Tech focus
Tech focus: Lights, camera, action
The use of video in academic publishing continues to increase, writes Tim Gillett
Powered by burgeoning computing power, cheaper equipment and ever-more user-friendly video software, the use of video in scholarly communications continues its inexorable rise. Whether recording the
proceedings of industry events, embellishing and expanding e-book content, or bringing the magic of augmented reality to the textbook, humble mobile phones and high-end video cameras have become common currency on the industry circuit. But it seems that, in the greater scheme of things, video in academia is a relatively untapped market. Violaine Iglesias, of Cadmore Media, which helps
Sponsored by
organisations to publish scholarly and professional information through streaming video and audio, says that while the higher education world has long embraced streaming – with academic libraries
Wingardium leviosa!
This publication has been involved in two recent initiatives involving the use of video. Our one-day event in November, CISPC 2019, prompted the recording of two short films and the launch of our own RI TV channel at https://www.
researchinformation.info/ri-tv. And in October last year
we worked in partnership with Editage/Cactus Communications to create publishing wizardry on the pages of our print magazine. The technology, being developed by Cactus
Communications, is remarkably reminiscent of the magical newspaper, the Daily Prophet, that appeared throughout the Harry Potter series of films – but it could have exciting implications in the world of education and academia, and in many other areas of publishing. Imagine technical drawings that spring into animated life in the pages of medical textbooks or journals, short videos of laboratory processes that might otherwise take thousands of words to explain, or animations that sum up technical features
16 Research Information February/January 2020
licensing video collections from a handful of specialised providers – the scholarly and professional community has been slow to embrace audio and video.
In a paper written for
the NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference, Cadmore explained: ‘Not only is there a lot of untapped archival audiovisual content on hard drives all over the world, but more and more content is
or white papers. To check out the augmented reality magic, download the third-party Zappar app from the Apple App
store or Google Play onto your cell phone or tablet, hover over the image above, and check out the wizardry yourself!
@researchinfo |
www.researchinformation.info
TZIDO SUN/
Shutterstock.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32
