E-Publishing
Music Plus Project Cuts Carbon
Music Plus piloted an innovative project to look at ways of cutting carbon emissions through online distance learning.
Uist Wool – from The AmbITion Approach to building the strategy
Uist Wool is a community benefit society that will operate a new spinning mill and wool centre on the island of Grimsay. Uist Wool is based on the principles of People, Planet, Profit: seeking to benefit the many, establishing sustainable practices and creating a viable enterprise to support the communities of the Outer Hebrides. They…
Scottish Music Centre – Case Study in Archive Digitisation (Watch!)
Scottish Music Centre: Digitisation Project from Scottish Music Centre Education on Vimeo. The Scottish Music Centre has an extensive collection of over 38,000 items as part of its remit to document and promote the musical life of the country, past and present. We have been acquiring material for over forty years: sheet music, sound recordings,…
Radio Free Hebrides – supporting local culture through podcasting…
Radio Free Hebrides is a project by Hands On Studios, a small company supporting the audio arts, based on the Isle of Skye. In 2013/2014 we received an award from Amb:IT:ion Scotland to help to create a strong foundation of digital content, and help to grow our audience so that we could move forward, finding…
How To Get Going With Video Creation
This AmbITion Scotland How To… Guide explains the basics of choosing digital video kit to suit your content creation needs and budget options.
Augmented Reality Brochures: Manipulate Festival of Visual Theatre video showcase
One of the limitations around a paper marketing brochure is that that it can’t show or tell you how attending an event will feel. A more multisensory experience can though, and the Manipulate Festival of Visual Theatre, which shows innovative international theatre and film, have used an augmented reality (AR) platform called Layar to bring…
Top tips on e-publishing
These top tips by Hannah Rudman review the main e-publishing platforms and considerations when planning a digital publication. It is relevant to any cultural, heritage or arts organisation that has print publications such as catalogues, text and guide books, non-fiction books, etc.
Video: Litfest, Ludus Dance, & Lantern House International – Case Studies in Digital Development
Video case study: Litfest is a literature festival and literature development agency based in Lancaster. Artistic Director, Andy Darby shares how their digital development has changed their products and distribution.