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Projektom e-Kultura – Digitalizacija kulturne baštine uspostavljen je središnji sustav za pohranu i pristup te agregaciju i pretraživanje kulturnoga gradiva unutar zajednice arhiva, knjižnica i muzeja (AKM). Kako bi snimljeno arhivsko gradivo moglo biti pohranjeno u Središnjem sustavu, arhivska zajednica u Hrvatskoj koristi mrežnu aplikaciju Goobi kao jedan od osnovnih alata s tom svrhom. Ovim člankom nastojimo prikazati aplikaciju Goobi, pobliže objasniti svrhu i način na koji radi te predstaviti dosadašnja iskustva rada s aplikacijom, ukazujući ujedno na moguće probleme u praksi. Sljedeći redci pružaju opis tijeka rada u aplikaciji Goobi, prvenstveno odnoseći se na digitalizaciju arhivskoga gradiva., After the establishment of the Central System within the “e-Culture – Digitization of Cultural Heritage” project the archival community in Croatia obtained a system for storage, access, aggregation and search of cultural heritage. For the purpose of storage of digitized archives within the Central System the heritage institutions in Croatia use Goobi web application, the latter being one of the basic tools with such purpose. The paper strives to give an overview of the application and explain in detail how it works. It also aims to present the experience of working with the application, while also delineating the possible problems that occur in practice.Goobi is a software suite for support during the process of digitization that offers accessible settings. The application’s interface has been designed to enable users to follow simple steps during the digitization process. Despite the fact this version of the software had been adapted for the needs of the Croatian archival community, current experiences in its usage point out to certain deficiencies. Namely, these concern certain technical limitations which pertain to the network bandwidth and size of the storage area on servers of individual institutions. There is also the problem of insuficient quality of communication between the application and the Central System.Additional software updates will undoubtedly be necessary in due time in order to rectify these shortcomings, which indicates the importance of communication between the archival community and technological partners within the project. The experience so far points out to the necessity of dependable solutions due to the sheer complexity and lengthiness of the digitization process. By changing the previous work methodology digitization also provides numerous new possibilities pertaining to the protection, preservation and usage of archives.

Središnji sustav uspostavljen je projektom e-Kultura – Digitalizacija kulturne baštine sa svrhom razvijanja digitalnoga repozitorija kulturne baštine unutar AKM zajednice u Hrvatskoj. Implementacijom takvoga repozitorija omogućen je prikaz, trajna pohrana i korištenje digitaliziranog sadržaja baštinskih institucija na jednom mjestu. Sustav bi trebao omogućiti i interoperabilnost postojećih podataka koje pojedine institucije dostavljaju iz svojih informacijskih sustava u sustav e-Kultura putem različitih alata. Ovim člankom nastoji se prikazati spomenuti sustav te pobliže objasniti način rada i organizacija podataka unutar sustava te dosadašnja iskustva u praksi Hrvatskoga državnoga arhiva s osvrtom na moguće izazove u svakodnevnom radu., The Central System was developed within the e-Culture project with the purpose of establishing a digital repository of cultural heritage. The advantage of the Central System is that it contains all records in one place. Naturally, each institution can manage only its own digital content. The success of a digitization project above all else depends on the quality training of the employees who manage digital content within the System. The paper strives to outline the System and explain the principle of work within it. It also concerns experiences of the Croatian State Archives in practice, with an overview of potential challenges in everyday work.The Central System comprises of the following basic processes: digitization, long-term digital preservation and permanent storage. It applies various metadata standards, standards for formatting and displaying digital contents that enable easier search and interaction with users. Via its web interface the System offers e-services which enable users to access digitized archives of heritage institutions. This intuitive interface makes it easier to manage digitized content. The interface comprises of the functionalities which are accessible via the menu on the toolbar – Catalogue, Search, Ingest, Administration and Planning. The System offers the service of viewing digitized records via the Catalogue functionality, the service of searching for records via the Search function, the service of importing the IT packages via the Ingest function, as well as the functionality pertaining to work oversight and administration of packages via the Administration function. The most important advantage of the System is that it enables permanent storage of digitized archives and more efficient implementation of complex digitization projects, such as e-Culture, which features numerous and various users, as well as institutions. Quicker accessibility and easier use of archives are contemporary priorities and this system endeavours to satisfy suc