Museums, libraries and archives are being invited to participate in a programme that will assess the extent to which European Member States are making their cultural heritage available online.

The three-year programme, known as ENUMERATE and funded by the European Commission, will provide strategic intelligence about digitisation to inform future policy and funding priorities across Europe.

Workers in the cultural sector are being invited to participate in the first annual ENUMERATE survey as part of the research, which will focus on digitisation, digital preservation and the costs of making digital heritage openly available for re-use on the web.

The online survey closes on 1 March 2012 and can be found here.

From the spring, survey participants will be able to access a Google Analytics-style dashboard that allows them to view their own responses alongside information provided by their peers.

The partners of the ENUMERATE EC-funded project are:

•    Collections Trust, UK (project coordinator);
•    Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN), Netherlands;
•    Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany;
•    Digibís, Spain;
•    FARO Vlaams Steunpunt voor Cultureel Erfgoed, Belgium;
•    Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France;
•    Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Austria;
•    Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica (National and University Library), Slovenia;
•    Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (OSZK; National Széchényi Library), Hungary;
•    The European Library (hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands).

Speaking about the programme, Collections Trust’s International Development Manager Gordon McKenn, said: "The work of ENUMERATE in gathering intelligence about the state of digitisation in Europe is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to affect policy and funding in European Member States.

"It will also provide participants with detailed statistics which they can use both to advocate for digitisation funding in their own organisations and to celebrate their achievements in putting their collections online.

"I encourage you to complete the survey today."

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