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Multimedia Information & Technology ultimedia Information & Technology vol 34 no 3 August 2008 Missn 1499-90X http://mmit.willco.com MoLI’s Chairs and Spirits p93 Flanagan’s Cartoon p93 HD Opera From Round the World p68 Multimedia Information & Technology vol 34 no 3 August 2008 Contents MmIT vol 34 no 3 Aug 2008 Features The Story of MoLI’s Chairs and Hummingbird p67 the Spirits Ceara McCurdy and Sarah McMichael p93 with a cartoon from Flantoon Regulars News 67 Hummingbird Smart Tech HD Opera From Round the World Orphan Works Winston Churchill Fellowships Creativity and Learning from Adobe The Berlin Wall OCLC and Google Bookmycourse Fogscreen Orphan Works p73 Best of the Blog 77 War Child Emerald Online The Urban-Rural Digital Divide e-Learning from the BCS Reviews 81 Library Management Organising Knowledge Web Accessibility DVD & Video News 86 Product Review 89 PlusTek Flatbed Scanner Technology 91 Smart Technology Deep Web Searching p73 WikiREADia Alternatives to Google Free Writing Resources MmIT is published quarterly by the Multimedia Information & Technology Group of Cilip, and appears in print and electronic formats in February, May, August and November. Copy deadlines are the first of the month preceding publication. For all enquiries, contact the managing editor, Lyndon Pugh, at 45 Gwenllian Morgan Court, Heol Gouesnou, Credits this issue: Cover Blue Acoustic Systems With Red Computer Brecon, Powys LD3 7EE Deligodin, Sydney Opera House Radim Spitzer; this page Allen’s Hummingbird [email protected] Naturesdisplay; p67 World Map Sebast1an; p68 Opera House and Harbour or tel 44 (0)1874 610412. Bridge Sydney Yongliang Wang, Communication Satellite Dennis Thompson; The editorial board is: p69 Broadband Connection–Technology Background Triggerjoy; p70 Berlin Wall Anthony Hugh Thompson (Chair) Stephen Stiling; p75 Cosmic Connections Radu Razvan; p77 World Enveloped [email protected] by Net Jenny Horne, Fight On Soldier Penny Mathews; p78 Internet Chat Nyal; Lyndon Pugh (Managing Editor) p79 Global Broadband Norebbo, Graduation Cap, Books and Computer Flashon Alun Jenkins (Finance Manager) Studios; p80 Virtual World Sebastian Kaulitzki; p85, Web Button Raynald Bélanger; [email protected] p85-86 BFI; p88 Film Education; p89-90 Plustek; p91 Hard Drive Mehti Pasha Olwen Terris [email protected] Oskooie, Spider’s Web Kevin Curran; p92 The computer monitor Frolov Andrey; Kevin Curran [email protected] p93 Cartoon Mike Flanagan; p94-96 MoLI. Agency Dreamstime.com Unusual Applications New Technology Resources HD Opera Hummingbird UK Broadband Code of Practice Real Time Collaborative Adobe For College & Learning From Hummingbird School OPEN TEX T TM CO RP O RA T I O N , a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), has announced that Hummingbird®, the Open Text Connectivity Group, has signed a preferential pricing agreement with Eduserv, the not-for-profit, professional IT services group. This will allow colleges, universities and research laboratories in the UK to purchase the OCLC – Google latest Hummingbird product, Exceed Freedom™, at a significantly reduced price. The agreement will enable these institutions to use advanced remote access software and Exchange services they would have otherwise been unable to afford. Located in Bath, UK, Eduserv’s mission is to help learners, researchers and their institutions in general to capitalise on the benefits of information and communications technology which will support collaborative learning. Antenna Wire the Berlin Chest, the licence negotiation and management service, offers preferential pricing for software and data licenses on behalf of UK universities, colleges and other institutions Wall engaged in educational or research activities. 97% of UK universities and colleges benefit from at least one Chest agreement, once again enabling many to obtain software which would normally be beyond their budgets. Hummingbird has been participating in the Chest programme for 15 years, with Exceed®, Training Resources NFS Maestro™, HostExplorer® and Connectivity Secure Shell™, connecting Online students, researchers and academics to people, Hummingbird® connects people, data and applications, and helping them to data and applications in work more effectively. mission-critical environments The agreement between the companies SMART Technology through its remote expands the service, by including the newest application access and data product, Exceed Freedom, in the Hummingbird integration products. With 90% of product portfolio. Colleges and Global 2000 companies using its universities which have been relying on Orphan Works products for over 20 years, Exceed to connect to UNIX hosts and perform Hummingbird understands the scientific research and academic studies can financial and operational challenges now also acquire Exceed Freedom through which most organisations face, whether Chest at reduced rates, thanks to Chest’s shared Winston Churchill it is multiple systems, service model. disparate data sources or “Both Eduserv and Hummingbird have a Fellowship geographically dispersed teams. thorough understanding of the needs of higher For more information about educational institutions, which we’ve gained Hummingbird, go to: through close cooperation with colleges and http://www.hummingbird.com. universities over the past 15 years. We are Fogscreen very happy with the relationship we have with Eduserv and look forward to working 67 MmIT vol 34 no 3 August 2008 Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader in enterprise HD Opera From content management, helps organisations manage their business content. Working with customers and partners, it helps Around the World organisations capture and preserve organisational memory, automate processes, reduce risk and manage compliance. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com. Eduserv is a not-for-profit, professional IT services group with the mission to realise the benefits of IT for learners, researchers and the institutions which serve them. Eduserv achieves its charitable mission through the provision of sustainable services and funding research and development. Services include secure access to online resources, licence negotiation and management, web hosting and content management. Trading surpluses are used to support work across the education sector. ARQIVA , T HE BR O AD C AS T comm UNI C A T I O NS infrastructure company, UK-based but increasingly working world-wide, has completed its second season of live High Definition (HD) transmissions of The Met: Live in HD into European cinemas. The 2007-8 season played to capacity European audiences, and ended with Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment in the with them for years to come,” said Eugene Spring. Audiences throughout Europe have enjoyed another opportunity of watching the Cherny, the General Manager of stars of the Metropolitan Opera in High Definition TV. Hummingbird. “Adding Exceed Freedom The Atlantic Bird 1 satellite provides the live HD signal, which is then re-transmitted to the mix of products offered in the Chest via the Intelsat 10-02 and Atlantic Bird 3 satellites for live distribution into cinemas across programme will give these institutions Europe. The programmes are overseen by a staff member of the Metropolitan Opera, acting access to world-class software and services as a link with Arqiva’s staff. which is essential to furthering the The broadcasts are subtitled for local audiences, and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound is education of future generations.” used. There are live interviews and special features. All the content is saved for future use For more information on the programme by Arqiva. offered by Hummingbird and Eduserv, go Performances transmitted by Arqiva included Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Humperdink’s to: Hansel and Gretel, Verdi’s Macbeth, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Britten’s Peter Grimes, http://www.hummingbird.com/eduserv_ss. Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Puccini’s La Bohème and Donizetti’s La Fille Du Regiment. Exceed Freedom 2008 helps learners and Arqiva is based in Hampshire, with other major offices in London, Buckinghamshire and researchers to collaborate on projects in Yorkshire. It has ten international satellite teleports, over 60 other manned locations, and real-time. around 3500 shared radio sites throughout the UK and Ireland, including masts, towers and With new UNIX desktop sharing rooftops from under 30 to over 300 metres tall. Major customers include ITV, Channel 4, capabilities, Exceed users can now share Channel 5, the BBC, BSkyB, Classic FM, the five UK mobile operators, the RNLI and the their UNIX desktop environments and Metropolitan Police. Go to http://www.arqiva.com. applications with others over any geographical distance, easily and securely. Exceed Freedom also helps organisations improve communication, reduce waiting time, and accelerate business development and processes. Workers who need to be mobile can use Exceed Freedom to use UNIX application environments wherever they are based, gaining easy access to the same UNIX desk- top and applications from any location. Exceed Freedom preserves users’ work, and keeps valuable data alive in the event of a sudden loss of power or network connection. This significantly reduces down time and productivity loss. For more information about Exceed Freedom, please visit: http://www.hummingbird.com. 68 News UK Gets a New Voluntary Broadband Code of Conduct From OFCOM A NEW CO DE O F PRA ct I C E to ensure that internet service providers (ISPs) offer greater clarity over customers’
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