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The art of partnership: a Scottish case study*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Bruce Royan
Bruce Royan*
Affiliation:
Concurrent Computing Ltd, Bowmont Tower, 41 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh EH10 4BL, UK
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Email: bruce.royan@concurrentcomputing.co.uk
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Abstract

The Scottish Cultural Resources Network is a nationwide collaboration of institutions from many curatorial domains, which has built a massive and sustainable multimedia digital library including tens of thousands of resources for the study and appreciation of art. This paper traces the history and governance of SCRAN, with examples of how it manages the creation of digital content. It goes on to describe issues of intellectual property rights and organisational sustainability and discusses what future such a service may have. Finally, it introduces a number of SCRAN-based digital libraries, including Resources for Learning in Scotland, the AMICO Library™, and the British History Library, as well as portal services such as Netwide Search.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 2003, pp. 15 - 22
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2003

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This is a revised and expanded version of a paper given at the workshop Connecting art libraries: partnerships and projects held by the IFLA Section of Art Libraries at the IFLA Conference 2002 in Glasgow.

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