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The take up of online moving images

Luís CarrasqueiroAssistant Director BUFVC – Online Projects and

ServicesHead of Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and

Sound Online

British Universities Film & Video Council

77 Wells Street, London W1T 3QJ, UKDirect tel. 020 7393 1510

[email protected]

MAAS Media Online

• Managing Agent and Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Soundwww.bufvc.ac.uk/maas

• Managing Agent: identifies, clears rights, digitises and describes content

• Advisory Service: trains and advises on digitising, managing and delivering online audio and video.

• Education Media OnLine (www.emol.ac.uk)

Existing Sources – Sample

http://www.emol.ac.uk/

JISC service, content provided by MAAS, hosted by EDINA

Education Media OnLine

www.emol.ac.uk• Download and save, use and re-use• Over 1,000 titles already available• Covering numerous subject areas• Windows Media and QuickTime (768

Kbps)• Full length and 2-5 minute segments• Detailed metadata• Restricted medical content

www.emol.ac.ukcontent provided by MAAS, service provided by EDINA


SOCIOLOGY• Cultural effects

of WorldWar II

• Rationing in Britain

• Society and theIndividual

Film: Food FlashesCollection: Imperial War Museum

Movie from Education Media OnLine



CHEMISTRY• Organic

Chemistry• Polymers• Material

Science• Packaging

Film: An Intro to Organic Polymer…Collection: Sheffield Univ. Media




HEALTHCARE• First Aid• CPR Procedures

for Infants• Infant Care

Film: The ABC of CPR for InfantsCollection: Healthcare Productions




HISTORY• Russian

Revolution• Socio-Economics

in Pre-Revolutionary Russia

• Fall of the Tzar• Bolsheviks

Film: February 1917Collection: ETV


• Education Media OnLine (www.emol.ac.uk)

• Web stuff… – google.com, alltheweb.com, www.bufvc.ac.uk/gateway

Existing Sources – Sample

• Pathe, NLN, other JISC, local content, etc.• Off-air materials… but mind the (new) law!

http://www.emol.ac.uk/

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/gateway

Factors limiting take-up

• Resources “controlled” by librarians

• Access to networked services “controlled” by IT managers who (often) dislike supporting video

• Teachers/support staff do not know how to use and frequently do not understand movie/audio files – the VHS/DVD culture is predominant

Current model …• Promotion to Librarians, teacher trainers and Regional Support Centres (RSCs) that communicate direct with teachers/support staff

•Mixed regional resource/technical events

• Creation of case studies addressing technical, skills and cultural limitations and concerns

• Presentation of workshops that focus on usage of video/audio files - copyright anxiety, basic editing skills, integration of files into learning materials

… current model Download is the preferred delivery mechanism: sense of ownership and reliability similar to VHS/DVD

Eliminates network anxiety and pleases IT managers (some at least): content may be stored and/or streamed locally

Still most video file segments are very large and may clash available storage or quota policy

Very difficult to audit use!

Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Sound Online

Advisory ServiceBritish Universities Film & Video Council

77 Wells Street, London W1T 3QJ

e-mail: [email protected]: +44 20 7393 1502fax: +44 20 7393 1555www.bufvc.ac.uk/maas

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