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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FI link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues from the European GBIF nodes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Some of you are also on the mailing list of the CETAF and recommended that we share the underlying mail with you. This long term initiative is also particularly interesting for GBIF and its secretariat. It was identified that you could surely assist in providing estimations of needs, figures in the Natural history domain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Do not hesitate to contact the Cetaf Secretariat and/or me if you have further questions or to provide figures. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>All the best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Pat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dr. Patricia Mergen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Liaison Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) at the European Commission Royal Museum for Central Africa Leuvensesteenweg 13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>B-3080 Tervuren<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Phone:+ 32 2 769 56 26<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fax: + 32 2 769 56 42<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:patricia.mergen@africamuseum.be"><span lang=EN-US>patricia.mergen@africamuseum.be</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.africamuseum.be/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.africamuseum.be/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>General Secretary of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>(</span><a href="http://www.CETAF.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.CETAF.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) General Secretary of the Biodiversity Information Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>(</span><a href="http://www.TDWG.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.TDWG.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) Vice President of the Belgian Committee for the International Water Association (</span><a href="http://www.B-IWA.be"><span lang=EN-US>www.B-IWA.be</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cetaf [<a href="mailto:cetaf-bounces@cetaf.org">mailto:cetaf-bounces@cetaf.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ana Casino<br><b>Sent:</b> mardi 15 avril 2014 14:45<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cetaf@cetaf.org">cetaf@cetaf.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Cetaf] REQUEST FOR DATA ON DIGITISATION<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear All,</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A member of the EU commission is exploring the possibility of <b>setting up a European level massive digitising effort</b> and on <b>preparing a call for tender for EU infrastructures for digitising</b>, with the possibility of eventually setting up a co-funding initiative with European governments. </span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CETAF has been approached to provide baseline information on the costs of digitising within the domain of Natural History Collections (museum and herbarium collections, natural history related books, archives etc.). The commissioner would like preliminary information on the costs of digitisation across Europe in three weeks (2 May). The process is in the beginning, exploratory stages but this contact gives us a chance to influence an initiative that, if successful, may be of great benefit to ourselves and our community.</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A non-exhaustive set of examples was sent to us (see below) that can be filled in on an institution by institution basis. </span><span lang=EN-GB><br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please complete as much information as you can for your institution and send your responses to Ana Casino (<a href="mailto:ana.casino@cetaf.org">ana.casino@cetaf.org</a>) who will coordinate the information that will be communicated to the EU commission as well as shared with the CETAF digitisation group.</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The costs of digitization of natural history collections</span></i><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Needed: low and high estimations on the global costs of digitalization actions</span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization of a collection of 100,000 books (after 1900)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization of a library of ancient books (10,000 items)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization of photographs (2 million photos of diverse types)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization of photographic slide collections (ca. 20,000 slides)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization 3D of museum pieces (ca. 10,000 items)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Costs of the digitization of herbarium specimens (1 million items)</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cordially,</span><span lang=EN-GB> <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ana Casino, Michelle Price, Patricia Mergen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='color:#0F467C'>CETAF, AISBL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='color:#0F467C'>General Secretariat</span></b><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F467C'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'>P. +32 (0) 2 627 42 51<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'>M. +32 (0) 496 79 19 57<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'>Email:<u><span style='color:blue'><a href="mailto:ana.casino@cetaf.org">ana.casino@cetaf.org</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt'><img border=0 width=100 height=77 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF58B9.F764DBD0" alt="Logo for Signature_v2"></span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#0F467C'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#0F467C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#0F467C'>CONSORTIUM OF EUROPEAN TAXONOMIC FACILITIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt'>c/o Ryal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:8.0pt'>rue Vautier, 29 1000, Brussels. 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