New JISC multimedia service in development

Early next year, the initial version of a new JISC multimedia service will be available from EDINA. Under the working title of Mediahub, the service will combine the collections included in the existing JISC-funded services – Film & Sound Online and NewsFilm Online – as well as the moving and still-image collections from the JISC Digital Images for Education (DIE) project. Education Image Gallery will offer the DIE still-image collections from October. Mediahub will also cross-search external collections in the same way as the JISC Visual and Sound Materials Portal Demonstrator at EDINA.

Support staff at institutions subscribing to Education Image Gallery, Film & Sound Online and NewsFilm Online have already been informed of the key information relating to this development, and a blog is now available to inform a wider audience, including end-users, of Mediahub developments over the coming months.