1. Imagine IF... Dr Stuart D Lee Reader E-learning/Digital Libraries University of Oxford © All images taken from Oxford’s Great War Archive or FWWPA, and Europeana so no worries about copyright... but I need to add copyright statements... I will do... I promise

3. What would you like? Global view Multi-theatre ops Naval history Medical material Colonial experience Legacy Theme around which to address other issues/barriers Value for Money Impact Openness Digital literacy Engagement National identity Social inclusion Discovery Know what is available ‘Living’ catalogue of resources Easy searching/retrieval Depth of collections Printed documents - training material, etc Maps, statistics, Govt docs Advice on APIs Advice on IPR

4. What would you like? Every piece of known content relating to WW1 in the world available digitally for free, fully searchable, fully cross-linked, fully reusable without any rights restrictions Every piece of unknown content relating to WW1 in the world available digitally for free, fully searchable, fully cross-linked, fully reusable without any rights restrictions

5. What would you like? Every... known... unknown... content... global... freely reusable... discoverable Supported by tools/apparatus presented for me and my needs

6. Content Global Rights Charging Technology Every Pay per-search

7. WHY?

9. Bridging divides

10. Make sense out of the incomprehensible DERIVE MEANING FOR NOW

11. citizenship

12. A new ‘social memory’?

13. NationAL IDENTITY

14. Declare our intent make all material available for future generations to use free of charge, remove any barriers we can for its dissemination and reuse

15. Triple Alliance Content - Release existing, create new, target gaps, assist smaller heritage units, UGC Discover & Disseminate - open standards, open licences, facilitate linking, cross-searching Engagement - open educational resources, online tools and social media events, real-life events

16. Are we missing anything? Key themes or messages? How can we help others to contribute (smaller heritage centres and the public)? How will we engage all sectors in this, and make it useful for them? Yes: official documents, printed ephemera, medical material (beyond shell-shock), naval material, etc Shared services and infrastructure, DIY kits/best practice, engagement/UGC activities Not just history researchers

17. Sustainable

18. A Plan A collective declaration - shared terminology/authority list, open standards/data, and open rights - commitment to support and promote each others’ projects/events Shared timetable of events (Culture24? BBC History?) Shared list of projects (IWM Centenary Programme?) Shared/federated “catalogue(s)” of content, learning resources - MIMAS? One stop place for UGC (Europeana, IWM, BBC, Oxford?) National/EU centres archive material (multiple archives?) Portal

19. Questions Does the JISC White Paper have any value for other organisations? What could or should funders do? How can projects not become short-lived silos? What are the gaps in planned WW1 content provision? Which audiences need further opportunities for engagement? How can this be delivered? Are there unique examples of innovation which can be shared between organisations? How could we engage ‘difficult to reach’ international partners (African states, India, Pakistan etc)?