JISC is looking for digital content projects interested in having links to their resources from two gateways, MediaHub and CultureGrid (and by extension a third, Europeana) MediaHub (currently in development for 2011) will provide access to image, video and audio resources in Higher and Further Education. It evolves from the Vision and Sound Portal at […]
The JISC invites tenders for the creation of a gateway for searching catalogues and images of Islamic Studies manuscripts. The aim of the work is to create a tool for educational users to access collections of Islamic Studies manuscripts in the UK. Total funding of up to £30,000 (including VAT, travel and subsistence) is available […]
A Harvard professor, Robert Darnton, has recently made a plea to the American public for the creation of a National Digital Library, which is “a comprehensive library of digitized books that will be easily accessible to the general public.” In the UK, the idea of such a library has been floating around for a while, […]
An early JISC project from 1996 stated that “Digitisation is a key mechanism by which libraries with important research collections can fulfil their responsibilities by providing improved access to users in other UK higher education institutions and internationally” Following on from this pioneering work, JISC has made a committed investment in the digitisation of journals, […]
One of the projects funded under JISC’s Developing Community Content programme is now up and runnning. From the press release: The public are being asked to revisit the voyages of World War One Royal Navy warships to help scientists working on a JISC project understand the climate of the past and unearth new historical information. […]
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Rapid Digitisation Call published
JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its e-content programme for 2011. Funding of up to £400,000 is available for rapid digitisation. It is anticipated that 5-7 projects will be funded and the maximum funding available for any one project is £100,000. Within the call, JISC will […]
Following recent discoveries in the John Rylands Library Special Collections, UNDEREXSPOSED is an exhibition in Collaboration with The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), celebrating the life of one of Manchester’s early photographic pioneers, J.T. Chapman. Chemist, inventor and photographer, Chapman invented some of the processes that were to become standard in early photography. However, […]
Following on from yesterday’s blog post about the Enriching via Collaboration and Developing Community Content strand of funding, JISC has added a further tranche of funding in its eContent and Digitisation programme. This is for Rapid Digitisation projects. A total of £400k funding is available, and it is expected that 6 to 7 projects will […]
In relation to the forthcoming call from eContent Programme, JISC is hosting “Digital Content Partnerships” on 28 October 2010. The event, open to all, will be to offer further information on the call, offer opportunities to form partnerships as part of proposals for the call and to engage further with JISC’s campaign for digital content. […]
JISC has recently funded seven new projects to explore the Impact and Embedding of Digitised Resources. The aims of the programme are to: Facilitate institutions in carrying out an analysis of the impact of their digitised resources/collections that have been live for at least one calendar year. To develop strategies and practical solutions to ensure […]
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Popes In Britain
Images all from the Visual Arts Data Service Pius VI, by Goulet, 1803, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham Clement VII, by School of Sebastiano del Piombo, 1527-34, Pollok House, Glasgow Pope Benedict XIII, (Italian School), 1720s, Grosvenor Museum, Chester Christ and the Pope, (German School), late sixteenth century, Pollok House, Glasgow Alexander VIII as […]
Earlier this month, JISC supported a workshop on the University of Nottingham on the development of gazetteers – historic dictionaries of place names (and other geographical information) and their co-ordinates or other appropriate reference. Plenty of work is being done throughout the UK on research on place names, and many projects are keen to exploit […]
FREE 2 day workshops to be held in (follow links for registration) • Belfast, 14 September 2010 – 15 September 2010 • Glasgow, 7th October 2010 – 8th October 2010 • London, 12th October 2010 – 13th October 2010 • Manchester, 28th October 2010 – 29th October 2010 • London, 16th November 2010 – 17th […]
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Thoughts on CyberScience conference
Last week saw the Citizen Cyberscience event at King’s College London, and it featured plenty of ambitious scientific research projects making extensive use of the enthusiasms and knowledge of an international public. Projects on show included Einstein @home, which used volunteer’s PCs to detect various astronomical phenomenoa, and herberia @home, a distributed project to classify […]
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Birds of Paradise
The following is an image taken from the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care project at John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. The images is one of many beautiful hand painted plates of birds, created between 1891 -98. The image is a result of the project working with the Folio Society to create a […]
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JPEG2000 Seminar
JPEG 2000 for the practitioner – a one-day seminar A free seminar to explore and examine the use of JPEG 2000 in the cultural heritage industry will be held at the Wellcome Trust. The seminar will include specific case studies of JPEG 2000 use. It will explain technical issues that have an impact on practical […]
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Falkland Islands Penguin
A Rockhopper penguin, taken on British expedition to the Falkland Islands in 1936 The image is available from the Freeze Frame website, published by the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge
The Visualising China Project is hosting a one-day workshop in Bristol on Tuesday 21st September, with presentations and discussion on the topic of cross-searching distributed, interrelated, online resources. Presentations will include: The Visualising China project which currently harvests data linking to two large, separate image collections. Connected Histories project will present their experiences in cross-searching […]
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Problems of Marriage and Sex, 1937
“As the Headmaster came into lunch, he slipped into my side-pocket a copy of the ‘New Era’ dealing with problems of Marriage and Sex. Why? A nice gesture of friendliness, anyway.” The above is a transcribed excerpt from a teacher’s diary from Keswick, Cumbria in 1937, the typescript of which is below. It is part […]
The Stand is one of the oldest streets in London. It follows the line of the Roman road of Akeman, and lies on the Saxon boundary of Aldwych. The Strand is located in the centre of London. It is the eye in a storm of diverse people, communities, societies and organisations that inhabit this busy […]