1. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by: Think Digital: Best Practices for creation of Digital e-learning Resources Marieke Guy Interoperability Focus www.bath.ac.uk

2. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 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

3. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 3 TASI http://www.tasi.ac.uk/

4. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 4 http://ahds.ac.uk/ 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 – info@ahds.ac.uk Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)

5. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 5 Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) 14 Detailed Guides to Good Practice (http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/guides/) Around 10 more general Information Papers (http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/information-papers/) Around 20 Case studies illustrating best practice (http://ahds.ac.uk/creating/case-studies) Also information on copyright Mailing list, telephone help service Advice all freely available

6. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 6 AHDS http://www.ahds.ac.uk/

7. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 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

8. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 8 GPG http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/gpg/

9. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 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

10. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 10 HEDS http://heds.herts.ac.uk/

11. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 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

12. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 12 QA Focus MG http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/

13. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 13 Example Online resources.. http://www.imagine.org.uk/ - adventure Tyne & Wear Museums winners of recent Jodi Mates Accessibility Awards, reach W3C AAA levelhttp://www.imagine.org.uk/ http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wellcome-wing/antenna http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/fun.php http://www.nmpft.org.uk/finland http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/learnonline/imap http://www.tudorbritain.org - a part of the V&A sitehttp://www.tudorbritain.org http://www.iwm.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.001008007 - Imperial War Museum, Look under Online Resourceshttp://www.iwm.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.001008007 http://www.victorians.org.uk

14. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 14.. from Museums and Galleries http://www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/bedfordbytes - very specific curriculum basedhttp://www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/bedfordbytes http://www.hoppingdowninkent.org.uk http://www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.php - art online workshops http://www.artexchanges.org.uk - imagine the content management system behind thishttp://www.artexchanges.org.uk http://www.compbureau.co.uk/trident/game5.htm - still in development, an example of games costing approx £500 - £1,000http://www.compbureau.co.uk/trident/game5.htm http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/kids/mementomori

15. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 15 Looking for more Resources http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk http://www.ngfl.gov.uk - Look under What are you looking for? choose Museums and Gallerieshttp://www.ngfl.gov.uk http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk http://www.inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk http://http://www.finds.org.uk/pastexplorers/index.php http://http://www.thinktank.ac/education/ http://http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/

16. A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 16 Any Questions? More resource URLs at: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk//interop-focus/events/ymlac-2005/