The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) have awarded a grant of 4 million pounds
to Resources for Learning in Scotland. RLS is a consortium of the National
Library of Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland, the Scottish
Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), and over 100 Scottish archives
and libraries.
RLS was set up to create digital content for the study and celebration of
social, cultural and industrial heritage in Scotland, complementary to and
integrated with the SCRAN resource base.
SCRAN is the managing agent for the consortium, and the tens of thousands
of newly digitized multimedia resources that will result from this project
will all be downloadable through the SCRAN User Licence.
The main focus of this new programme of projects is Lifelong Learning, and
a website has been created, specifically for this audience, at
www.rls.org.uk. Currently this website gives information about the new
project, and allows searching and browsing of multimedia from many rls
contributors.
Prof Bruce Royan, CEO, SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network)
http://www.scran.ac.uk/ tel (+44) 131 662 1211 fax(+44) 131 662 1511
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