Parallel Sessions 3: Day 2, 13:30 - 15:00 : JISC

JISC Digital Content Conference 2009

Parallel Sessions 3: Day 2, 13:30 - 15:00

Strand	Activity
Managing Content	Safeguarding investment and maintaining access: the role of digital preservation Lessons learnt from a preservation audit of digitisation projects Where does preservation fit into the process? What is the cost of preservation? Confirmed Speakers: Moderator: Neil Grindley, JISC Programme Manager, Digital Preservation Presentation (PDF) William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition Presentation (PDF) Sarah Higgins, Digital Curation Centre Presentation (PDF) Richard Davies, British Library Presentation (PDF) Speaker Abstracts
Content Development Strategies	Digging into data: text and data mining There is increasing realisation of the benefits of opening up APIs and programmable interfaces How is this done? What are the advantages? How can the obstacles to developing such interfaces be removed? Confirmed Speakers: Moderator: Alastair Dunning, JISC Digitisation Programme Manager Mike Ellis, Eduserv Presentation (PDF) James Reid, EDINA, University of Edinburgh Presentation (PDF) Nikki Rogers, University of Bristol Presentation (PDF) Speaker Abstracts
Content in Education	Open Educational Resources What are 'OERs' in the context of open access and open content? What are the emerging approaches? What are the key issues and challenges? Confirmed Speakers: Moderator: David Kernohan, e-Learning Programme Manager, JISC Amber Thomas, Programme Manager, HEFCE/Academy/JISC OER programme, JISC Presentation (PDF) Jackie Carter/Peter Burnhill, JORUM Presentation (PDF) Andy Lane, Director of OpenLearn, Open University Presentation (PDF) Speaker Abstracts
User Engagement	Beyond the Library walls: Business and Community Engagement The JISC BCE programme: enhancing the 'third mission' and access to institutional resources Inclusivity and relevance: the benefits, challenges, and opportunites of public engagement Engaging with the creative industries: journalism and photojournalism Confirmed Speakers: Moderator: Joanna Newman, Acting Head of Higher Education, British Library Simon Whittemore, JISC Programme Manager, Business and Community Engagement Presentation (PDF) Sarah O'Donnell, Head of Corporate Development, Manchester Metropolitan University Presentation (PDF) Paul Lowe, Course Director, MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London College of Communication Speaker Abstracts
Looking Into The Future	New technologies for delivering and accessing digital content A vision of the future: new ways to access knowledge and content One size (mis) fits all - personalisation, mobility, sharing and interactivity Educational futures: problems and solutions for accessing digital content Confirmed Speakers: Moderator: Ben Showers, JISC Digitisation Programme Officer Mathew White, ShadowPlay Presentation (PDF) David Flanders, JISC Programme Manager, Digital Libraries/e-Learning Presentation (PDF) Shelley Hales, Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture Presentation (PDF) Nic Earle, e-Learning Co-Ordinator, Ressurecting the Past project, University of Bristol Speaker Abstracts