Project description Digital Preservation Show the project objective Hide the project objective The Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation (4C) project will help organisations across Europe to more effectively invest in digital curation and preservation. Making an investment inevitably involves a cost and existing research on cost modelling provides the starting point for the 4C work. But the point of an investment is to realise a benefit, so work on cost must also focus on benefit, which must then encompass related concepts such as 'risk', 'value', 'quality' and 'sustainability'. Organisations that understand this will be more able to effectively control and manage their digital assets over time, but they may also be able to create new cost-effective solutions and services for others.Existing research into cost modelling is far from complete and there has been little uptake of the tools and methods that have been developed and very little integration into other digital curation processes. The main objective of the 4C project is, therefore, to ensure that where existing work is relevant, that stakeholders realise and understand how to employ those resources. But the additional aim of the work is to closely examine how they might be made more fit-for-purpose, relevant and useable by a wide range of organisations operating at different scales in both the public and the private sector.These objectives will be achieved by a coordinated programme of outreach and engagement that will identify existing and emerging research and analyse user requirements. This will inform an assessment of where there are gaps in the current provision of tools, frameworks and models. The project will support stakeholders to better understand and articulate their requirements and will clarify some of the complexity of the relationships between cost and other factors. The outputs of this project will include various stakeholder engagement and dissemination events (focus groups, workshops, a conference), a series of reports, the creation of models and specifications, and the establishment of an international Curation Costs Exchange framework. All of this activity will enable the definition of a research and development agenda and a business engagement strategy which will be delivered to the European Commission in the form of a roadmap.The consortium undertaking this project includes organisations with extensive domain expertise and experience with curation cost modelling issues. It includes national libraries and archives, specialist preservation and curation membership organisations, service providers, research departments and SME's. It will be coordinated by a national funding organisation that specialises in supporting the innovative use of ICT methods and technologies. Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.4.3 - Digital Preservation Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-9 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator JISC LBG EU contribution € 234 972,00 Address 4 PORTWALL LANE BS1 6NB Bristol United Kingdom See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Other Administrative Contact Neil Grindley (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DER IT-SICHERHEIT IN OSTERREICH Austria EU contribution € 97 691,00 Address FAVORITENSTRASSE 1040 WIEN See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andreas Rauber (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data DEUTSCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK Germany EU contribution € 172 393,00 Address ADICKESALLEE 1 60322 Frankfurt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Other Administrative Contact Michael Duchardt Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data DET KGL. BIBLIOTEK Denmark EU contribution € 109 675,00 Address Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 1221 København K See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ulla Bøgvad Kejser (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RIGSARKIVET Denmark EU contribution € 146 055,00 Address RIGSDAGSGARDEN 9 1218 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alex Thirifays (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data EESTI RAHVUSRAAMATUKOGU Estonia EU contribution € 83 460,00 Address TONISMAGI 2 15189 TALLINN See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Raivo Ruusalepp (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW Netherlands EU contribution € 89 266,00 Address KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS 1011 JV AMSTERDAM See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Barbara Buis (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KEEP SOLUTIONS LDA Portugal EU contribution € 66 462,00 Address RUA ROSALVO DE ALMEIDA 5 4710 429 BRAGA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Miguel Ferreira (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INESC ID - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA Portugal EU contribution € 77 575,00 Address RUA ALVES REDOL 9 1000 029 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ilda Ribeiro (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW United Kingdom EU contribution € 86 412,00 Address UNIVERSITY AVENUE G12 8QQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joy Davidson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX United Kingdom EU contribution € 155 054,00 Address WIVENHOE PARK CO4 3SQ Colchester See on map Region East of England Essex Essex Haven Gateway Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shereen Anderson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 78 623,00 Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Noble (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DIGITAL PRESERVATION COALITION LIMITED BY GUARANTEE*DPC United Kingdom EU contribution € 86 681,00 Address Innovation Centre, York Science Park, Heslington YO10 5DG York See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact William Kilbride (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data