JISC Digitisation Programme 22 nd January 2008 www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation Five centuries of unique resources for learning, teaching & research

JISC Digitisation Programme: strategy and collections Alastair Dunning Paola Marchionni Digitisation Programme Manager Digitisation Programme Manager [email_address] [email_address]

Digitisation Programme £12m funding – Bids chosen after public consultation and peer review 16 projects, running from early 2007 to early 2009 Wide range in skills and experience and size of projects

£12m funding – Bids chosen after public consultation and peer review

16 projects, running from early 2007 to early 2009

Wide range in skills and experience and size of projects

Collections Collections spanning five centuries of social, political, economic and cultural history in the UK Variety of formats Newspapers and journals, audio-visual material, prints, paintings, stained glass, glass plates, election data, maps, cartoons, ephemera, PhD theses Variety of institutions and partnerships Educational institutions, libraries, archives, museums, community organisations, commercial sector Materials difficult to access, fragile and of educational value Relevant to curricula and research interests

Collections spanning five centuries of social, political, economic and cultural history in the UK

Variety of formats

Newspapers and journals, audio-visual material, prints, paintings, stained glass, glass plates, election data, maps, cartoons, ephemera, PhD theses

Variety of institutions and partnerships

Educational institutions, libraries, archives, museums, community organisations, commercial sector

Materials difficult to access, fragile and of educational value

Relevant to curricula and research interests

Collections User engagement First World War Poetry Digital Archive 2000 images of manuscripts and primary sources from 5 Great War poets and contextual material Path Creation Scheme, Community section and online educational tutorials Pre-Raphaelite resource Images of paintings, drawings and related material by Pre-Raphaelite painters Facility for users to add material and self-tag images British Cartoon Archive 15,000 images from the Carl Giles Collection, a key resource for British political and social history Moderated wiki-style contributions to add to current catalogue records and group cartoon images

User engagement

First World War Poetry Digital Archive

2000 images of manuscripts and primary sources from 5 Great War poets and contextual material

Path Creation Scheme, Community section and online educational tutorials

Pre-Raphaelite resource

Images of paintings, drawings and related material by Pre-Raphaelite painters

Facility for users to add material and self-tag images

British Cartoon Archive

15,000 images from the Carl Giles Collection, a key resource for British political and social history

Moderated wiki-style contributions to add to current catalogue records and group cartoon images

Collections Protection from deterioration Freeze frame; historic polar images 20,000 images relating to study of polar environments, and the history of exploration and science in the Arctic and Antarctic Glass plates, photographic negatives, deterioration of cellulose stock Archival Sound Recordings 4,200 further hours of audio material Betamax, audiocassette, reel to reel tapes and CD-R, 78rpm records

Protection from deterioration

Freeze frame; historic polar images

20,000 images relating to study of polar environments, and the history of exploration and science in the Arctic and Antarctic

Glass plates, photographic negatives, deterioration of cellulose stock

Archival Sound Recordings

4,200 further hours of audio material

Betamax, audiocassette, reel to reel tapes and CD-R, 78rpm records

Collections Contextualised resources British Governance: Cabinet papers 1914-1975 Half million images of cabinet minutes and memoranda Different approaches to resources for HE (broad and thin) and schools (narrow and deep) Voices: moving images in the public sphere 600 hours of moving image material on key social, political and economic issues Online journal featuring articles relating to the digitised films and hyperlinked to film segments Historic Boundaries of Britain Digitisation of historical maps Printed and downloadable teachers packs and on-line tutorials based on different themes and associated sources, eg electoral history

Contextualised resources

British Governance: Cabinet papers 1914-1975

Half million images of cabinet minutes and memoranda

Different approaches to resources for HE (broad and thin) and schools (narrow and deep)

Voices: moving images in the public sphere

600 hours of moving image material on key social, political and economic issues

Online journal featuring articles relating to the digitised films and hyperlinked to film segments

Historic Boundaries of Britain

Digitisation of historical maps

Printed and downloadable teachers packs and on-line tutorials based on different themes and associated sources, eg electoral history

Collections Delivery, access and sustainability Free to all Modern Welsh Journal Online and others 600,000 pages from 90 in-copyright journals in Welsh and English - institutional strategy Use of existing infrastructures Nineteenth-century Pamphlets /JSTOR 23,000 pamphlets drawn from seven UK research libraries and delivered via JSTOR UK Theses /EThOS Over 5000 ‘popular’ UK theses from 1730 onwards. Open access to content through EThOS, fees for added value services Commercial partnerships Electronic Ephemera /ProQuest 150,000 images of ephemera delivered through ProQuest free to HE/FE and public libraries. By subscription outside the UK

Delivery, access and sustainability

Free to all

Modern Welsh Journal Online and others

600,000 pages from 90 in-copyright journals in Welsh and English - institutional strategy

Use of existing infrastructures

Nineteenth-century Pamphlets /JSTOR

23,000 pamphlets drawn from seven UK research libraries and delivered via JSTOR

UK Theses /EThOS

Over 5000 ‘popular’ UK theses from 1730 onwards. Open access to content through EThOS, fees for added value services

Commercial partnerships

Electronic Ephemera /ProQuest

150,000 images of ephemera delivered through ProQuest free to HE/FE and public libraries. By subscription outside the UK

Collections Building a national critical mass E-resources on Ireland 100 key journals, 205 monographs and 2,500 manuscript pages from core Irish Studies collections Drawn from various libraries in Ireland British Newspapers 1620-1900 1.1m drawn from BL Collections 75% regional newspapers (e.g. Inverness Courier, Dundee Courier, Hawick Express) East London Theatre Archive 15,000 playbills, programmes to press cuttings and photographs relating Ephemeral material held in several distinct archives Independent Radio News 4,000 hours of radio news, current affairs and programmes from 70s to 90s from throughout the UK

Building a national critical mass

E-resources on Ireland

100 key journals, 205 monographs and 2,500 manuscript pages from core Irish Studies collections

Drawn from various libraries in Ireland

British Newspapers 1620-1900

1.1m drawn from BL Collections

75% regional newspapers (e.g. Inverness Courier, Dundee Courier, Hawick Express)

East London Theatre Archive

15,000 playbills, programmes to press cuttings and photographs relating

Ephemeral material held in several distinct archives

Independent Radio News

4,000 hours of radio news, current affairs and programmes from 70s to 90s from throughout the UK

Programme Outputs High-quality content for educational sector Extra emphasis on learning resources Developing critical mass in particular areas Developing cross-search facilities to provide linkage between project content

High-quality content for educational sector

Extra emphasis on learning resources

Developing critical mass in particular areas

Developing cross-search facilities to provide linkage between project content

Programme Outcomes Sophisticated rights framework Technical metadata knowledge Enhanced digitisation infrastructure Enhanced digitisation knowledge, both broad and detailed Variety of sustainability and business models Enhanced technical standards Greater awareness of digitisation needs, both from users and from collection curators

Sophisticated rights framework

Technical metadata knowledge

Enhanced digitisation infrastructure

Enhanced digitisation knowledge, both broad and detailed

Variety of sustainability and business models

Enhanced technical standards

Greater awareness of digitisation needs, both from users and from collection curators