Parallel Sessions 1: Day 1, 13:45 - 15:15
| Strand |
Activity |
| Managing Content |
Value for money and the economic challenges
- What are the real costs of digitisation project? What are the hidden aspects of a project that add to costs and time spent?
- How can publishers and institutions work together to create digital resources?
Confirmed Speakers
Moderator: Grant Young, Digitisation and Digital Preservation Specialist
Cambridge University Library
- David Tomkins, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford & Peter White, ProQuest Presentation (PDF)
- Bill Pidduck, Chairman, Adam Matthews Publications Presentation (PDF)
- Simon Tanner, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London Presentation (PDF)
Speaker Abstracts
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| Content Development Strategies |
Content Procurement in an uncertain environment: what impact is the economic crisis having on library purchasing of online content?
- As the UK and other global economies enter a deep and potentially protracted recession, libraries are facing cuts in their budgets and their ability to maintain the electronic collections they have built in the past decade.
- Representatives of JISC Collections, academic libraries, researchers and the publishing community will discuss what libraries are buying, can afford to buy and what they should buy in the coming years.
Confirmed Speakers
Moderator: John Cox, Managing Director, John Cox Associates Ltd
- Dr Hazel Woodward, Library Director, Cranfield University
- Ian Russell, Chief Executive of ALPSP
- Michael Jubb, Director of RIN Presentation (PDF)
- Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, Robinson Library
Speaker Abstracts
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| Content in Education |
Supporting academic practice: embedding content in teaching, learning and research
- This practical session will highlight the develoment of the Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Digitised Resources initiative, a JISC sponsored assisted take-up project to encourage academics to use the NewsFilm Online digital archives in teaching and learning.
- It will feature the DiAL-e Framework: a practical model for engaging learners with digital archives.
Confirmed Speakers:
Moderator: Dicky Otlet, Communication Manager, JISC
- Kevin Burden, The University of Hull
- Theo Kuechel, The University of Hull
- Simon Atkinson, Massey University, New Zealand Presentation (PDF)
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| User Engagement |
Creating innovative interfaces for cultural heritage websites
- Exploiting institutional and user-generated metadata to develop innovative websites
Confirmed Speakers:
Moderators: Alastair Dunning, JISC Digitisation Programme Manager and Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus
Session Abstract
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| Looking Into The Future |
What is the impact of user generated content on research and scholarship?
- Does user generated content have a place in research and scholarship?
- What are the issues and implications around user generated content from an academic perspective?
- What is the context for successful and useful experiments?
- Case studies on Galaxy Zoo, Old Bailey Online and First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Confirmed Speakers
Moderator: Joy Palmer, Mimas manager, Library and Archival Services
- Arfon Smith, University of Oxford, Galaxy Zoo project Presentation (PDF)
- Sharon Howard, University of Sheffield, Old Bailey project Presentation (PDF)
- Kate Lindsay, University of Oxford, First World War Poetry Digital Archive Presentation (PDF)
Speaker Abstracts
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