Hello all,
For info: this is somewhat relevant to CETIS educational content and
repository work since it mentions the creation of "a corpus of
interactive online education materials, which could also be hosted by
the national gateway".
The national gateway in question is one for Islamic Resources, not the
Jorum, though I guess that could be an implementation issue. Personally
I rather like the approach of having a discipline group define its own
needs for educational resources.
Phil.
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Subject: Report on requirements for digital resources in Islamic Studies
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:02:16 +0100
From: Alastair Dunning <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Alastair Dunning <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear all,
The JISC Digitisation programme recently commissioned some work from the
University of Exeter to look at the digital needs of the Islamic Studies
community within HEIs. This was in response to the subject of Islamic
Studies being made a strategic subject by the government.
A range of recommendations were made, many of which overlap with issues
JISC-funded projects are engaged in.
* The creation of a authoritative gateway to Islamic Resources
* Develop digitised catalogues of Islamic manuscripts and related
research material such as recent theses;
* The commissioning of a feasibility study into the creation of a corpus
of interactive online education materials, which could also be hosted by
the national gateway
* Continuation, and increase, of the subsidies for major online
reference works in Islamic Studies.
* The archiving of the websites of UK Islamic organisations
* Subsidising the acquisition of an online collection of research
monographs in Islamic Studies, should such a collection be developed by
a commercial organisation.
The full report can be downloaded via
http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/2008/07/09/
JISC is in discussion with HEFCE about how these recommendations can be
taken forward
Alastair
Alastair Dunning
JISC Digitisation Programme Manager
t: 0203 006 6065
JISC Office (1st Floor)
Brettenham House (South Entrance)
5 Lancaster Place
London WC2E 7EN
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation/
http://availableonline.wordpress.com/
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