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A French digital library service - Techshare 2007 presentation

Summary: Techshare 2007 presentation.

• A French digital library service based on a contractual approach with publishers
• Objectives of presentation

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A French digital library service based on a contractual approach with publishers

Dominique Burger, BrailleNet-INSERM U592
Catherine Desbuquois, Association BrailleNet
Bruno Marmol, INRIA

Since 2000, the Association BrailleNet has developed a collaborative Web server, the Serveur Hélène, for providing visually impaired readers with books. The original files are purchased from publishers with whom Association BrailleNet has established contracts. These files are pre-processed as to format them according to the DAISY NISO Z39.86 standard. The pre-processing and the adaptation of the original files are done partly by hand, partly automatically.

From that files different formats can be produced for different types of needs: embossed Braille books, large-print copies and/or electronic books in HTML or tagged PDF.

Two main services are offered:

1. To organisations producing adapted books, BrailleNet provides files to be embossed in braille or large-printed.

2. To individual readers, BrailleNet provide an access to a secured digital library on the Internet.

This paper describes the chain we have built, the services we offer and how we intend to develop them in the near future, according to the new legal provisions regulating the copyright in France (law of 1 August 2006).

Objectives of presentation

• Present the services offered to enhance the access to books for visually impaired people.
• Provide a comprehensive overview of the publishing chain adopted and the reason why the Daisy standard was chosen.
• Discuss the potential of a contractual approach with publishers.

Prior knowledge of topic assumed: Low
Contains advanced technical content: No

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Last updated: 08/04/2008 18:38