Archive for July 22nd, 2010

Out now: Digital Content Quarterly issue 3

Following a volatile spring and early summer, with events and decisions that affect everyone working in public sector digital content provision,  Digital Content Quarterly (DCQ) is championing those digital projects, initiatives and services that provide ‘best practice’, positive examples and opportunities for emulation in increasingly austere times.

This is the Keep Calm and Carry On issue in which we consider how organisations can take a ‘sharper, smarter, stronger’ view of their sustainability strategies and business models. Paul Lima from the Canadian Heritage Information Network and Katie Pekacar from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council look at how the cultural heritage community on both sides of the Atlantic can take a proactive approach to the economic downturn and build a stronger, leaner digital offering.

DCQ 3 is also packed with features, hints and tips, covering the widest spectrum of organisations yet, from the Internet Archive to Wikipedia. We are delighted to feature an interview with academic, journalist and BBC TV presenter Aleks Krotoski who gives a candid and enticing view of the television of the future as well as a glimpse of her new role as researcher-in-residence at the British Library.

An addition for this issue only is a supplement with four pages of features, video, sound and images to complement the work of the JISC Film and Sound Think Tank.

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 summer 2010 here:

Digital Content Quarterly, issue 3, summer 2010 (interactive version)

Digital Content Quarterly, issue 3, summer 2010 (non-interactive version)

And the Film and Sound supplement:

Fluency in Film and Sound: a new cultural imperative (a JISC Film and Sound Think Tank supplement) (interactive version)

Fluency in Film and Sound: a new cultural imperative (a JISC Film and Sound Think Tank supplement) (non-interactive version)

Please note that watching videos within the PDF 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. You can still watch the videos here on the blog: find them all at http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/wp/category/videos

Video: Liam Wyatt on Wikipedia and museums (edited highlights)

Liam Wyatt, the British Museum’s first Wikipedian-in-residence, explains how the Wikipedia and museum communities can best work together for maximum mutual benefit. This an ‘edited highlights’ version of a longer interview (watch the full interview)

Video: Roy Clare, Chief Executive of the MLA,

The Museums Libraries and Archive Council’s chief executive, Roy Clare, discusses the MLA’s approach to investment in the cultural sector in these ‘changing times’.

Video: British Museum’s Wikipedian-in-residence Liam Wyatt (feature-length version)

The British Museum’s Wikipedian-in-residence Liam Wyatt explains how Wikipedia and museums can work together for mutual benefit. (This is the feature-length version. There is also an edited highlights version)

Video: Brian Lavoie on the Blue Ribbon Taskforce on digital preservation

Brian Lavoie, who headed up the Blue Ribbon Taskforce, discusses its findings and its recommendations for funders.

Video: Robert Miller of the Internet Archive on funding

Robert Miller, Director of Books at the Internet Archive, describes the Archive’s innovative structure and discusses how it is tackling the funding challenges of the moment

Video: Ithaka’s Kevin Guthrie on the big issues in funding

Kevin Guthrie, president of Ithaka, discusses the big issues affecting funders and describes the work Ithaka and the Strategic Content Alliance are doing to help funders and projects become more sustainable.

Video: CHIN’s Gabrielle Blais on recession-busting

Gabrielle Blais, Director of the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), explains how CHIN saw off the recession of the 90s and offers advice to organisations in a similar situation today.