A centre of expertise in digital information management UKOLN is supported by: Think Digital: Best Practices for creation of Digital e-learning Resources Marieke Guy Interoperability Focus
A centre of expertise in digital information management 2 TASI - The Technical Advisory Service for Images JISC funded service (HE/FE facing) Based at University of Bristol Provides: –Advice documents –Resources e.g. toolbox, potential funding, metadata, recommended books, glossary, image collections –Enquiry Service –Training –Mailing list –Consultancy TASI
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A centre of expertise in digital information management Advises on best practice in creating digital resources Collects, preserves and disseminates digital resources for teaching and learning use. Specialists centres for archaeology; history; literature and languages; visual arts and performing arts – expertise covers all data types and formats are covered First point of contact is Executive office at Kings College London – Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)
A centre of expertise in digital information management 5 Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) 14 Detailed Guides to Good Practice ( Around 10 more general Information Papers ( Around 20 Case studies illustrating best practice ( Also information on copyright Mailing list, telephone help service Advice all freely available
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A centre of expertise in digital information management 7 GPG GPG - Good Practice Guide for Developers of Cultural Heritage Web Services Originally created by UKOLN as part of the NOF-digitise programme Sections on: –Management Processes –Handling and Delivering Digital Resources –Digital Curation –Publicity and Marketing Could be expanded for the community
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A centre of expertise in digital information management 9 HEDS Higher Education Digitisation Service Based at University of Hertfordshire Serves higher education, museums, galleries, public and national libraries, archives and other not-for-profit organisation Provides: –Advice, the free First Response Service –Consultancy –Complete production service for digitisation and digital library development
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A centre of expertise in digital information management 11 QA Focus JISC-funded project to support JISC's digital library programme Supports QA development which help ensure deliverables are usable and interoperable Quality Control (QC): Fixing errors Quality Assurance (QA): Documented policies, procedures for monitoring compliance, workflow processes, Audit trails QA Focus Deliverables: –Surveys and case studies –Advisory documents, policy documents and FAQs –Descriptions of tools –Self-assessment toolkit
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A centre of expertise in digital information management 13 Example Online resources adventure Tyne & Wear Museums winners of recent Jodi Mates Accessibility Awards, reach W3C AAA levelhttp:// a part of the V&A sitehttp:// - Imperial War Museum, Look under Online Resourceshttp://
A centre of expertise in digital information management from Museums and Galleries - very specific curriculum basedhttp:// art online workshops - imagine the content management system behind thishttp:// - still in development, an example of games costing approx £500 - £1,000http://
A centre of expertise in digital information management 15 Looking for more Resources Look under What are you looking for? choose Museums and Gallerieshttp://
A centre of expertise in digital information management 16 Any Questions? More resource URLs at: