I'm thinking of a reason to call my resource SCRUMPIE. A.S.
> Date sent: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 14:10:34 +0100 (BST)
> From: Prof Bruce Royan <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Janice Yeadon <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: 100 days...
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> SCRAN stands for Scottish Cultural resources Access Network.
> SCRAN is also a Scots dialect word: as a verb it means to be on the
> lookout for things to appropriate, and as a noun it means nourishment -
> both meanings relevant to SCRAN!
>
> Bruce
>
> On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Janice Yeadon wrote:
>
> > Bruce
> > A brilliant project but why on earth call it SCRAN?
> > Regards
> > Janice
> >
> >
> > At 09:14 06/04/97 +0100, you wrote:
> > >There being 1000 days till the millennium, I thought I'd just remind
> > >elibbers about a project they may find of interest to which that date is
> > >particularly important
> > >
> > >SCRAN is a millennial project to build a multimedia resource base on the
> > >INTERNET for the teaching, learning and celebration of history and
> > >material culture in Scotland. It is not trivial in scale, proposing to
> > >spend some 15 Million pounds sterling over five years: half from the
> > >Millennium Commission, and the rest from a range of galleries, museums,
> > >archives and other institutions in the form of cash, in-kind contributions
> > >and, crucially, intellectual property rights.
> > >
> > >SCRAN is in a position to fund projects to create digital multimedia
> > >resources from existing Art, Architecture and Artefacts. In exchange,
> > >institutions grant to SCRAN and its members a non-exclusive license to
> > >exploit these resources for educational purposes. By the Millennium, the
> > >resource base should contain some 1.5 million text records of real world
> > >objects, plus 100,000 multimedia representations of a selection of these.
> > >
> > >More info on SCRAN at;
> > >www.scran.ac.uk
> > >
> > >
> > Janice Yeadon Telephone 0171 594 8840
> > Sub Librarian Collection Development Fax 0171 584 3763
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> > London SW7 2AZ
> >
> >
>
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