Quality Principles
HUNGARIAN CULTURAL SITES
Target Websites
 Hungarian Electronic Library
 Neumann House Digital Library and
Multimedia Centre
 Hung-Art Hungarian Art Gallery
 Archive of Heves County
 University Library, Archive, and
Museum of Miskolc
Hungarian Electronic Library
http://www.mek.oszk.hu/
Hungarian Electronic Library
The first Hungarian Digital Library
 The most popular digital library
 1994 invented by librarians
 1999
integration into the National
Széchényi Library
 Stores
cultural,
scientific,
and
educational digital documents – texts,
maps, and sheet-music
 Online periodicals, and newspapers
http://www.mek.oszk.hu/
Strength:
All criteria are fulfilled
 Accessible
 User-centered
 Responsive
http://www.mek.oszk.hu/
Challenges:
 Transparency: Mission statement is not on
the front page, and monolingual
 Effectiveness: No crumbtrail, and sitemap
 Maintained: No facelift (new look) has
been implemented, or planned in 6 months
 Multilinguality: No sign-language, no
other foreign languages used than English
 Managed: No watermarks used
 Preserved: No periodic backups
http://www.mek.oszk.hu/
John von Neumann Digital Library
www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
Neumann House Digital Library
Digitizatizing the Hungarian cultural heritage
Services:
 WebKat.hu Catalogue of Hungarian
Internet Resources
 Bibliotheca
Hungaria
Internaria
Digitization and publication of texts on the
network
 Digital Literary Academy – texts by
contemporary writers
 It’s good to read! – Children’s Literature
 Virtual Museum of Filmstrips
www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
Strength
All criteria are fulfilled:
 Transparent
 Accessible
 Maintained
www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
Challenges:
 Effective:
No
high-resolution
images,
and
crumbtrail
 User-centeredness: Not allowed users to
contribute content
 Responsivity: No user forum available
 Multilinguality: No sign-language, no other
foreign languages used than English, no policy
 Interoperability: No distributed search possible,
and no discoverability profile
 Managed: No watermarks
 Preserved: No media migration is planned
www.neumann-haz.hu/index.html
Fine Arts in Hungary
From the Romanesque period up to the mid 20th century
http://www.hung-art.hu/
Fine Arts in Hungary
Functions:
 Virtual museum - fulfilling academic requirements
 Database - available for the public
Content:
 Scope: Time-frame: 1000-1975
 Images: Over 5.100 full screen images
 Text: Artist biographies
Services:
 Guided tours
 Special exhibitions Virtual versions
exhibitions
 Free postcard service
 Accessories: Glossary of art terms
http://www.hung-art.hu/
of
reall
Strength
High scores in the following
categories:
 Transparent
 Effective
http://www.hung-art.hu/
Challenges:
 Effective: No international metadata standards
 No crumbtrail, or sitemap is available
 Maintained: No facelift is planned, or carried
out in the last six months
 User-centered: Users hasn’t been involved
 Responsive: No user forum is available
 Multilingual: Content is not available signlanguage, just bilingual
 Interoperable: No metadata standards, no OAI
 Managed: No watermarks, no legal
agreements
 Preserved: No disaster recovery plan exists
http://www.hung-art.hu/
Heves County Archives
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
Heves County Archives
One of the oldest Hungarian archives
 Operates from 1768
 Serves researchers
 Preforms educational tasks for the public
 WAP
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/wap/index.wml
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
Strength
High scores in the following categories:
 Effective
 Maintained
 Accessible
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
Challenges:
 Transparent: No mission statement
 User-Centered: Users hasn’t been involved
 Responsive: No user forum
 Multilingual: No sign-language, and any
other languages than English
 Interoperable: No metadata, or OAI used
 Managed: No watermarks
 Preserved: No media migration planned
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
University of Miskolc – Library, Archives,
Museum
http://www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
University of Miskolc – Library,
Archives, Museum
Multifunctional institution
Academic Library
 Online resources (databases,
catalogue, digital libraries, searching
tools)
Selmec Museum Library - the oldest
special technical collection
Archive - belongs to the institutional
frame of the library
http://www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
Strength:
High scores in the following
categories:
 Effective
 Accessible
http://www.lib.uni-miskolc.hu/engindex.php
Challenges:
 Transparent: No mission statement
 Effective: No search facilities
 User-Centered: Users hasn’t been involved
 Responsive: No user forum
 Multilingual: No sign-language, and any
other languages than English
 Interoperable: No metadata, or OAI are used
 Managed: No watermarks
 Preserved: Media migration hasn’t been
planned, no disaster recovery plan
http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
Strength
UserCentered
Hungarian
Electronic
Library
Accessible
Neumann
Digital
Library
Accessible Transparent
Responsive
Maintained
Fine Arts in
Hungary
Transparent
Effective
Heves County Accessible
Archive
Maintained
Effective
University
of Miskolc
Accessible
Effective
General challenges
 Mission statement is missing, or it isn’t on
the front page
 Crumbtrail, and sitemap is missing
 Multilingual equals with bilingual
 Watermarks
 User forums are missing
 Problems with using metadata standards,
and OAI
 Media migration plan, and disaster
recovery plan is missing
Thanks for your attention!
Gabriella Szalóki
[email protected]