In the latest edition of the monthly SCA newsletter there’s an update on the Gowers review of IP, with special reference to orphan works, details of a new libraries action plan, Home Nations news in brief, plus dates for the diary and a report from the National Digital Inclusion conference.
Click through below to access the newsletter in pdf format.
On 23 June 2008, Chris Batt will be holding an afternoon London workshop on ‘Audience Analysis and Modelling’. It follows his Audience Analysis report.
The purpose of the workshop is:
To review the content and recommendations of the Final Report of the SCA work package on audience analysis and modelling that was undertaken during the first three months of 2008
To discuss the importance of audiences in the e-content value chain and whether there are other approaches to audiences and modelling should be considered
Following on from this workshop the report and recommendations of ‘Audience Analysis and Modelling’ will be revisited. This workshop will help plan the next phase of study of audience methodologies and the SCA’s investment in the future. This will form a part of the UK Content Framework, to be delivered in March 2009.
Read on for the full programme but please note that numbers are strictly limited so please register your place with Emma Beer at your earliest opportunity.
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On 8 May the SCA and Ithaka met in New York for a workshop held to discuss Ithaka’s paper on sustainability of online academic resources (a parallel event had been held in Lon in April, details here).
Below, and attached as a Word document, are Kevin Guthrie’s notes on some of the main themes that arose during the session. It includes a list of next steps that were identified for research or concrete measures that would advance sustainability.
We welcome your feedback on the recommendations as well as the notes, especially your sense of what possibilities strike you as having the highest priority. Over the coming weeks, we will be following up to assess what Ithaka and other organisations might do to act on these ideas. Thanks in advance for any input you can provide.
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A final version of the Ithaka report on Sustainability and Revenue Models for Online Academic Resources is now available to download.
Read on for the Executive Summary and to download the full report as a pdf.
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