Completions and new beginnings
March 20th, 2009 by Naomi8 months is a long time between posts, but as I am starting to wrap up a number of projects and plan ahead - I’m beginning to realise how busy the months between blogs have been. In short, the Web2Rights Project (www.web2rights.org.uk) will be finishing in just over a week. It’s been unbelievably an 18 month project and in the end, looking at what we had hoped to achieve and what we have actually achieved, I think that we have really pulled out the stops and produced some fantastic stuff. Its been such a relevation for me in working with a team with such various skill sets. So whilst, we have a core group of us IP specialists, we have been working with learning technologists and pedagogic experts - who have helped turn the conventional communication of copyright, licensing and other legal issues on its head. I’m extremely proud of what we have all achieved and the amazing team I have been working with and will be pretty excited when we present our final project deliverables at JISC Conference on Tuesday. The value of engaging with next generation technologies in our toolkits, will live on after our project formally finishes, through our website and the posters and its going to be interesting to see what happens next.
This week also sees the completion of another couple of my projects, including the delivery of the complete IPR and Licensing Toolkit for the Strategic Content Alliance, as well as the delivery of the “In from the Cold” project report on the extent and impact of orphan works on public service delivery. In these two cases, like the Web2Rights project, the real value of what we have done extends beyond the deliverables, and into full benefit realisation such as the potential impact on practice and policy.
With a number of new projects starting next month, it really is time to realise what has been achieved over the last year and the realisation of the impact of these projects, but also to gear up and get pretty excited about the new projects ahead.
