Roger This brings the work MLA and Becta have been doing in this area neatly into focus. We have developed some guidance to mla's that should be published soon-ish. This is also an area of development for the DfES eStrategy - a number of mlas are on a DfES Special Interest Group in this area. The development of the National Education Network could offer a new insight to the problem. All children (and students) will have authenticated access to the network which could act as a 'walled garden'. British Pathe is already functioning in this way through a direct connection to the NEN. These developments may open up a new way of approaching the issue ... D David Dawson Head of Digital Futures Museums, Libraries and Archvies Council Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4EA -----Original Message----- From: elearning projects group: museums and galleries, libraries and archives <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thu Jul 27 10:39:17 2006 Subject: Re: Image Banks for Schools - NOF Digitise Claire and all, Have you read the terms and conditions on the enrichuk site? These Ts&Cs are a nightmare for teachers. And what happens after Dec 2007? If I was a teacher and gathered together a range of images from this site that are particularly suitable to help teaching/learning of a certain topic, and constructed teaching materials around them, then in 17 months time all that work will have gone to waste because I will no longer be licenced to use the materials. If the MLA sector really want to gain a role in education, before schools find ways of getting what they need, while ignoring the offerings of MLA organisations, then some serious work needs to happen soon - to understand educational needs and to develop business models that can service that need, while still fulfilling the needs of the public-service, cost-recovery and profit-making business models of MLA sector organisations. I was involved in a major piece of work looking at all these issues over a year ago, and despite that piece of work having been circulated to key people and discussed, I regret to say I see nothing happening in the MLA sector which is going to have a serious impact in helping schools find what they need. Regards Roger. Roger Broadie, Director, Broadie Associates Ltd. 99 High Street, Chatteris, Cambs, PE16 6NP, UK. [log in to unmask] tel: +44 1 354 695583 mobile: +44 7710 328672 fax: +44 1 354 696647 on 7/27/06 9:33, Claire Hudson at [log in to unmask] wrote: > The NOF Digitise programme invested £30 million in digitising material from > museums, libraries and archives, on the understanding that this would be > available for re-use by anyone, for non-commercial use. All the projects can > be accessed at www.enrichuk.net > > Our own NOF project, www.peopleplayuk.org.uk has had great feedback from > education users who appreciate not only the images but the stories which > accompany them. Teachers sometimes make unexpected use of images. For > example, a special needs teacher used photographs of theatrical performances > on the site to role play social situations with autistic children. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Unless stated otherwise the information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. It is intended solely for the addressee. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments from the system. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________