edina exchange 11 may 2004 lens is more… rick loup multimedia services development officer sound...

EDINA Exchange 11 May 2004

Lens is more…

Rick LoupMultimedia Services Development Officer

Sound & Picture Studio


EDINA Multi-media Services

• EDINA currently hosts, manages and delivers two JISC-funded services

– Education Image Gallery• 50,000 images from the Getty archive

– Education Media OnLine

• Film and video for download

• Open to project work



Education Image Gallery

• Funded by JISC• 50,000 images licensed from

Getty Images– 10,000 selected by consultation

with user community

• Hosted by EDINA as pilot service until 31 July 2004– Full service will run until 31 July

2007

• http://edina.ac.uk/eig/

© Getty Images




• Selected by leading academics

• 3,000 images per decade from the late 19th century through the 20th century to the present-day

• Subject areas include history, entertainment, sport, science, fashion, politics, women's studies,music, conflict, film, art, and leisure

© Getty Images



Education Image GallerySample Record• Filename : hh6942-001.jpg • Title : Mobile Phone • Date : 20th June 1932 • Description : A motorcycle fitted out

to look like a giant telephone in an effort by the GPO to bring home to the public the importance of the phone. The dial on the wheel bears the slogan, 'The World at Your Finger Tips'.

• Agency : Topical Press Agency• Subject : Telecommunication• Keywords : black & white,

format landscape, Europe, Britain, England, vehicle, motorcycle, telephone, couple, male, female, riding, bizarre, unusual scale

Mobile Phone ©Getty Images




• For users at subscribing institutions:

• All images are copyright-cleared and free to download for educational use

• All images in screen-resolution format

• No watermarking on images

• Images in printed teaching and learning materials do not need to be deleted at end of current subscription in 2007

© Getty Images




• 40 subscribing institutions since launch in Jan 2004

• 30-day service trials available (via JISC): http://www.jisc.ac.uk/EEIForm

• Institutional rates based on JISC banding:– From £250 to £1,600 per annum

© Getty Images



Education Media OnLine

• Funded by JISC

• Produced by MAAS and EDINA

• MAAS: Managing Agent and Advisory Service

– Joint activity of British Universities Film and Video Council and Open University Rights Department

© Getty Images




• MAAS’s work:– Selection– Acquiring rights– Digitisation and encoding– Cataloguing/metadata creation– Raising awareness

• EDINA’s work:– Hosting– Design and development– Delivery – User support

© Getty Images




• www.emol.ac.uk

• Launched in Jan 2003

• Over 150 institutions subscribe

• Free service - no charge for subscription until at least 31 July 2005

• Constantly evolving content

© Getty Images

© Getty Images




• Currently ten collections, c300 hours:– Anglia TV, Educational and Television Films

Ltd (ETV), Films of Scotland, Healthcare Productions, Imperial War Museum, IWF, Logic Lane, St George’s Hospital Medical School, Sheffield University Learning Media Unit, The Trials of Alger Hiss (1980)

• New collections by July 2005 should include:– Open University Worldwide, Amber Films,

Royal Mail, Biochemical Society

• New collections will include audio-only material, perhaps music

• New user interface for AY 2004/5

© Getty Images



• Sample Record

Title: Clydescope Country SCOTLAND Duration 29 mins 29 secs Credits writer: Murray Grigor, Songs and Narration:

Billy Connolly, Animation: John Byrne Year 1974 Description Panorama of the Clyde from Biggar to

Brodick with Billy Connolly. Collection Films of Scotland Director Murray Grigor Segment 3 Black and white scenes from GLASGOW

AND THE CLYDE COAST: Rothesay pier. Passengers are boarding an unidentified steamer. A selection of general views of the engine room on the Waverley steam boat. Billy Connolly is singing on the deck of the Waverley together with Ron Geesin on guitar. An aerial shot of the steamer going down the river. General views of a model paddle steamer. General views of the Waverley as she moves down river. Billy Connolly is stood by the Crocodile on Millport Bay. A black and white shot of the Crocodile taken from GLASGOW AND THE CLYDE COAST.(Running Time 0:03:58)




Later today…

• Written questions to EDINA staff for 4.10pm Q&A

• 12.25-1.45pm:Service demos during lunch break

• 1.45-2.45pm: Challenges of using still and moving images in FE and HE

– Speakers: Luis Carrasqueiro, Director of the Advisory Service, MAAS, www.bufvc.ac.uk/maas/

– Karla Youngs, Director of Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI), www.tasi.ac.uk


edina exchange 11 may 2004 lens is more… rick loup multimedia services development officer sound...

Documents

images images

edina exchange

edina maas

edina staff

free service

billy connolly

service demos

pilot service