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Free consultation on creation of video resources

Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 24 June 2009
Tags: news | staff training | video |

Video Assist is open to those working in UK further or higher education. We will provide specific project support for 6 projects (2 per term). The deadline for applications for the first round is next week - Fri 3rd July 2009. Please see the Video Assist page for further information and the application form.

Video: Care and Feeding of a Mermaid, State Library and Archives of Florida

• Helpdesk and training provide expert guidance

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Tuesday 23 June 2009
  Tags: case studies | digital collections | news | photoshop | software | staff training | teaching | training |

  A new case study reveals how we have been of help to our FE colleagues.

• New read - the edgeless university

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 23 June 2009
  Tags: e-learning |

  A new book Edgeless University: why higher education must embrace technology has just been released by JISC. The title gives enough of a hint to tell you what it is about. It is available to order now and is also available as a PDF with an accommodating creative commons licence. Enjoy.

• Voice recorders on the iPhone

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Friday 19 June 2009
  Tags: accessibility | delivery | e-learning | microphones | mobile | podcasts | sound recordings |

  First impressions of the Voice Memo function in the new v3.0 iPhone software and comparison with an equivalent existing utility.

• RSC summer conference tour

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 18 June 2009
  Tags: event | news |

  We're mid-way through our tour of the JISC Regional Support Centres' summer conferences.

• A world of noise

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 16 June 2009
  Tags: digital preservation | finding audio |

  

• Earliest known sound recordings

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 10 June 2009
  Tags: finding audio | sound recordings |

• BBC Mobile day

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 09 June 2009
  Tags: e-learning | mobile |

  This coming Thursday (11th June 2009) the BBC's Internet blog will be having a Mobile day.

• Advice doc - Quandary

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 09 June 2009
  Tags: delivery | e-learning | news |

  We have just released our advice document that will introduce you to the Quandary interactive decision software.

• Announcing Video Assist!

  Posted by Steve Hull on Monday 08 June 2009
  Tags: news | staff training | video |

  JISC Digital Media today announces the launch of Video Assist, a new service offering free in-depth support to projects in HE and FE institutions which require the creation of moving image resources.

• Backing up Flickr

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Monday 08 June 2009
  Tags: flickr | migration | workflow |

  If you're like me, you may have wondered at some point how to download/back-up all of your full size Flickr images. Dan Benjamin of Hivelogic has a solution that uses a python script to solve this pesty issue.

• Free moving image resources!

  Posted by Steve Hull on Thursday 04 June 2009
  Tags: digital collections | finding moving images | music | repositories | video |

  The Prelinger Archive is a collection of 'ephemeral' films: things like ads, educational films, industrial films, things that don't usually get collected in archives.

• ALISS:  one day summer conference

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 03 June 2009
  Tags: digital collections | e-learning | teaching |

  The Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences (ALISS) are holding a one day summer conference at Coventry University on 29th July 2009.