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The Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) and JISC are running a FREE workshop exploring Business modelling/ Sustainability challenges and solutions for the long-term sustainability of grant-funded digital resources.

These workshops also offer delegates the opportunity to make the most out of their collections and archives using a range of free tools and digital strategies created by the Strategic Content Alliance. They will demonstrate how to harness copyright law, 21st Century business models and cutting edge technology and techniques.

The workshops are aimed primarily at delegates from universities, archives, museums, health, public service broadcasting, schools and cultural heritage. No particular technical knowledge is required as a prerequisite.

Why think about Business models or Sustainability?

Those involved in the creation or curation of digital content during the economic downturn will need to consider ways to strengthen the long-term prospects for non-profit digital resources so that the greatest impact possible can be leveraged through the ‘public purse’. In this way, these issues are of great importance to funders and grant recipients alike.

Topics covered will include:
• Maximising access and removing barriers to your content through SCA tools
• Frameworks for thinking about sustainability
• Suggested financial models that digital projects could pursue
• Real world case studies which explore how other public-sector organisations have addresses the issue on a national and international level.

During the workshop, attendees will have:
· Had the opportunity to de-mystify possible business models
· Discussed sustainability planning
· Seen how a selection of revenue models have been employed
· Evaluated the potential for their own organisation

Dates, locations and registration
Brighton
9.00- 16.00 6th July 2009
Brighton Jury’s Inn

Norwich
9:00- 16.00 7th July 2009
Norwich ‘Ipswich Road’ Holiday Inn

Register for these workshops at: http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/workshop