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JISC Digitisation Programme

The JISC Digitisation Programme was a series of projects to digitise the cultural heritage and scholarly materials in universities, libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural memory organizations in the United Kingdom, from 2004 to 2010 The program was managed by the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee, the body that supports United Kingdom post-16 and higher education and research in support of learning, teaching, research and administration in the context of ICT. The Programme had three main strands. * Phase 1 ran from 2004 to 2007 and funded six separate digitization projects. * Phase 2 ran from 2007 to 2009 and funded sixteen projects. * Enriching Digital Resources ran from 2008 to 2010 and funded twenty-five projects.

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The JISC Digitisation Programme was a series of projects to digitise the cultural heritage and scholarly materials in universities, libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural memory organizations in the United Kingdom, from 2004 to 2010 The program was managed by the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee, the body that supports United Kingdom post-16 and higher education and research in support of learning, teaching, research and administration in the context of ICT. The Programme had three main strands. * Phase 1 ran from 2004 to 2007 and funded six separate digitization projects. * Phase 2 ran from 2007 to 2009 and funded sixteen projects. * Enriching Digital Resources ran from 2008 to 2010 and funded twenty-five projects.

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