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From: Dooley,Jackie <dooleyj(a)oclc.org>
Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:07 PM
An interesting new study from JISC and RIN in the U.K. to develop priorities
for digitization nationwide, including looking at users' needs.
Jackie Dooley
Consulting Archivist, OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership
dooleyj(a)oclc.org
949.492.5060 (office/home)
949.295.1529 (mobile)
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/reports/discmap.aspx
JISC, in collaboration with the Research Information Network <
http://www.rin.ac.uk/> 1 (RIN), has commissioned a study that will identify
the key priorities for future digitisation of content held within UK Higher
Education institutions.
The aims of the study are to:
1. 1)identify priority collections for potential digitisation housed
within UK HE's libraries, archives, museums as well as faculties and
departments
2. 2)assess users' needs and demand for special collections to be
digitised across all disciplines, including the life and physical sciences
as well as the arts, humanities and social sciences
3. 3)produce a synthesis of available knowledge about users' needs with
regard to usability and format of digitised resources
4. 4)provide recommendations for a strategic approach to digitisation
within the wider context and activity of leading players both in the public
and commercial sector
DiSCmap <http://discmap.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/> 2 is being carried out by the
Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde, in
collaboration with the Centre for Research in Library and Information
Management, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Download the final report <
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitisation/discmap_final…
3and appendices <
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitisation/discmap_final…
4.