How Jisc MediaHub allows sophisticated searching and discovery of a large range of multimedia items. Presented by Andrew Bevan at the RSC Northern efest 2014, Sunderland, 5 June 2014.

1. Discovering what you can’t always
get from Google
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
Andrew Bevan – EDINA User Support

2. What is EDINA?

3. What is Jisc MediaHub?
• Service for UK FE and HE
• Released in 2011
• Jisc-licensed multimedia
content, copyright-
cleared for educational
use
• Archival collections,
rarely available on open
web
• Plus search results for
external multimedia
collections
• Part of Jisc eCollections
subscription service
• FREE TO COLLEGES
http://www.jiscecollections.ac.uk/

4. Jisc eCollections content
• Identified with triangle
• 40+ collections
• Records:
• 76000 + video
• 57000 + images
• 250 + audio
• All copyright-cleared
for use in education
http://mediahub.blogs.edi
na.ac.uk/collections/

5. TV news
• ITV News 1955-2007.
Daily news
programmes plus
special broadcasts.
34,000+ records.
• Channel 4 News 1982-
2007. Lunchtime,
evening and special
news. 6,500+ records.
• Channel 5 News 1997-
2004.
• AP Archive.

6. Cinema news
• Gaumont Graphic,
1910-1934. Silent,
sound from late 1920s.
8,087 records.
• Gaumont British News,
1934-1959. Bi-weekly
newsreel. 2,476
records.
• British Paramount
News, 1931-1957. 77
records.

7. War and propaganda
• Imperial War Museum
film. WWI, WWII, Cold
War, post-war
reconstruction, Civil
Defence, 1990s Balkan
conflict. 50 hours.
• Imperial War Museum
images. 3 collections:
Art of First World War,
Art of Second World
War and a collection of
proclamations. 4,000 +
records.

8. War and propaganda
Educational and
Television Films Ltd
• 100 hours of film
from political left
including USSR,
China, Eastern
Europe, Chile and
Cuba. Legacy of
Stanley Forman.
• Documentary
footage of 1917
Russian Revolution,
Spanish Civil War,
Nazi Germany,
Vietnam War, Tibet
and Beirut.

9. Documentary film
• Royal Mail Film Classics -
documentary, public
information, animation and
industrial film, mainly 1930s
and 1940s. 16 hours.
• Amber Films - independent
documentaries from North-
East, 1968-1980s. 39
records.
• Films of Scotland -
documentaries on all aspects
of Scotland. 1938-1982. 50
hours.

10. Science & Engineering
• IET.tv - aimed at
engineering, highly
regarded.
Presentations and
expert interviews
from 2002-2012.
3,028 records.
• Biochemical Society
– charts development
of biochemistry in
late 20th C. 36
records.

11. Medicine
• Wellcome Library –
500+ records from
1912 to 2000s.
Evolution of medicine
and health care.
• St George’s – 19 films
on aspects of medical
practice from leading
UK medical school.
• Sheffield University –
47 hours on range of
subjects, including
medicine and bio-
medical science.

12. Classical Music
Culverhouse Classical
Music
• 50 hours of classical
music and associated
scores. Core repertoire
plus rarer pieces from
17th to 20th centuries.
• Editing of media files
permitted.

13. Art
Fitzwilliam Museum
• 1,000 images from the
diverse collections of
The Fitzwilliam
Museum in Cambridge.
• Includes major artists
such as Canaletto,
Turner, George Stubbs
and John Constable.
Copyright: The Fitzwilliam Museum, The Last of England, Ford Madox Brown, 1860.

14. Design/architecture
• GovEd - 15,000
images by Francesco
Troina, mainly
covering
architecture, design,
engineering, media
and travel and
tourism.
• Design Archives –
material from 1945-
1985 from University
of Brighton. Posters,
product design
images, retail
images.

15. Contemporary images and video
• Getty moving images
– 8,000 records covering
cultural, social and
political issues. 1920s -
2000s (mostly 2000s).
• Getty still images -
Nearly 12,000 images of
political, cultural, and
social history, covering
the major events of
recent world history.
• PYMCA – images of
contemporary UK youth
culture. 1960s-2000s.
Copyright: Getty Images, Focus On Jerusalem As Jewish New Year And Ramadan Coincide, 2007.
See more at: http://Jiscmediahub.ac.uk/record/display/022-76739771#sthash.HEWUQo8A.dpuf

16. Social history
North Highland College
• The Johnston Collection
is a historic photographic
collection of national and
European significance.
• 1840-1979.
• Caithness and Sutherland
areas.
• 10,000+ images.

17. Feedback opportunities
• Feedback survey in service:
https://www.survey.ed.ac.uk/jiscmediahub/
• Jisc Collections workshop:
 Focussed ‘workshop’ - 18th March in London,
 Options for future-direction of content
 Outcome – reshaped Jisc MediaHub to better reflect community needs
• Also call for Case Studies – June 2014

18. Search
• Search at top right of each screen.
More than one word? Get results
containing any of those words.
• Enclose phrase in double
quotation marks
• Add +plus sign immediately
before words to ensure they
appear in results.
• Add -minus sign immediately
before words to exclude from
results.

19. Search
• more options…
• Restrict:
 media type,
 access type,
 Newsfilm only.

20. Results

21. Filter
• Filter and sort options
available on left of
results page.
• Date filter is for decade
only – try advanced
search for date range.
• Sort options at bottom
left.

22. Advanced Search
In addition to media type
and access type:
• More specific keyword
search
• Select collections
• Date range search
• Subject, genre,
duration, other fields
• Sort options
• ‘Live result’ box

23. Jisc MediaHub Explore
• Several Explore options available:
 Collection - can browse all content
from each collection, background
and any reviews
 Subject displays for Jisc eCollections
content only.
 Time creates a timeline based on
your search term, that you can zoom
and pan
 Place is a Google map with location
markers of Jisc eCollections content
 Learning materials has case studies
and reviews
 Newsfilm – browse by subject or
search by date range

24. Explore by Place

25. Full record
• Play
• Download –
 Video: Windows Media,
Quick Time (some), Ogg
Theora
 Audio: AAC, WMA, Ogg
Vorbis
• Share
• Bookmark with tags

26. Full record
• Link to terms
of use
• Add comments
• View metadata
• Shotlist and
frame grabs
may be
available
• View similar
items

27. Bookmark
• Must be logged in
with institutional
login
• Edit any field
• Click on Suggested
tags, or your tags
• Click Submit

28. My MediaHub

29. Uploads
• Users can share images
• User Uploads collection

30. Uploads process
• 1 – Upload via Flickr
account or your
computer

31. Uploads process
• 2 – Edit to add a
Creative Commons
license and metadata

32. Uploads process
• 3 – Publish. Cannot publish until CC license selected.

33. Search widget
• Find the code in the About > Support area.

34. Social media
Lots of posts highlighting content:
• Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
• JFK : Life and Death in the Media
Spotlight
• Fantasy Speakers’ Corner
• Our 20th Century Industrial Heritage
• Legacy of the Genetic Codebreakers
• Tutankhamun
• Robert Burns – Man of the people
• many more…
http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
@Jiscmediahub

35. Questions
Copyright: Think it Over!, Imperial War
Museum, 1916.