Benefits of the Strategic Content Alliance
The Alliance delivers the following benefits to the public sector
- reduction in the technical, political, and administrative barriers which currently inhibit the use of public sector online content
- increase in the use of public sector online content from audiences who may not currently be actively engaged with the online content currently on offer and ultimately a richer and more personalised searching environment
- streamlined and easier access to users of public sector online content resources, irrespective of location
- coordinated approach to the identification and funding of public sector online content and greater interoperability between online content and online collections through sharing intelligence
- an improvement of the quality of the online content activities of the sponsoring and affiliate organisations
- an enhanced overview of the different online content strategies across the public sector and opportunities for cooperation and maximising value
- better market intelligence about the public sector online content requirements of our users
- stronger commitment to the Common Information Environment and to the coordination of further development of standards and interoperability
- clear sense of shared direction for the sponsors and the articulation of a set of coherent messages about public sector online content provision
- common understanding and, where possible, a common approach to Intellectual Property Rights, Licensing and Digital Rights Management to facilitate access, use and re-use of online content by citizens
- identification of affordable solutions for the ongoing sustainability of services that provide online content to the citizen and an understanding of the potential for affordable solutions through economies of scale
- common understanding of the risks inherent in this area, in particular from online content services outside the public sector that may offer both opportunities and threats
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