LBMI - Laboratory for BioMedical Informatics

Laboratory for BioMedical Informatics
Mijnbouwplein 11
2628 RT Delft
The Netherlands
Tel. +31(0)15-2629417
Fax. +31(0)15-2571602

ELISE II

Electronic Library Image Service for Europe. The project has an own site: ELISE II site [http://severn.dmu.ac.uk/elise/e2_intro.html].

Action Line

Action line B: Telematics applications for interconnected library services

Call Topic(s)

Call topic 4: Creating and testing interconnected library services, integrating applications for at least two different library service functions.

Project description

ELISE II develops and demonstrates an operational image retrieval service based on a heterogeneous set of networked image banks located in several Member States of the Union. This service is extensible and includes a model for protection of rights, fair pricing for educational and cultural use, and mechanisms for charging.

Key issues

The main technical and policy issues include:

Establishing an operational electronic image retrieval service in Europe;
Designing the service in such a way as to be replicable or hospitable to the addition of further image banks throughout Europe;
Implementing an influential model for the protection of rights, fair pricing for educational and cultural use, and mechanisms for charging;
Developing access initially to seven collections of images in EU Member States;
Developing mechanisms which will facilitate the development of spin-off products, including learning materials.

This is information a selection from CORDIS: Telematics for Libraries: ELISE II project fact sheet [http://www.cordis.lu/libraries/en/projects/elise2.html].