Lana KRIŽAJ
(Ministry of Culture, Direction for cultural development and cultural policy, Zagreb, Croatia)
The aim of this paper is to present the National Programme of digitisation of archival, library and museum holdings of the Republic of Croatia and the National project “Croatian Cultural Heritage” as the final outcome of the Programme.
The National Programme was adopted by the Croatian Government in October 2006 as the integral part of the Strategy for the Development of Broadband Internet Access.
The national programme of digitisation of archival, library and museum materials is geared at promoting and assisting the systematic and standardized approach to the digitisation of material in cultural institutions, forming and offering cultural content and services by way of digital copies and use of information technologies in the protection, processing and use of materials.
The programme is aimed at formulating the long-term policy of digitalisation and promotion of institutional, technological, professional and organisational capacities and infrastructure considered necessary for developing comprehensive, usable and sustainable cultural contents and services in a digital environment.
It has been drafted in the compliance with fundamental European documents from that field, particularly with EU’s i2010 strategy and i2010: Digital Libraries, which are essential part of Europe’s drive towards an inclusive, knowledge-based economy and society.
Keywords: digitisation, archives, museums, libraries, National Programme, cultural institutions, cultural contents, cultural services, digital collections, long-term preservation, accessability