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): 
	       Usability of project results
        Accessibility including copyright issues and web sites

•	Name:     	      SBNonline

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

•	Contact person:	Donatella Roveri

•	Web site:    	http://sbnonline.sbn.it

•	Description of the project, objectives and priorities:

SBNonline gives access to library, archive, museum catalogues, also by simultaneous multi-target and/or  multi-profile search.
It can become an access point to repositories of digital documents (text, images etc.), for instance ArSBNI, Firenze University Press, TESAURO project. 

•	The main technical features for what you consider the project a 'good practice' example:

Implementation of standards :
•	ANSI/NISO Z39.50 (ISO 23950) : main functions (Search, Scan, Present, ItemOrder and ExplainLite) and extended services
•	Bath profile for searching library, archive, museum catalogues
•	BIB-1 and CIMI attribute sets, for search of bibliographic and museum records respectively; DC attributes for cross-domain search
•	SUTRS, UNIMARC, USMARC, XML record syntax
•	DC metadata

•	Long term sustainability strategy:

Adherence to internationally recognized standards.

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

Free access via Internet to the  SBN opac database for search and ILL/DD services 
•	www access for multi-target and multi-profile search and for ILL/DD services on the gateway http://sbnonline.sbn.it;
•	IP access by means of whatever Z39.50 client (target address: opac.sbn.it, port: 3950, db name: xxdefault).

Access to other catalogues and to distributed digital resources according to the terms of data providers.

•	Problems encountered :

Comments: 

SBNonline is a running system from 1999.
It has been developed within the framework of the European project ONE (Opac Network in Europe), aiming to promote : 
•	 in its first phase, search interoperability among European opacs of libraries, archives, museums, 
•	 in its second phase, services for various categories of users (search according to the demands of common users, for academic researchers, librarians ; ILL/DD services, including delivery of digital reproductions ; copy cataloguing).
At present the strengthening of ILL/DD services is a prominent goal of  SBNonline. 
Further developments, mainly referring to the access to digital resources, are planned, also in the framework of the European TEL project (The European Library).

Figures and documents enclosed:

See http://www.iccu.sbn.it/sbnonlin.html

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Organisation & person completing the questionnaire

•	Formal name of organisation:
Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche

•	Type of organisation:
Governmental organisation

•	Field of action:	Archive / Library / Museum / Foundation / others ….
Libraries

•	Address:
viale Castro Pretorio 105
I-00185  Rome (Italy)

•	Name of director:
Dr Anna Maria Mandillo (officiating director)

•	Name and role of person completing the questionnaire:
Donatella Roveri, Librarian
d.roveri@iccu.sbn.it

•	Tel:	
+39 06 4989486, 4989487, 4957877, 4989508
•	Fax:
+39 06 4959302
•	Web site:
http://www.iccu.sbn.it
•	E-mail:
a.mandillo@iccu.sbn.it

Date:
	Rome, 29.04.2002