JISC Digitisation Programme

According to Robert Miller (Director of Books at the Internet Archive), the entire web can be stored in a 4m x 3m x 3m shipping container. Photographic evidence of this phenomenon was just one small part of the wide-ranging and entertaining second plenary session, which looked at what makes a good library, the Internet Archive, and some of its current projects.

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The first talk in the Managing Content strand investigated the real costs of digitisation projects and the hidden costs they often contain, as well as effective ways for publishers and private bodies (generally publishers) to work together to create digital resources.    Moderated by Grant Young, a Digitisation and Digital Preservation Specialist at Cambridge University Library, the session included talks by  David Tomkins, from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford;  Peter White, from ProQuest;  Bill Pidduck, the Chairman ofAdam Matthews Publications; and Simon Tanner from King’s Digital Consultancy Services, King’s College London.

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What is the impact of user generated content on research and scholarship?

All three speakers made it clear that the impact can be massive – but only when the user generated content is sourced and employed intelligently, imaginatively and respectfully.

Key points made in the session:

• ‘Many hands make light work’
• Users are collaborators
• Prepare for your project to evolve away from your control in order to have long-term sustainability

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Interactivity was the name of the game in more ways than one in the first User Engagement session. Around 30 people joined Alastair Dunning and Brian Kelly to discuss interfaces to digital content, and how cultural institutions can make use of web 2.0. But it wasn’t all one-way – this interactive session also saw the audience split into groups to look at social networking environments, innovative technologies and embedding usability.

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It’s not enough to create exciting digital resources, says Kevin Burden, you have to be proactive in engaging the community. That was the starting point for a session which split the audience by suggesting a radical approach to engaging users: it is less important to highlight the content of a resource  than how it is going to be used. The content v pedagogical approach took in three key areas:

• identification and selection of content by users
• suitability of resources for learning and teaching
• issues associated with access and licensing

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This session focused on library purchasing during a time of economic recession. The speakers came from various stakeholder backgrounds – librarians, publishers, and users (researchers).  Issues raised included how to deal with budget cuts, the rise of e-journals and what is preventing all readers from using them, the relationship between research and production, and the ways in which digitisation has revolutionised book publishing and the way that libraries run.

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Catherine’s presentation was designed to outline the JISC vision for a national content collection, reflect on the last ten years of the JISC Content work, talk about the achievements of the JISC mass Digitisation Programmes, and discuss the many challenges ahead.

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