PROJECT CONSORTIUM

The Project Consortium consists of the coordinator, ten full partners and four associated partners.

COORDINATOR:

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library), Berlin, Germany (SBB)

Will be the coordinating contractor of the project. SBB is a high profile provider of manuscript data and has the national competence regarding the relevant authority file information in Germany

The Institute of Information Systems and Information Management at JRS contribute their professional research structure, scientists and background-knowledge. The quality of the research institute was proven in several European research projects like ONE II, MALVINE, VICAR, VES.

Universitetet i Bergen - Forskningsprogram for humanistisk informasjonsteknologi (University of Bergen - The Humanities Information Technology Research Programme), Bergen, Norway (UoB)

will contribute its experience in text encoding, specifically with XML.

Crossnet Systems Limited, Newbury, United Kingdom (CNS)

will act as the project manager. CNS is specialised in software development in the field of Networked Information Retrieval. It will contribute to the project their advanced expertise of Z39.50.

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library), Vienna, Austria (ÖNB)

will participate in the role of a provider of data covering different collections. The ÖNB has the national competence in Austria regarding the relevant authority file information.

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library of Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal (BN)

will participate by providing test data. As the leading library in Portugal the BN not only acts as a national focal point for Portugal but has also a lot of experience regarding work with authority file information on the national and international level.

Biblioteca de Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (UCM)

will provide test data of an important, ready-to-use digitised collection.

Narodna in Univerzitetna Knjižnica (National and University Library), Ljubljana, Slovenia (NUK)

will provide manuscript test data from their wide ranged collections of manuscripts.

Institut Mémoires de L'Édition Contemporaine (Institute of Contemporary Publishing Archives), Paris, France (IMEC)

will provide specialised data concerning French publishers.

Riksarkivet (National Archives), Stockholm, Sweden (RA)

will provide its competence in standardisation activities in the archival sector.

Associated Partners of SBB

Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany (DLA)

one of the most important literary archives in Germany, will provide manuscript test data. Since DLA also has a fine arts collection (National Schiller Museum), museum specific data about objects of fine art can also be provided.

British Library, London, United Kingdom (BL)

one of the leading libraries in Europe, is a high profile provider of manuscript data and has, through their participation in many relevant projects/activities a lot of experience regarding work with authority file information on the national and international level.

The Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv, Weimar, Germany (GSA)

are the oldest literary archive in Germany and will provide high quality test data about German literary classicism.

Schweizerische Landesbibliothek (Swiss National Library), Bern, Switzerland (SNL)

is a high profile provider of manuscript data and has a lot of experience regarding work with authority file information on the national and international level.

Associated Partners of JRS

Forschungsstelle und Dokumentationszentrum für Österreichische Philosophie, Graz, Austria (FDÖP)

will provide specialised documentation data about Austrian philosophers.

SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS

K.G. Saur Verlag, Munich, Germany (KGS)

will participate by making available to the project structured biographical data of the World Biographical Index of which K.G. Saur is the only copyright holder.

J.A. Stargardt, Autographenhandlung, Berlin, Germany (JAS)

is one of the oldest and most important commercial manuscript dealers in Germany. JAS will participate by providing test data about manuscripts for sale.

OBSERVING PARTNERS

Archives de France pour les technologies de l'information et de la communication (Archives of France for information technologies and communication), Paris France
Det Arnamagnæanske Institut (The Arnamagnæan Institute), Copenhagen, Denmark
Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain), Madrid, Spain
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (National Central Library of Rome), Rome, Italy
(Jagiellonian Library), Krakow, Poland
Biblioteka Publiczna Miasta Stolecznego Warszawy - Biblioteka Glówna Województwa Mazowieckiego (Warsaw Public Library - Main Library of the District of Mozowsze), Warsaw, Poland
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu (Torun University Library), Torun, Poland
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie (Warsaw University Library), Warsaw, Poland
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (French National Library), Paris, France
Constantijn Huygens Instituut foor Tekstedities en Intellectuele Geschiedenis (Constantijn Huygens Instituut for text editions and intellectual history), 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands
Dansk Biblioteks Center (Danish Bibliographic Centre), Copenhagen, Denmark
Die Deutsche Bibliothek (The National Library of Germany), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Dokimas Group Holdings Ltd., Nottingham, United Kingdom
(EKT) (National Documentation Centre), Athens, Greece
Franz-Michael-Felder-Archiv der Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek / Vorarlberger Literaturarchiv (Franz-Michael-Felder-Archive of the Vorarlberg County Library/ Vorarlberg Literary Archives), Bregenz, Austria
GTAA, Grupo de Trabajo de Autoridades de Aragón (Aragonese Family and Personal Names Authorities Working Group), Zaragoza, Spain
Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC), London, United Kingdom
Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche, (ICCU) (Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information), Rome, Italy
Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem, Israel
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Royal Library of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands), The Hague, The Netherlands
Library of Congress, Washington, USA
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Science), Budapest, Hungary
Onderzoekssteunpunt en Databank Intermedaire Structuren in Vlaanderen 19e-20e eeuw (ODIS, Research-point and Database Intermediary Structures in Flandres), Belgium
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin/Ohio, USA
Project Interparty, British Library Authority Control Section, Boston Spa, Wetherby, United Kingdom
Research Libraries Group (RLG), Mountain View/California, USA
Tartu Ülikool (Tartu University), Tartu, Estonia
University of Virginia, Charlottesville/Virginia, USA
Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek (City Library of Vienna), Vienna, Austria