1 sca board meeting, 31 may 2011 jisc mediahub andrew bevan edina

1SCA Board Meeting, 31 May 2011

JISC MediaHub

http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/

Andrew BevanEDINA


Presentation

1. JISC MediaHub – service development to date

2. JISC MediaHub content

3. Future developments inc. new collections


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 functionsAllow for addition of new contentAllow 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


Existing JISC Multimedia services

Still images from the Digital Images for

Education project – replaced the original Getty Images content

from August 201017 film

and sound collections

3000 hours of news from ITN/Reuters archives, from1910-2007

•Three services run separately since 2003, 2004 and 2008


plus

• VSM Portal….a JISC funded project to create a portal that searched the web for quality multimedia content


= 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


Results page


More details on results page


Filter options


Full record – Inside MediaHub


Access

• Search and browse – open functionality on the web

• Play/download - for subscribing institutions• Floating box on clicking JISC MediaHub:


JISC eCollections

• Further recent development• Creation of a new subscription service

of which JISC MediaHub is one of three platformsOther 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


Content



3. Future developments inc. new collections


Digital Images for Education project

• 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/


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


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


Other film and sound collections (from FSOL)

• 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

• IWF Knowledge and Media GmbH

Logic 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


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)


Outside MediaHub (restricted)

•Scran (coming soon)

•British Library Archival Sound Recordings

•(also coming soon)




3. Future developments


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/


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


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...


Contribute a Collection to JISC MediaHub • Primary audience -Learners, teachers and researchers at UK HE/FE Institutions • We’re keen to include more high-quality image, film and sound resources

If you already have a web site describing each item of content - we can include your metadata

If you have a collection of digital images, films or sounds you would like to contribute for educational use online - we may be able to include your content and metadata.

• If you are interested in contributing collection metadata or content then please let us know what content you hold, under what licence, and why you would like it included.

• What's in it for my collection?• Increased exposure of your collection and more traffic to your site! Access to the

basic search and browse service is open, so anyone can search for any item on which we hold metadata. We create a page for each item using the metadata you supply, and redirect to

your site so users come to you for the original content. You remain in control of the original content on your site. Your collection description is included in the list of collections along with the terms

of use (Optionally) We provide a feed to multiple other aggregators on your behalf, further increasing the exposure of your collection e.g. to search engines.

• Feedback on usage to help you improve your metadata for discoverability. • An increased return on the investment you have already made in developing your

collection. • An enhanced experience for users, who can find items in your collection and

link them to other collections' content.


Contribute a Collection to JISC MediaHub - 2

• What practical steps do I need to take to include my collection if I want my metadata included in JISC MediaHub?

• If you already have a collection of images, films or sounds and a web site with a page describing each item of content then you're almost there. Your collection must also be licensed for use in education as the minimum - it's great if it's licensed for wider use.

• There are just 3 steps needed to include your collection: Get in touch with us in the first instance and let us know what content

you hold, under what licence, and why you would like it to be included along with your contact details. We will then consider your content for inclusion and discuss options with you.

You will then have to review the Content Providers Agreement and be willing to sign it. If you prefer not to provide a feed to other aggregators then you should choose to sign this agreement instead.

We will then contact you to discuss the final step, which is to agree the technical process of harvesting your metadata.

• If you do not already have a web site with a page describing each item of content then we may still be able to include your collection.


Contribute a Collection to JISC MediaHub - 3

• Are there any technical steps that I will need to take to include my metadata in JISC MediaHub?

If you are already familiar with metadata harvesting and have an OAI-PMH server set up then you will just need to share the details as we can harvest directly from that, as long as each record has a direct link to the record page in your collection (and ideally a link to a thumbnail image). Other options are being worked on and may be possible, such as harvesting via Z39:50 or SRU.

If you can export your metadata from your database into our preferred schema, then we can import it easily. How we transfer it depends on what size the files are - we're happy to receive it electronically or post if a drive/DVD is easier for you.

If you can export your metadata but not into our preferred schema that's fine, we may still be able to import it if you can share your database and schema so we know what data is in each field.

• You will also need to consider future maintenance of your site, if anything is due to change then you will need to notify us in advance so that we can keep the links valid so users can still find your content if you redesign your site. It would also be good to update us when you add new content to your site

• What do I need to do if I want to share content and metadata?• Get in touch with us in the first instance and let us know what content you hold,

under what licence, and why you would like it to be included along with your contact details. We will then consider your content for inclusion and discuss options with you.


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?

1 sca board meeting, 31 may 2011 jisc mediahub andrew bevan edina

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