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A presentation given by Stephen Gray from JISC Digital Media at the Collections Trust Briefing Day for Museum Development Officers in London on 23 November 2009
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JISC Digital Media
Who we are
• Formerly TASI
• JISC-funded service offering free advice on all aspects of ‘digital media’ to UK’s educational and cultural heritage sectors
JISC Digital Media
Who we are
Still Images
Audio
Video
Cross-media
JISC Digital Media
Who we are
Libraryscience
Media production & photography
Conservation & media archives
e-learning
JISC Digital Media
Services
What we do
Helpdesk service
• Free• Operates 5 days a week• We acknowledge queries within 1
working day and respond within 5• Warning: queries usually prompt a list of
further questions!
What we do
Workshops
• Digitising to archival standards (video, audio, images)
• Media production (video, audio, images)
• Developing and managing collections
• Metadata (video, audio, images)
• Copyright and IPR
What we doThe Website: Web 2.0 tools
• Sign up to mailing
list (500 users)
• RSS Newsfeed
• Twitter feed
• Community Blog
• Live ‘surgeries’
What we doThe Website: Advice documents
• Over 200 available
• Searchable by media type: image, video, audio or cross-media
• Or by lifecycle phase: creating, digitising, managing, finding & using
Colour Management for Still Images
Budgeting for a Digitisation Project
Guide to Image Editing Software
Setting up a Workspace for Digitising Images
Copyright and Digital Images
Audio Processing
Metadata and Audio Resources
Planning a Video Digitisation Project
Digitisation Staff Training
What we doThe Website: Advice documents
What we do
Consultancy
• Assisting with funding applications
• Advising on long-term media preservation
• Helping with collection development
• Developing institutional policy
• Research relating to digital media
Why do museum folk use
JISC Digital Media?
Museum case study
Theatre Collection
An accredited museum and research centre dedicated to the study of
British theatre history.
Museum case study Theatre Collection
• MLA-funded project• Dual aims: access and
preservation• Collection: 19th century
theatre-related photographs, magic lantern slides, textured drawings, glass plates
Museum case study Theatre Collection
• Advised on initial project structure
• Provided training in scanning techniques
• Offered best practice in handling fragile original materials
Museum case study Theatre Collection
• Set up scanning workflow• Set up metadata workflow• Advised on digital asset
management system• Suggested ways to
maximise accessibility and usefulness of new online image collection
In conclusion
• We are a standards-based organisation• We are a free-to-use advisory service• We can help with
– meeting technical challenges– project management advice– creating, managing, using and preserving digital
media
www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk
