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JISC MediaHub jiscmediahub.ac.uk/ Andrew Bevan EDINA

JISC MediaHub http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/ Andrew Bevan EDINA. 1 RSC Northern elearning, 8 June 2011. Presentation. JISC MediaHub – service development to date JISC MediaHub content Future developments inc. new collections. Background.

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JISC MediaHub jiscmediahub.ac.uk/ Andrew Bevan EDINA

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  1. JISC MediaHub http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/Andrew BevanEDINA 1 RSC Northern elearning, 8 June 2011 1

  2. Presentation • JISC MediaHub – service development to date • JISC MediaHub content • Future developments inc. new collections 2 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  3. Background • 2009 – EDINA proposed a single flexible platform for multimedia content – key aims: • Simplify search by allowing cross-search of existing platforms from single location, with browse functions • Allow for addition of new content • Allow for removal of old content (e.g. Getty licence for images in Education Image Gallery ended in 2010) • Reduce ongoing running costs • 2010 – funding agreed for EDINA and JISC Collections to develop new multimedia platform, in response to a formal request from JISC for a joint proposal 3 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  4. Existing JISC Multimedia services • Three services run separately since 2003, 2004 and 2008 Still images from the Digital Images for Education project – replaced the original Getty Images content from August 2010 17 film and sound collections 3000 hours of news from ITN/Reuters archives, from1910-2007 4 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  5. plus • VSM Portal….a JISC funded project to create a portal that searched the web for quality multimedia content 5 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  6. = JISC MediaHub – a new multimedia platform • new service, first release April 2011 • includes the content of all existing JISC multimedia services • plus returns results from external collections of multimedia content 6 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  7. 7 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  8. Results page 8 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  9. More details on results page 9 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  10. Filter options 10 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  11. Full record – Inside MediaHub 11 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  12. Access • Search and browse – open functionality on the web • Play/download - for subscribing institutions • Floating box on clicking JISC MediaHub: 12 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  13. JISC eCollections • Further recent development • Creation of a new subscription service • of which JISC MediaHub is one of three platforms • Other two - JISC Journals Archive and JISC Historic Books • Details from JISC Collections at http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/YearlyAgreements/1012 • Institutions subscribe to a single service, with two licence agreements, for access to all three platforms • Three year agreement in the first instance 2011-14 13 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  14. Content • JISC MediaHub – service development to date • JISC MediaHub content • Future developments inc. new collections 14 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  15. Digital Images for Education project 15 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011 • JISC project to provide education community with high-resolution images for download. Procurement commenced January 2009. • Independent team of evaluators selected: • 8 still image collections - 56,000 still images • 3 moving image collections – 500 hours of film • Content focussed on post-1985 UK history from both commercial and community collections • Still images currently in Education Image Gallery (until 31 July 2011) • All image/video/audio content is now available to download from JISC MediaHub • Selection policy: http://imagesforeducation.org.uk/about/

  16. Digital Images for Education project • Current events – still and moving images from Associated Press, Getty • Art, history: • Still images from Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. • Imperial War Museum – 3 still images collections (Art of First World War, Art of Second World War, proclamations) • Architecture – still images from GovED, originally from a private archive • Geography – Royal Geographical Society, still images of expeditions • Design – University of Brighton design archives, still images • Social history – North Highland College – still images of Highland life at turn of 20th century • Sociology – PYMCA – still images of contemporary youth culture 16 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  17. ITN/Reuters content (from NFO) • 1910s to 2007 • 3,000 hours of video footage • 19 collections e.g. Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, ITV News, Gaumont Graphic, Reuters • 60,000 news stories • 25,000 ITN programme scripts 17 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  18. Other film and sound collections (from FSOL) • IWF Knowledge and Media GmbHLogic Lane • Performance Shakespeare • Royal Mail Film Classics • St George's Hospital Medical School Collection • Sheffield University Learning Media Unit Collection • The Trials of Alger Hiss (1980) • Wellcome Film • Amber Films • Anglia Television Library • Biochemical Society • Culverhouse Classical Music • Digital Himalaya • Educational and Television Films Ltd • Films of Scotland (to follow) • Healthcare Productions • Imperial War Museum 18 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  19. Outside Mediahub (unrestricted) • ADS Image Bank • ARKive • Culture Grid • variety of regional content from the Collections Trust, funded by MLA • First World War Poetry Digital Archive • Open Video Project • Wellcome Images • VADS (coming soon) 19 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  20. Outside MediaHub (restricted) • Scran (coming soon) • British Library Archival Sound Recordings • (also coming soon) 20 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  21. JISC MediaHub – service development to date • JISC MediaHub content • Future developments 21 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  22. Next stages Now to July 2011: Access for existing subscribers to existing JISC multimedia services (EDINA handling migration of existing subscribers) Usability testing by external agency and incremental changes August 2011 Next version of service officially launched New functions expected – including Advanced search, Explore, Commenting/tagging Updates via the blog and other announcements http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/ 22 RSC Northern elearning meeting, 8 June 2011

  23. Evolving collections policy • Informed by JISC Collections community panels • policy then agreed between EDINA, JISC and JISC Collections • Ensuring a good balance of content • E.g. with sufficient scientific material; image/sound/video content • Representing interests of small and large collection owners • prominent display of smaller collections • APIs only for collection owners prepared to share metadata 23 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  24. New Content Priorities • JISC Digitisation Phase 2 projects e.g. • Freeze Frame • John Johnson Collection of Electronic Ephemera • Pre-Raphaelite Resource Project • VSM contributors to be included • VADS • Scran • BL Archival Sound Recordings • BFI in negotiation regarding • ScreenOnline, InView and Colonial Film collections • Managing proposed collection requests… 24 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

  25. Future options • JISC Digging into Data Challenge • JISC MediaHub hosted content offered as a dataset • Activity in ‘Discovery’ environment • potential user of the RDTF-generated open metadata • m2m interface to some of the metadata in JISC MediaHub • Contribution to Film & Sound Think Tank vision • At June 2nd meeting, and will keep a close eye on implementation • Thanks for your attention - any questions? 25 RSC Northern e-Learning Group, 8 June 2011

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