Consultation on behalf of the Reflection Group ("Comité des Sages") on boosting cultural heritage online in Europe.

"The Reflection Group (Comité des Sages) has been entrusted by the European Commission to come up with recommendations on how best to speed up the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material. This consultation is launched by the Comité to feed its reflection and subsequent recommendations. As the cultural sector is undergoing a revolutionary transition worldwide, Europe is looking for innovative solutions to reap the social and economic benefits of the technological advances. The Comité des Sages is therefore seeking your views on key issues of this process, including on the sources of funding for digitisation, the exploitation models of content digitised with public funding or on conditions governing public-private partnerships for digitisation. You are invited to respond to the consultation by 30 September 2010. The Comité des Sages will analyse the responses and a follow-up hearing is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 28 October 2010...."