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Navigating a sea of stories… Navigating a sea of stories: new online resources from the JISC Digitisation programme Paola Marchionni JISC Digitisation Programme Manager p. marchionni@jisc. ac. uk Open University 20 February 2009 © Bodleian Library, University of Oxford 2008: Johnson Collection Copyright © Pro. Quest LLC. All rights reserved Joint www. jisc. ac. uk/digitisation Information Systems Committee Five centuries of unique resources for learning, teaching & research 1

Navigating a sea of stories… New online resources Some video clips on You Tube Newsfilm Online http: //www. youtube. com/jiscmedia WW 1 Poetry Digital Archive Johnson Collection Cabinet Papers: 1915 -1978 British Cartoons Archive and more to come… Joint Information Systems Committee 2

Navigating a sea of stories… First World War Poetry Digital Archive n www. oucs. ox. ac. uk/ww 1 lit - Open access n Collections: search by poets, media, keyword n Education section – – n Tutorials (KS 1 to undergraduate): can be used as course supplement, further reading, teaching aids Pathways: annotated trails with archive material, all level, teachers can add new ones, (download, print, zoom, see catalogue record…) Resources packs (schools) Podcasts The Great War Archive Joint Information Systems Committee 3

Navigating a sea of stories… Cabinet Papers: 1915 -1978 n www. nationalarchives. gov. uk/cabinetpapers/ - Open access n Thematic approach – n Writing frame – n Contextualisation packages about UK and the world, economy, society and welfare linked to cabinet papers Interactive writing tool to support the use and investigation of historical primary sources in a structured way Interactive maps – Links to cabinet papers and downloadable information Joint Information Systems Committee 4

Navigating a sea of stories… Newsfilm Online n www. nfo. ac. uk – Authentication required n Collections searchable by decade and keywords n E-learning framework, by Simon Atkinson and Kevin Burden – – – n Based on two axis: spaces (eg small lecture theatre) and learning design (empathy, conceptualisation, analogy, authoring etc…) Pedagogical exemplars (different approaches to using videos) Case studies, eg Skipton College on moral panic through the decades Technical tutorials – Practical guidance on using, downloading, editing video clips Joint Information Systems Committee 5

Navigating a sea of stories… Navigating a sea of stories n n n n What can you do with all these resources? Enhancing teaching and learning Use different and primary sources to explore a topic Interdisciplinary studies Make research quicker War cabinet document WW 1 cocoa advert Explore new links and research questions Download Include in assignments and presentations Joint Information Systems Committee Mss of poem “Dulce et Decorum est”, Wilfred Owen 6

Navigating a sea of stories… What is JISC? n What is JISC and what does it do? – Supports the use of ICT in research, teaching and learning – Focus on post-16 and HE – Funds innovative projects in: eresources, e-learning, e-research, information environment etc… – Provides support, guidance and advice to institutions through its services, eg JISC Digital Media, JISC Legal, Info. Net, Janet etc… – Funded by UK post-16 and HE funding councils Joint Information Systems Committee 7

Navigating a sea of stories… Digitisation programme n Digitisation programme: – Building sustainable and authoritative eresources for the benefit of UK teaching, learning and research n Started in 2004, 6 projects, £ 10 m n Phase 2, 2007 -09, 16 new projects, £ 12 m n n Enriching Digital resources, 2008 -09, 25 projects, £ 2 m Variety of collections and media: sound recordings, British newspapers, medical journals, radio and TV programmes, parliamentary papers, cartoons, poetry, Irish and Welsh journals and monographs, maps, theatre and entertainment… Joint Information Systems Committee 8

Navigating a sea of stories… Some key issues n Some key issues for digitisation projects and the experience of the JISC Digitisation programme n What should I digitise? Content selection n Which metadata schema should I use? n Who does the content belong to and what do I want to do with it? Licencing and IPR n Who is the collection for and how do I engage users? n Who and how will maintain the resource? Sustainability Joint Information Systems Committee 9

Navigating a sea of stories… Content selection n What should I digitise? – Current and potential use of a collection and users needs – Alignment with teaching and research priorities Links with the curriculum Alignment with Institution’s content development/digitisation strategy, if in place Potential for interdisciplinarity, increased use – Wide appeal and interest – IPR and preservation issues – Set up an Advisory board of subject specialists – – – Joint Information Systems Committee 10

Navigating a sea of stories… Content selection n n Freeze Frame – 20, 000 images recording polar exploration – Project identified courses and curricula where project could have impact – University – Geology, Biology, Anthropology, etc. – Colleges and Schools – Art and Design, History, Geography etc. – Construction of learning work packages built into project plan JISC Di. SCMap Study on priority collections for digitisation Joint Information Systems Committee 11

Navigating a sea of stories… Metadata n Which metadata schema should I use? – – – – Can be time consuming to produce, especially human created ones Decide what information needs to be recorded for the institution and for the users Investigate existing metadata provision Available resources, staff, time, budget, infrastructure Have a plan B in case you need to re-allocate resources towards metadata creation Devise metadata approach and strategy from the beginning and document Importance of using metadata standards adopted by your community Can your users help? Self-tagging Joint Information Systems Committee 12

Navigating a sea of stories… Metadata n n n Commonly used metadata schema by JISC projects: – Dublin Core, ISAD(G), MARC, MODS, GIS, TEI, METS, PREMIS National Library of Wales – 400, 000 pages from 19 th and 20 th journals on Welsh history, culture and society – Use TEI to catalogue parts of journals Independent Radio News Archive/LBC – 3000 hours of audio recording from Britain’s first commercial radio – Example of dealing with legacy metadata Joint Information Systems Committee 13

Navigating a sea of stories… Content licencing n n n Who does the content belong to and what do I want to do with it? Categories of works protected by copyright Two sides of the same coin: – Who owns copyright of the content to be digitised? – What will users be able to do with it? Some issue to consider: – Copyright clearance is a very timeconsuming process – It can be expensive – Be clear about what you need to licence content for, ie what users can do – Variety of copyright layers in some type of materials – Orphan works: keep a due diligence file – Always seek legal advice – Exercise in risk assessment Joint Information Systems Committee Dramatic works Text-based works Typographic works Dramatic works Sound recordings Broadcast Films Music 14

Navigating a sea of stories… Content licencing n JISC Model licence – UK HE and FE sector – – n JISC Collections Open Educational Content Licence (for open access resources) – Open access non commercial educational purposes only licence – n for the purpose of education… eg copying, downloading, inclusion in course packs, assignments, presentation etc Permitted usage is explicitly much broader than in Creative Commons licences Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) IPR toolkit (out March 2009): guidance papers and practical tool Joint Information Systems Committee 15

Navigating a sea of stories… User engagement n Who is the collection for and how do I engage users? – – – – Be clear about core user group/s and current and potential use of the collection Set up advisory group of subject specialists and users group Find out more about users requirements (focus groups, surveys) Invest time in usability testing Create an engaging and interactive web site Tell your users about your resource, be “findable” (expose your metadata widely, exploit social networking tools) Find out how users are using your resource - Impact Joint Information Systems Committee 16

Navigating a sea of stories… User engagement n n First World War Poetry Archive – The Great War archive: galvanising communities out there – On Flickr, Facebook, Wikipedia Pre-Raphaelite resource – 3000 images of works by Pre-Raphaelite painters and related resources – Audience research on usefulness of Web 2. 0 tools on scholarly resources JISC Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources (out Apr 2009) SCA Audience Analysis Toolkit Joint Information Systems Committee 17

Navigating a sea of stories… Sustainability n Who and how will maintain the resource? – Problem of “project-based” funding model for many digitisation projects – Tension between sustainability and open access: somebody has to pay – Ideally digitisation should be embedded into institutional strategies, practices, processes and infrastructure – Variety of sustainability models (commercial partnership, subscription, ads, institutional support, use of existing infrastructure…) Joint Information Systems Committee 18

Navigating a sea of stories… Sustainability n Johnson Collection – 65, 000 images of printed ephemera – – n Historic Boundaries of Britain – Historical boundaries maps – n Partnership between the Bodleian Library and Pro. Quest Free to UK HE, FE and public libraries, subscription abroad Google ads 19 th Century Pamphlets – 23, 000 pamphlets – Delivery by JSTOR Joint Information Systems Committee 19

Navigating a sea of stories… Some useful resources n JISC Digitisation programme and projects: www. jisc. ac. uk/digitisation n JISC Digitisation Blog: http: //digitisation. jiscinvolve. org/ n n Content Selection – Di. SCMap project, Digitisation in Special Collections: Mapping, Assessment, Prioritisation http: //discmap. cdlr. strath. ac. uk/ Metadata – JISC Digital Media (ex-TASI) http: //www. jiscdigitalmedia. ac. uk/ – – – JISC standards catalogue http: //standards. jisc. ac. uk/catalogue/Home. phtml UKOLN http: //www. ukoln. ac. uk/cultural-heritage/metadata/ SCA Standards report (out Mar 09) see SCA blog http: //sca. jiscinvolve. org/ Joint Information Systems Committee 20

Navigating a sea of stories… Some useful resources n n IPR – JISC Collections Open Educational Content Licence http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/media/documents/programmes/digitisation/jisc_c ollections_open_educational_user_licence_v 1. 0. doc – Web 2 Rights toolkit http: //www. web 2 rights. org. uk/diagnostic. html – SCA IPR toolkit (out Mar 09), see SCA blog http: //sca. jiscinvolve. org/ User engagement – Pre-Raphaelite audience research on Web 2. 0 http: //digitisation. jiscinvolve. org/2008/07/07/is-academia-ready-forweb-20/ – SCA Audience Analysis Toolkit http: //sca. jiscinvolve. org/2009/02/05/download-audience-analysistoolkit (more in March 09) – Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources (out Apr 09) http: //www. oii. ox. ac. uk/research/project. cfm? id=51 – The ideal digital humanities project checklist, LAIRAH study http: //www. ucl. ac. uk/infostudies/research/circah/lairah/features/ Joint Information Systems Committee 21

Navigating a sea of stories… Some useful resources n Sustainability – SCA/Ithaka report on Sustainability and Business Models http: //sca. jiscinvolve. org/files/2008/06/sca_ithaka_sustaina bility_report-final. pdf Joint Information Systems Committee 22

Navigating a sea of stories… n n n First World War Poetry Digital Archive – open access – http: //www. oucs. ox. ac. uk/ww 1 lit Cabinet Papers 1915 -1978 – open access – http: //www. nationalarchives. gov. uk/cabinetpapers/ The Johnson Collection - authentication – http: //johnson. chadwyck. co. uk British Cartoon Archive – open access – http: //www. cartoons. ac. uk/ Newsfilm Online - authentication – http: //www. nfo. ac. uk/ Joint Information Systems Committee 23