The Digital Images for Education project was launched in January 2009 with a series of invitations to tender, held under EU procurement regulations, and we have created this website to provide up-to-date information about the progress of this important initiative.
When will the images be available?
This is a very complex project, particularly in view of the metadata requirements, and we anticipate that the images will not be available before summer 2010. We estimate that around a terabyte of data will be delivered each month from the content suppliers. Each of the images has to be checked for quality, and extensive metadata tagging is required to optimise search and browse. New features need to be built into the destination collections to enable the tagging to be exploited fully.
Why the emphasis on the last 25 years?
Many of JISC Collections’ most popular websites, such as the Education Image Gallery, cover 20th-century events very well, but are less strong in their coverage of the last 25 years or so. Our users asked for new images to bring the collections right up to date.
Will high-resolution images be available?
Yes, high-resolution versions of the images will be available. Still images will be provided in JPEG and in Quicktime formats, with thumbnails for retrieval and high-resolution versions downloadable.
Will use of the assets be restricted only to education? Will publishers like Oxford University Press, etc. be able to make use of these resources?
Images have been licensed for the whole of UK education, including further education and higher education. The licence we have negotiated with suppliers allows us to provide high-resolution images to the education community, but not for any commercial purpose, such as publishing.
What about use of the images by examination boards? Isn’t this an educational use?
If this use is commercial, then separate permission must be obtained from the copyright owners. The model licence does not allow for-profit use.
Hi I wondered whether the images could be used in marketing communications materials such as the university web site where we advertise course content, in subject brochures, in the prospectus and also in audiovisual material?
This project only collects the images – it does not publish them. If you want to use them for these purposes, then there will be a licence agreement you must sign when you download the images from whichever collection from which they are made available (e.g. Education Image Gallery).
Michael Upshall
Project Manager, Digital Images
Phone 01865 453410
FAQ
What is the purpose of this website?
The Digital Images for Education project was launched in January 2009 with a series of invitations to tender, held under EU procurement regulations, and we have created this website to provide up-to-date information about the progress of this important initiative.
When will the images be available?
This is a very complex project, particularly in view of the metadata requirements, and we anticipate that the images will not be available before summer 2010. We estimate that around a terabyte of data will be delivered each month from the content suppliers. Each of the images has to be checked for quality, and extensive metadata tagging is required to optimise search and browse. New features need to be built into the destination collections to enable the tagging to be exploited fully.
Why the emphasis on the last 25 years?
Many of JISC Collections’ most popular websites, such as the Education Image Gallery, cover 20th-century events very well, but are less strong in their coverage of the last 25 years or so. Our users asked for new images to bring the collections right up to date.
Will high-resolution images be available?
Yes, high-resolution versions of the images will be available. Still images will be provided in JPEG and in Quicktime formats, with thumbnails for retrieval and high-resolution versions downloadable.
Will use of the assets be restricted only to education? Will publishers like Oxford University Press, etc. be able to make use of these resources?
Images have been licensed for the whole of UK education, including further education and higher education. The licence we have negotiated with suppliers allows us to provide high-resolution images to the education community, but not for any commercial purpose, such as publishing.
What about use of the images by examination boards? Isn’t this an educational use?
If this use is commercial, then separate permission must be obtained from the copyright owners. The model licence does not allow for-profit use.
Hi I wondered whether the images could be used in marketing communications materials such as the university web site where we advertise course content, in subject brochures, in the prospectus and also in audiovisual material?
This project only collects the images – it does not publish them. If you want to use them for these purposes, then there will be a licence agreement you must sign when you download the images from whichever collection from which they are made available (e.g. Education Image Gallery).
Michael Upshall
Project Manager, Digital Images
Phone 01865 453410