RSC Wales Great LRCs. I travelled up to Wrexham the day before the meeting – for once my trains from Aberystwyth were on time, wahey! I got off the train to a warm breeze, and joined two of my RSC Wales colleagues (Lis Parcell and Christine Davies, who had been in North Wales visiting various institutions already). I liked the place where we stayed – The Lemon Tree, a neo-Gothic building with Italian-themed decor. [The Lemon Tree, exterior] [The impressive carved wooden staircase inside] The meeting the next day was a good chance to meet many of the LRC managers – as well as those who attended Deeside College venue, we were videoconferencing with other locations (Coleg Morgannwg and Swansea College). After the meeting we were given a tour of the Deeside College ‘Learning Zone’ by the LRC manager, Patrick Cox, and I was able to ask my usual librarian questions about classification schemes (UDC in this case), collections, staffing and so on… The photos below were taken by Lis Parcell.
[I love libraries!] Rscwales. Library.wales.org: Learning in a Digital Wales: Learning in a Digital Wales - programme details (Social Learners) Cross-media: Finding Subject-Specific Digital Media Resources. There are a multitude of websites providing access to a wide range of digital media resources (images, video and audio) covering many subject areas. This can be very bewildering if you are searching for specific resources to use in the lecture/classroom or for inclusion in a VLE (virtual learning environment). The purpose of this document is to provide a subject-specific guide to finding digital media resources with links to a number of useful websites. Introduction You should read this document in conjunction with our Finding Video, Audio and Images Online which gives a useful overview of tools and strategies for finding digital resources, and highlights some of the general sources you can use. We have divided the guide into the following categories: art and architecture; news and current events; history; maps; and science, technology and medicine.
This is not an exhaustive list. Links are listed alphabetically and have been arranged as follows: 1. 1.1 Museums, galleries and collections 2. Cross-media: Finding Video, Audio and Images Online. There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources. This is one of two advice documents about finding digital media resources online. This first document looks at tools and strategies for finding digital resources, and highlights some of the general sources you can use to find images, video and audio to use in teaching, learning and research.
The other document provides advice and pointers on finding subject-specific types of still images, moving images and sound files. You may also be interested in the online tutorials we developed with Intute Virtual Training Suite - Internet for Image Searching, Internet for Audio Resources and Internet for Video and Moving Images Resources. Be clear about what you want Web directories. Social Learners by Hannah Mathias on Prezi.