Case Studies: Digitisation

Applications of JISC Digitisation project resources - open call for case studies

We are pleased to announce the availability of grants of up to £250 for case studies on the use of current or recent JISC Digitisation projects. These funds are available to further promote and support the use of JISC Digitisation project output. We wish to gather information and experience of the value of specific JISC digitisation projects listed below. Other digitisation projects are available but are probably of more interest to non-bioscience disciplines.

The Digitisation Projects

Medical Journals Backfiles
Free access to the best in medical publications – past, present and future
Phase one project. project website

Archival Sound Recordings at the British Library
Includes environmental soundscapes
Phase one project. project website

19th-Century British Newspapers at the British Library
searchable archive of images and articles
Phase one project. project website

Newsfilm Online
Events that shaped the 20th and 21st centuries online
Phase one project. project website

NEW Further information about 'Assisted take-up materials' to support the use of Newsfilm Online in learning and teaching is also available from the support project wiki

British Cartoon Archive Digitisation (BCAD) project
The largest online archive of cartoons in the UK
Phase one project. project information and website link

Scott Polar Research Institute: Discovering the Poles – Historic Polar Images 1845-1960
Historic Polar exploration resources accessible to all
Phase two project. project information and website link

UK Theses Digitisation project
Opening access to over 5,000 of the most popular British research theses
Phase two project. project information

British Newspapers 1620-1900
The first three centuries of newspapers from all regions of the British Isles
Phase two project. project information

Digitisation of the London Broadcasting Company/Independent Radio News Archive
The only UK radio news archive outside the BBC
Phase two project. project information

If you are interested in writing a case study then please email the Centre

The JISC digitisation program covers many projects over two phases. Phase one projects are scheduled to deliver e-resources by September 2007 but most are already available. Phase two projects are scheduled to run from January 2007 to July 2009 and may have resources available in advance of the completion date. For more information on the JISC Digitisation project programme go to www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation_home.html

This funding is provided under the Distributed e-Learning strand II Phase 2.