax: (030) 4 10 34 - 100
E-Mail: reinhardt@dbi-berlin.de
URL: http://www.dbi-berlin.de/
The British Council promotes educational, cultural and technical co-operation between Britain and other countries. The Council's work is designed to establish long-term and worldwide partnerships and to improve international understanding.
The Council's global network of 209 libraries has half a million members who borrowed 10 million books, videos and tapes during 1996-97. In many countries the traditional lending libraries using modern information technology have become key access points for information about Britain.
Mr. David Skinner
The British Council
Al Jerozolimskie 59
PL - 00-697 Warszaka
Poland
Phone: +48 22 695500
Fax: +48 22 6219955
Email: david.skinner@britcoun.org.pl
URL: <http://www.britcoun.org/poland/>
UKOLN (UK Office for Library and Information Networking) is a national focus of expertise in network information management. It provides policy, research and awareness to the UK library and information communities
It is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils, the British Library, and the European Union. It receives project funding from several sources and is supported by the University of Bath where it is based.
It aims to inform practice and influence policy and currently works in the following areas:
It provides network information services, including the Ariadne web magazine, and runs workshops and conferences.
Mr. Brian Kelly
UKOLN: UK Office for Library and Information Networking
University of Bath
Bath
UK
BA2 7AY
Phone: +44 1225 323943
Fax: +44 1225 826838
Email: b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk
URL: <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/>
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