GOOD PRACTICE FORM FOR NOMINATIONS

We propose to start the activity of the workgroup on 'good practice' proposing an initial set of some main areas where to put the nominations. In particular we think to start with the basic issue of digitisation itself.
Each project can be 'nominated' for more than one area, following your evaluation of the most important features contained in the example.

AREAS for nominations of 'good practice' for on-going projects on digitisation:
1.	Preservation of physical objects via digitisation and electronic surrogates.
2.	High quality of the digitisation process.
3.	Metadata and Thesaurus.
4.	Usability of project results.
5.	Management of the process and workflow
6.	Accessibility including copyright issues and web sites

For each project please specify:

•	Area of 'good practice' where you like to nominate your project (you can put more than only one area): 4. Usability and project results

•	Name: “le piazze storiche”

•	Responsible body and/or any specific : ICCD
Co-ordinating body/mechanism: ICCD

•	Contact person: Elena Plances/ A.P. Briganti

•	Web site: http://cantieri.theranet.it/piazze (???)

•	Description of the project, objectives and priorities:
Architecture, history, decoration and events of 168 italian squares through schedules, text, 10.000 photos and 4500 drawings 
Re-editing and diffusion of original project, dated 1990.
Two levels accessibility- free and protected – to preserve high valued scientific data
Web connection toward hystorical map detected by others 

•	The main technical features for what you consider the project a 'good practice' example:
Re-using and spreading originally low accessible data bank 

•	Long term sustainability strategy:

•	Accessibility by users via local network or Internet (describe modalities and IPR issue from a technical point of view):
Web accessible 

•	Problems encountered :

Comments: 

Figures and documents enclosed:

I agree this information could be published/

                            X  Yes
                               No

Organisation & person completing the questionnaire

•	Formal name of organisation: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione - Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

•	Type of organisation: public

•	Field of action:	Archive / Library / Museum / Foundation / others ….
Scheduling standards and documentation on Cultural Italian heritage

•	Address: Rome, via di San Michele 18 - Italy

•	Name of director: Arch. Maria Luisa Polichetti

•	Name and role of person completing the questionnaire: Elena Plances

•	Tel: 0039/06/58552295

•	Fax: 0039/06/58332313

•	Web site: www.iccd.beniculturali.it

•	E-mail: plances@iccd.beniculturali.it

Date: 24/04/2002