Presentation delivered by Nicola Osborne at the Jisc FE Windows project workshop in Gower College Swansea, Swansea on 27th June 2014. An overview of the Jisc MediaHub service, which is being offered free to FE in the UK.

1. Jisc MediaHub for Colleges
June 2014
Nicola Osborne
nicola.osborne@ed.ac.uk

2. Jisc MediaHub
• Service for UK Higher Education and Further Education.
• Released in 2011.
• Jisc-licensed multimedia licensed, copyright-cleared for
educational use.
• Includes rare archival material and extensive news film
collections rarely found on the open web.
• Also enables searching across high quality external
multimedia collections.
• Part of Jisc eCollections subscription service.
• FREE for colleges (more information: http://www.jisc-collections.
ac.uk/).

3. Jisc eCollections Content
• Identified by Jisc MediaHub
triangle.
• 40+ collections ranging from
news film, to youth
photography, classical music,
feature length social
commentary films, wartime
propaganda, engineering
lectures, design sketches,
experimental ads, etc.
• Material includes:
• 76,000+ videos
• 57,000+ images
• 250+ audio
• All material is copyright-cleared
Browse all collections: for education
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/explore/collection

4. External Collections
• Marked by grey square with red
arrow
• Carefully selected collections -
high quality content that is usually
provided under appropriate
license for education.
• Search allows you to find the best
available materials both from Jisc
eCollections and external
collections
• Full view and download of these
items is always via the external
collection’s site.

5. Jisc MediaHub Service
Login for Colleges via UK
Federation (Shibboleth), where
available, or via College IP range.
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk

6. Search, Filters, and Search Results
• Search brings back thumbnails for all results.
• Hover over thumbnail for more information
• Click on thumbnail for full record page, larger
image or video, and more information
• Filters let you refine results by format, collection,
genre, subject, date, or change rankings.
• Simple search box or advanced search options.
Double quotes (for exact phrase), and Google-like
+ and - operators supported.

7. Explore Jisc MediaHub
• Browse and
explore materials
by Collection,
Place, Subject,
etc.
• Find learning
materials around
Jisc MediaHub
content.
• Browse most
searched for or
viewed items.

8. Record Page
• View and download full length
video clips, listen to full sound
clips, or access full size images.
• Find rights and credits
information.
• Access information about the
item - title, date, location, tags,
thumbnails, etc.
• Find associated resources, e.g.
shotlist, scripts (some news film).
• Mark, Save, Favourite or
Comment on the item (UK
Federation login required for
some of these).
• Like, favourite or share the URL
for the item via social media.

9. Live Demo
http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk

10. Find Out More…
• Jisc MediaHub Help sections full
of practical advice and support.
• Jisc MediaHub Blog - provides
highlights from collections (e.g.
1984 Miners Strike, War Horses,
Mandela), key news, etc.
• Jisc MediaHub Widget - embed
our search box on your college
website, blog, or VLE.
• EDINA Helpdesk - can help you
find out more about subscribing,
getting set up, publicity materials.
• Facebook page and Twitter
presences - stay in touch, find
interesting highlights, ask
questions.
http://mediahub.blogs.edina.ac.uk

11. Questions or Comments?
• Any questions on Jisc MediaHub?
• Do you already use the service in your
College?
• Would your college have particular requests or
like advice or support to use Jisc MediaHub?
• Are there things you think we are doing well?
Are there things we could be improving?
• Further questions very welcome via:
edina@ed.ac.uk