Digital Images for Education
JISC and JISC Collections are pleased to announce a series of three tenders to provide digital images for use by the UK education community (schools, further education and higher education). The three calls will comprise:
- Still images from commercial agencies and other organisations (up to £0.75m) - more details
- Film and video footage from commercial agencies and other organisations (up to£1m) - more details
- Still and moving images from the academic sector (up to £0.75m) - more details
The images should record key people and events across the world, covering five broad subject areas:
- History (UK, European and world history)
- Social sciences (including politics, economics, education and environment)
- Science, engineering and technology
- Art and creative industries (including images of buildings and works of art)
- Geography (emphasising exploration and the changing world)
The tender will require image rights to be granted for perpetual use within education. For all three tenders, suppliers will be required to provide metadata that complies with the project criteria.
For the first two tenders, the images supplied must refer to the most recent 25 years. This restriction does not apply to the third tender.
Call for Evaluators
To ensure that images selected for this project meet the teaching and learning needs of the education community, we are seeking participation from as many librarians and academic staff as possible in an online consultation during January 2009.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Michael Upshall by February 13 th, 2009, and please specify:
- If your experience is in Higher Education, Further Education, or in Schools
- Which of the five subject areas you are interested in marking
Questions
Contact Michael Upshall, project manager, at m.upshall@jisc.ac.uk or phone 01865 453410