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Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a site to find an image of humorist A.E.T. Henry? Darrell M. Newton, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Mass Media and Cultural Studies The Department of Communication Arts Salisbury University 269 Fulton Hall Salisbury, MD 21801 (410) 677-5060 Office (410) 543-6229 Department homepage: http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~dmnewton/ >>> Hugh Chignell <[log in to unmask]> 02/19/09 10:05 AM >>> Anthony, Thanks for your reply to my slightly frustrated inquiry about Infax and the fact that academic researchers do not have use of it. I appreciate your help and I don't want to stir things up too much but I wasn't entirely convinced by your argument. If the BBC's position is that Infax cannot be put online because this would constitute a broadcast then why is it available online to commercial researchers? If you visit the BBC Motion Gallery on the BBC website it states "As a registered user you'll enjoy total access to our full suite of features including; Search the BBC Archive" https://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/Register.aspx So online access to Infax is available for commercial users but not for academic researchers! If I was 'Hugh Chignell Films' I could look at Infax from my desk here in Bournemouth, but if I am 'Dr Hugh Chignell' trying to write a history of BBC radio current affairs, I can't. This is not actually about copyright or compliance, it's about money. Best, Hugh Dr Hugh Chignell Associate Professor of Broadcasting History, Bournemouth Media School Bournemouth University POOLE BH12 5BB Tel 01202 965763 Mob. 07799 643970 -----Original Message----- From: The History of the BBC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anthony McNicholas Sent: 12 January 2009 11:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [BBC-HISTORY] BBC public catalogue As promised, I have enquired about the status of the public version of INFAX, the BBC's internal sound and vision catalogue. As you will know, an experimental version of this was put up in order for us to test it, to iron out glitches. It immediately highlighted serious data protection concerns and had to be taken down. It is still the BBC's intention to put a version back up on line. There are at present 3 different approaches to this: one the BBC's own, which is progressing, but slowly; the BFI union catalogue project, funded by the DCMS which the BBC may become involved in - this path would mean some form of the BBC catalogue would be accessible this way, through the BFI; the Europeana project which is a huge Europe wide scheme which the BBC is again discussing participation in. Whichever is the eventual method of getting the catalogue back up there are technical issues to be solved. these are not insurmountable and just depend on the money and people hours available. The more serious and time- consuming problems are with the nature of the material itself. The catalogue which was created over a long period of time and for internal purposes contained a lot of information which could cause difficulties as a public document. An online catalogue would legally be a broadcast or a publication and would therefore need to meet current standards on compliance, editorial policy etc. It would have to satisfy Ofcom. Most of the material was created at a time when no one had heard of such things. In short, I am told it will be back. I will keep you informed. anthony The UK's no. 1 new university The Guardian University Guide 2009 This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.