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Apologies if you get more than one copy of this email David David Dawson Senior ICT Adviser Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries 16 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA email: [log in to unmask] tel: 020 7273 1415 www.resource.gov.uk www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk Join the People's Network mailing list at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/peoplesnetwork.html Join the ResourceNews mailing list at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/resourcenews.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Emma Wright > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: DCMS:TESSA JOWELL ANNOUNCES #12 MILLION FUNDING > TO DEVELOP > PROJECT > > > Culture Online press release from the Department for Culture, > Media and Sport > > > DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT > 118/2002 20 June 2002 > TESSA JOWELL ANNOUNCES #13 MILLION FUNDING TO > DEVELOP PROJECTS FOR CULTURE ONLINE > > The school curriculum and adult learning will be enlivened by a > series of Culture Online projects to be launched this year, Culture > Secretary Tessa Jowell announced today. > > Culture Online (COL) will use the latest technologies - via the > Internet and other digital platforms - to offer new forms of access > to the nation's cultural resources. As well as providing key > resources for schools, it will allow people around the country to > learn from and participate in a variety of innovative new projects. > By inspiring and motivating children and adults, Culture Online will > encourage them to interact with the arts, heritage and culture in new > and more creative ways. > > GBP13m of funding will be available to fund this stage of Culture > Online, covering the period 2002 to 2004. The money will be spent on > 20 to 30 targeted projects. Drawing on the varied resources of > cultural institutions, the projects will be accessible in a variety > of ways including an online gateway linked to Curriculum Online and > the National Grid for Learning, both run by the Department for > Education and Skills. > > Announcing the funding Tessa Jowell said: > > "Culture Online has the potential to transform people's experience of > the arts, dissolving barriers of distance, time or attitude. By > allowing children and adults to access the rich resources of our > cultural sector they will acquire a world class educational and > recreational tool. > > "These new projects will demonstrate what is possible by creating a > 'digital bridge' linking new digital technology with cultural > resources, educational institutions and homes. I hope they will prove > a powerful learning asset offering children and adults new insights > into our wonderful cultural heritage." > > DCMS will shortly be inviting organisations to put forward proposals > for involvement in projects. Criteria for the assessment of proposals > will also be published. > > Projects might, for example, deliver: > > - interactive technology allowing people to see a major exhibition at > a national museum that they were unable to visit. The experience > could be enhanced through digital television, the web, and > connections with other events throughout the country. The museum > could also collaborate with television companies, historic sites > and local museums with relevant collections. This would enable > people to explore the history, influences and inspirations behind a > great painter's work, or to participate in a local project inspired > by the exhibition. > > - a cross-curricular project on the impact of the Second World War, > incorporating a virtual tour of London during the Blitz designed by > a computer games company, recordings of local people's wartime > experiences collected by a group of museums working with > schoolchildren, and the creation of a digital storybook showing how > the region changed as a result of the war. > > Culture Online projects will unite the abilities of cultural > organisations and the private sector, including broadcasters, > education professionals and those on the cutting edge of digital > technology, to create innovative, high quality resources for adults > and children. > > Notes for Editors > > 1. The Department was awarded #5m Development Funding for Culture > Online. It engaged independent business strategy consultants to > conduct a full economic options appraisal which set out a business > plan for COL. A further #10m has been allocated for the production > of 20-30 targeted projects for children and adults over the next > two years. > > 2. Culture Online is an integral part of the DCMS e-business > strategy, which, in itself, is a response to the Government's > commitment to the UK Online programme. This programme aims to > ensure everyone who wants it has access to the Internet by 2005 and > that all Government services are online by that date and to make > Britain one of the leading knowledge economies. > > 3. 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