RSC Learning Resources Conference8th November 2012, Manchester

Andrew Bevan (EDINA)

JISC MediaHub

1. Service introduction

2. Collections

3. Overview of key functions

4. Terms of use

5. Subscription

6. Keeping in touch

• Service includes copyright-cleared film, image and sound files for educational use,

• plus searching JISC MediaHub delivers results from other collections of film, image and sound

Login options

Collection types

Inside JISC MediaHub

• 130,000 media items

• Digital Images for Education content

• ITN/Reuters archives, including Gaumont cinema newsreels

• Other collections of film and sound, including Performance Shakespeare, Culverhouse Classical Music, Imperial War Museum, Getty, Royal Geographic Society, St Georges Medical School and more.

• http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/collections/

TV news

Cinema news

Documentary film

History

Medicine

Science

Humanities

Contemporary images

Social history

Outside JISC MediaHub

• 595,000 media items

JISC MediaHub Home page• Search (and advanced search link) available at top right of

each page• Rotating selection of images in centre

Results page• Sorted by relevance• Refine/filter options on left• Hover over small images, pop up box with more details on

left

Refine results options

Individual results

• Icon to denote collection type, e.g. Inside JISC MediaHub• Icon to denote media type, e.g. still image• Preview, mark, or click MORE…

Full record

Option - click to browse other items from this collection

Download options Mark item,

saves it in My MediaHub

Share via email, Facebook, Twitter and more

Full record• Description• Click on any of the details to generate a new search• Links to similar content and recently viewed items

Inside MediaHub options

• Download image, 2 size options

Inside MediaHub optionsVideo• For Inside MediaHub videos, you will see a frame from the video. You

can play the video within the full record page and download in a range of formats.

• NOTE: if your video is longer than average, you may see a list of clips on the right hand side of the video image. Select each clip separately to play:

Inside MediaHub options

Audio• For Inside MediaHub audio files, you will see an audio

player to allow you to listen to the file. You can download the audio file in a range of formats:

Outside MediaHub options

For Outside MediaHub image, video and audio files, you will see a small image representing the media item, but you link to an external website where you may have to login to view/play/download the item:

JISC MediaHub Explore

• Explore by Collection, Time, Subject, Learning materials, Newsfilm or Place

Explore collection

Explore timeline• Search to create timeline• Zoom in to see more detail using control on right • Move along timeline using blue arrows on right

Explore Subject

• This area allows you to explore the Inside JISC MediaHub content, which has been catalogued with one of two subject classifications

• Unesco subjects – Film & Sound Online content• IPTC subjects – DIE and NFO content• Click on top level subject to start, click blue figures to see results

Explore Learning Materials

• Previously commissioned content, more being added

Explore Place

• Heat map of database records

Explore Newsfilm

Advanced Search

Number of results displayed here

Select collections to search

Input keywords and/or subjects

Select collection and/or media type

• Combine keywords, subject terms and selected collections• Live search results at bottom of page

My MediaHub

Terms of Use

You can:• Create local cache to improve access• Download metadata, films and scripts• Print metadata, stills and scripts• Use in course materials • Use in coursework• Include in secure VLEs, MLEs• Display, download & print for promotion, testing &

training • Display at seminars, conferences, workshops

Terms of Use

You cannot:• Display without appropriate acknowledgement • Sell or resell the licensed material and/or

metadata• Remove or modify copyright• Alter, adapt or modify• Publish content on the open web• Commercial use or any other non-education

purpose

Terms of Use

• Outside JISC MediaHub• User needs to check terms of use• Full record page links to Terms of Use on

external site• http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/about/unrestrict

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Future development

Check out the Roadmap section of the blog for updates: http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/category/roadmap/

Feedback

• 74 responses to survey• Results summarised and sent to JISC Monitoring

Unit• Questions on ease/frequency of use

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