Archive for May, 2010

Event: June 7, London: Everything you wanted to know about Wikipedia but were too afraid to ask

Published by Michelle Pauli on May 18, 2010 in Events. 0 Comments

Liam Wyatt is Vice President of  Wikimedia Australia and a historian. He has recently been appointed as the first “volunteer Wikipedian in residence” at the British Museum – the first residency of its kind anywhere in the world. His principle task there will be to build a relationship between the Museum and the Wikipedian community through a range of activities, both internally and public-facing.

Culture 24 and the Strategic Content Alliance are pleased to present a FREE event on the afternoon of Monday 7 June (two sessions about 2 hours or so in duration). At this event, Liam will be drawing on his experience in bringing the museum and Wikipedia communities together to present a museum-sector-specific overview on the opportunities, benefits and challenges of working with Wikimedia. After his presentation, and along with other Wikipedians attending, there will be the opportunity for in-depth discussions and Q&A.

For further information and to register please go to http://c24scawiki.eventbrite.com

Download: Funders’ Forum presentations

Published by Michelle Pauli on May 14, 2010 in Business models, Events and Sustainability. 0 Comments

The JISC Funders’ Forum on Sustaining Digital Resources on 7 May 2010 followed a successful video conference held on 30 July 2009. This brought together public and not-for-profit sector funders in the UK, US and Canada to discuss and review funders approaches to developing sustainable digital resources. This year’s event provided a forum for a wider audience of organisations who are grappling with this issue. The event highlighted successful business models being used by projects; funder’s methodologies; new research and emergent trends on the development of effective business models for digital resources from across the globe. Powerpoint presentations from the day are available here:

Kevin Guthrie, President of Ithaka/JSTOR: The Big Issues

Brian Lavoie, OCLC: Emergent Trends: Blue Ribbon Sustainability Task Force Report

Alison Pollard: Funders Practices – what is and isn’t working in the digital age: The Big Lottery Fund

Concluding remarks by Prof David Baker, Deputy Chair of JISC

Out now: Digital Content Quarterly issue 2

Published by Michelle Pauli on May 4, 2010 in Digital Content Quarterly. 1 Comment

DCQ spring 2010 coverFollowing the successful launch of Digital Content Quarterly at the start of the year (and you can still download the launch issue), we’re delighted to bring you the second issue of the Strategic Content Alliance’s interactive magazine.

This time DCQ is themed around the current hot topic of ‘open’ – open content, open education resources, open data. It includes features from John Sheridan (Head of e-Services and Strategy at the Office of Public Sector) on the nuts and bolts of linked data; and Ahrash Bissell (Consultant to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on innovation in education and science and former executive director of CC Learn) who provides a thought-provoking look at the challenges and benefits of Open Educational Resources. The big interview is with Diane Lees, Director General of the Imperial War Museum, on her vision of the musuem of the future. You can also watch part of the interview as a video.

As always, the magazine also offers a news round-up of digital content issues from around the world and must-read columns from the Strategic Content Alliance’s digital experts.

Please do pass on the magazine to your colleagues and feel free to twitter, blog, bookmark, email and disseminate as widely as possible. We’d love to know what you think, so if you have any comments on features, suggestions for future issues or would like more information, don’t hesitate to contact us. You can also follow news on the Strategic Content Alliance twitter feed: SCA_NEWS

Download Digital Content Quarterly spring 2010 here:

Digital Content Quarterly issue 2, spring 2010 (interactive version)

Digital Content Quarterly issue 2, spring 2010 (non-interactive version)

Please note that video access will only be possible using Acrobat version 9 or greater. If you do not have Acrobat version 9,  download it here and enjoy the optimum version of the magazine: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html?promoid=DTELN

If you are unable to use Acrobat version 9 then please download the non-interactive, pdf without video version