Archive for August, 2008

Upcoming SCA Home Nations Forums: Scotland, Wales, N Ireland

We are delighted to announce the next series of Home Nations Forums:

  • Scotland Forum: 25 September 2008, 10am-3pm Apex City Hotel, Edinburgh
  • Northern Ireland Forum: 2 October, 10am-3pm, Radisson SAS Hotel, Belfast
  • Wales Forum: 8 October 2008, 10am-3pm, Park Plaza Cardiff

We see these Home Nations events as an opportunity to share knowledge and seek input from experts in these areas of the UK. We very much look forward to sharing the work of the SCA, learning more about the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish environments, and looking at how we can work together.

Presentations and updates on the following subject areas will be featured:

  • BBC UK CenturyShare, update from Simon Delafond
  • Changes to the EU Copyright Legislation
  • Audience Analysis Update
  • Content Framework and JISC future investment in content creation
  • National Library for Health (Cardiff only)

Registration for all these events is now available online at http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/scaforums_2008_2

The full programme will be available here on the blog shortly.

Podcast: Naomi Korn on IPR

Podcast iconIn this podcast, recorded at the SCA Home Nations forum in Cardiff last month, Rebecca O’Brien speaks to Naomi Korn, the SCA’s Intellectual Property Rights consultant, about why IPR is important.

Naomi explains that IPR is a major preoccupation and consideration for the SCA because it affects the flow of content to users. She discusses risk management approaches to dealing with orphan works and pockets of excellence where organisations have found pragmatic pathways to dealing with IPR.

Listen to the podcast