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The BUFVC and BoB National How can it aid your research?
British Universities Film & Video Council
[email protected] 7393 1500
The missionThe British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC)
promotes the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media within post-compulsory
education and research.
Supporting learning, teaching and research with moving image and sound.
Connecting you with the content you need.
Outline• BUFVC - who we are
• BUFVC - what we do
• BUFVC highlights
• BUFVC as a Research Partner
• Off-air recording
• BoB National - basics
• BoB National - how can it help you?
BUFVC - who we are• Founded in 1948 – 60 years of accumulated knowledge
• Established by academic staff to exchange knowledge and information
• Represents and serves the interests of 286 subscribing members, 216 of which are HE/FE sector establishments
• Limited company with charity status
• Democratically elected trustees from 12 member institutions
BUFVC - what we do• BUFVC Information Service
Enquiries, Publications, Databases (AV titles, websites, film collections, books)
• TV & RadioTelevision & Radio Listings database and Off-Air Recording Back-Up Service
• News on ScreenLargest newsreels/newsfilm database, supporting documents, Newsfilm Online
• ResearchInternational database of Shakespeare, newsreels, cinemagazines, David Lean etc.
• Training and EventsCourses, conferences, screenings, workshops
• Copyright, Consultancy, Advice
BUFVC highlights• Selected, negotiated rights, encoded and catalogued a significant
share of moving image & sound content delivered by JISC through EDINA.
• Released 3,000 hours from LBC archive and 2 other radio collections (bufvc.ac.uk)
• Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT)- 32,000 users from 216 HE/FE establishments- 1.35 million records added each year- more than 12 million so far with 60,000 records enhanced by BUFVC staff
• Records and retains more than 55,000 hours of television and 14,000 hours of radio per year. A decade of UK television now stored. Service started in 1988.
• Since 2007 over 50 one-day courses and two conferences.
• Produces a quarterly magazine - Viewfinder - and occasional books.
BUFVC as a Research Partner• Digital Outputs
Will assist in creating a digital output. Expertise in time-based media, archiving, metadata, digitisation (text, audio and video)
• Technical Appendix for Grant ApplicationsBUFVC has a proved track record in assisting research partners with the technical considerations for grant
• Build Impact Beyond the project lifeBUFVC develops digital outputs and resources that outlive the project thus increasing impact and widening the audience
• Research recordInternational database of Shakespeare, newsreels database, cinemagazines, David Lean, Film and the Historian, Channel 4 press pack digitisation, Federated Search and Database Enhancement for Impact etc.(Royal Holloway, Portsmouth, Leicester, King’s College, OU, etc.)
Off-Air Recording•Giving access to hundreds of thousands of hours of recorded television and radio
•Making it easy to find broadcast information and programmes
•Have recorded and kept 10 channels for 10 years(moderated service for access to DVD copies)
•Enabling access under licence and exception on behalf of educational establishments
Online off-air recordingshared service for all staff & students
Record television & radio
Archive indefinitely*
7 days ahead or behind
services managed centrally - no equipment purchase
Sharecreate clips, share playlists & programmes, tag, comment, rate
BoB National - the basics
BoB National - the benefits•Manage your own media recordings
•Benefit from other users’ recordings and playlists
•Set up media watch projects
•To come in October: subtitles will be searchable – analyse the content of any programme, including news
•Share television and radio programmes or clips with colleagues and students
