12 March 2008

The SHAMAN Project is a Large Integrated Project co-financed by the European Union within the Seventh Framework Programme. The kick off meeting was held at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, UK.
This project will develop and test a next generation digital preservation framework including tools for analysing, ingesting, managing, accessing and reusing information objects and data across libraries and archives.

Starting from 01 December 2007, project will last 48 months.

An outstanding Consortium of top 16 partners has been put on place (Inmark; the universities of Liverpool, FernUniversität in Hagen, Strathclyde, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Georg-August-Universität Goettingen State and University Library, Glasgow, Illinois, Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) at Göteborg University and University College of Boras; InConTec; Xerox Research Centre Europe; Philips Innovation Lab; Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; Industrious Media; Globale Informationstechnik GmbH; Inescid) and 2 collaborators (Vlaams Parlement and SDSC)

Total funding of project is € 8 398 300.