Spot the Difference! introducing iTrace, identifying visual plagiarism in the arts.

摘要

The University for the Creative Arts has a history in managing and creating digital resources to support learning & teaching in the creative arts environment. UCA's Library and Learning Services (LLS) has supported the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) at UCA for over 14 years, and more recently it has set up a new Digitisation Unit. This dual session will uncover some of the research, development and innovation that is being carried out by both these units within UCA Library and Learning Services.ud udVADS became a Research Centre of the University in 2008, where innovative and emerging issues relating to learning, teaching, and research with digital images are explored.  The team has led a range of externally-funded JISC projects in this area which are highly collaborative in nature, working with partners across the arts education sector. This session will introduce one such project, which is currently researching the complex and nebulous concept of ‘visual plagiarism’ as well as exploring what relevance and applicability that visual search technology may have in this area.ududHaving set up a new Digitisation Unit within the Library, UCA has just embarked on an ambitious and innovative project which aims to increase the volume of material available to students in digital format, enabling them to access texts, image and time-based materials anytime, anywhere in the UK. In this part of the session the project will be introduced and discussed in the context of UCA’s emerging Digitisation Strategy, which is drawing from the experience, reputation and best practice that has developed within the Institution over the past decade.