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Update from JISC Collections

Update from JISC Collections. RSC East & West Midlands: e-Resources Discovery Day. Update from JISC Collections. Latest news from JISC Collections. Brian Mitchell. Marketing Manager. Latest news from JISC Collections. New agreements British Periodicals Collections I and II

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Update from JISC Collections

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  1. Update from JISC Collections RSC East & West Midlands: e-Resources Discovery Day

  2. Update from JISC Collections Latest news from JISC Collections Brian Mitchell Marketing Manager

  3. Latest news from JISC Collections • New agreements • British Periodicals Collections I and II • The Burney Collection • NewsFilm Online • TheScientificWorldJOURNAL • Renewals: • Grove Art Online • Grove Music Online • Scran • Hairdressing Training • How to find out the latest developments from JISC Collections and staying in touch with us

  4. British Periodicals Collections I and II British Periodicals Collections I and II www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/british_periodicals • A digital archive of nearly 500 periodicals covering the arts, the built environment, humanities and social sciences available free in perpetuity to colleges, universities and research councils in the UK • JISC Collections’ purchase of the archive on behalf of these institutions means they can enjoy free access via ProQuest’s web platform to more than 250 years of content • A wide array of different types of periodical are represented in the Collections ‘A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism’

  5. British Periodicals Collections I and II British Periodicals Collections I and II www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/british_periodicals • Part of the JISC Collections UK National Academic Archive • The resource can be used across a range of subject and course areas in FE, for example: • History • English Literature • Also fine art, archaeology, drama studies, music and philosophy Hard Times by Charles Dickens

  6. The Burney Collection www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/burney The largest single online collection of English news media from the 17th and 18th centuries now available free of charge to colleges, universities and research councils in the UK It offers unique insights into two centuries of history through access to over 1,270 newsbooks, newspapers, pamphlets and a variety of other news materials published in England, Ireland and Scotland, plus papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia Collections is of wide interest to teaching staff and students in many different study and course areas The Burney Collection Sample page image from the Burney Collection

  7. NewsFilm Online NewsFilm Online www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/nfo • Over 3,000 hours of historic news footage from ITN's archive division, ITN Source, is now available free of charge to colleges in the UK • Featuring ITN and Reuters content, NewsFilm Online forms part of a £22 million digitisation programme funded by the JISC to promote the innovative use of ICT in education and research • Users at licensed institutions can download and edit clips and newsreels to create their own content for projects, and for use in virtual learning environments - a first for this type of material

  8. The ScientificWorldJOURNAL The ScientificWorldJOURNAL www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/tswj • The highly innovative journal is now available free of charge to all colleges and universities in the UK as part of the Knowledge Exchange initiative, following central funding from JISC Collections • An online scientific journal, TSWJ is organised as a matrix of overlapping domains, each acting as a journal in its own right with an editorial board, a table of contents and news • TSWJ publishes in the multidisciplinary nature of science, which includes biomedicine, chemistry, environmental studies, health sciences, life sciences, medicine, and some social sciences

  9. Renewals: Grove Art and Grove Music Online Grove Art and Grove Music Online www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/groveart www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/grovemusic • Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online agreements extended for one year with new pricing • Grove Art Online covers all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day • Grove Music Online covers all aspects of music worldwide • Wide subject relevance

  10. Renewals: Scran Scran www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/scran • A new 3-year renewal agreement for Scran started on 1st November 2008. • Under the new agreement, Scran will invoice institutions direct • Scran is an extensive educational image archive • A range of useful tools are included

  11. Hairdressing Training www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/hairdressing Hairdressing Training is an online learning package designed to support teaching of hairdressing and barbering across various awards including NVQ, SVQ, Diplomas and Apprenticeships In August 2007, the Learning and Skills Council provided funding to enable JISC Collections to make Hairdressing Training freely available to all UK Further Education institutions through Mimas Hairdressing Training

  12. Hairdressing Training www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/hairdressing Now using a system developed by Mimas, trainee hairdressers can learn barbering and hairdressing using their mobile phones, as well as a range of other handheld devices Hairdressing for Mobiles won the Tertiary, FE, HE and Adult Innovation award at the Handheld Learning 2008 Conference The Hairdressing Training web site has been updated with a new interface, updated haircutting and styling techniques Hairdressing Training

  13. Keeping up to date with the latest developments • Sign up to the JISC Collections monthly update • This is the latest monthly update from JISC Collections. The newsletter covers news about new resources, ongoing negotiations and other information and reports • The monthly update is also available on the JISC Collections web site at http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/news_and_events/newsletter. An RSS News Feed is also available • To obtain your own direct alert mailing (via a HTML or plain text email), please email JISC Collections at collections@jisc.ac.uk • Become a JISC Collections Representative • In order to improve communications between JISC Collections and the JISC community, we would like to invite Learning Resource Centre and Library staff to join the JISC Collections Representatives list. • The JISC Collections Representatives will act as a point of contact within their institution, ensuring that their colleagues receive relevant and appropriate information from JISC Collections. • To register, please complete the online form at http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/collectionsreps

  14. Contact information Brian Mitchell Marketing Manager JISC Collections Brettenham House 5 Lancaster Place London WC2E 7EN Tel: 020 3006 6004 b.mitchell@jisc.ac.uk

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