Mission
To generate use, knowledge and inspiration from Europe's cultural
heritage information.
Objectives
- To establish and reinforce long-term partnerships among museums and other
European cultural institutions.
- To promote a European focus for international initiatives.
- To facilitate on-line access to the cultural heritage of Europe.
EMII aims to convert its existing network into a dynamic distributed
centre of expertise dedicated to facilitate the development of cultural heritage
information resources in Europe.
Strategies
EMII empowers cultural heritage organisations to open up their cultural
content to a wider audience by:
- Ensuring that best practice in cultural information management is
implemented across Europe.
- Promoting collaboration and sharing expertise among EMII partners.
- Encouraging the use of standards developed in co-operation with the
international cultural heritage community to support digitisation processes.
- Raising awareness, disseminating information, and educating cultural
heritage professionals on the latest developments in the field of new
technology, in particular relating to cultural information management.
- Working in collaboration with other existing networks and international
standards organisations to ensure effective interoperability among museums,
libraries and archives.
Network
The European Museums' Information Institute - EMII - is a collaborative,
virtual network formed by key institutions in the European Union.
The
network's main purpose is to promote the exchange of best practice and the
effective use of standards in information management among European member
states and associated countries.
The partnership was first
established in 1999, in order to strengthen the position of the cultural
heritage sector and, more specifically the work of museums within the European
Union.
EMII receives financial support from its members and gains
funding from grant funding bodies, such as the European Commission, to develop
specific products.
The EMII Consortium:
- Works as a well-established and successful partnership.
- Operates within the political context of the European Union.
- Supports the work of the museum community in Europe.
- Promotes cross-sectoral and other international links.
- Disseminates information management resources to cultural heritage
professionals.
Currently the EMII Consortium is formed by 10 partner organisations in 10
European member states or associated countries:
Partners
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