The Information Environment programme consists of a number of strands, each of which will deliver specific services, tools and mechanisms which will in time make up this managed and coherent environment. The key strands are:
- Doorways to the future – Accessing online resources through portals Portals developed by the programme will enable cross-searching across otherwise distinct and discrete resources. They will provide easy and seamless access to a range of resources, both by subject but also by data type, such as images, moving pictures and sound, and so on. Crucially, these portals will be able to be integrated into institutional learning environments and local portal developments.
- Making the most of our wares – Building and sharing community resources Institutions and individuals create resources that are potentially of immense benefit to others. Programmes within this strand will develop a range of tools and mechanisms that will encourage new ways in which the education community can build and share resources together.
- Joining up delivery – Developing 'shared' services To enable portals and other services to deliver diverse digital resources, machine-readable information about services, content, rights and users is required to act as the “glue” between portals and the content itself. 'Shared' services will provide this mechanism, enabling the user to interact with relevant resources according to subject, institutional and personal profiles.
- From libraries to learning – Digital resources in practice This strand of work will explore practical implementations in the joining up of information resources and VLEs. Institutions are grappling with these issues and this work will ensure there are exemplars and generic models for the community to learn from
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