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Title: www'arkive'org


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www.arkive.org
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What is ARKive?
  • The worlds centralised digital library of films,
    photographs and sound recordings of the worlds
    species
  • preserved and maintained for future generations
  • freely accessible online for public, scientific
    and
  • educational use.

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Facts and Stats
  • Created by Wildscreen and launched in 2003 by Sir
    David Attenborough
  • 2000 species, 70 hours of film, 15,000 stills,
    and peaking at 25,000 visitors a day
  • Numerous awards
  • Most famous names in wildlife film-making and
    photography have contributed including BBC,
    National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History
    Museum and numerous commercial picture libraries

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Who uses ARKive?
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  • What keeps visitors coming back to the ARKive
    sites?

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Sunday Times-Website of the Year "Noble in
its cause, flawless in its execution...this is
broadband at its best - entertaining, educational
and vital - and a template for future online
museums."
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What next?
  • Increased number of ARKive species and volume of
    digital media across the sites plus add in new
    ways of accessing ARKive
  • Revamp of navigation and search engine
  • Guided tours or learning journeys along with
    popular content highlighted

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Longer term
  • User specific, giving visitors a personalised
    experience depending on their age and what they
    are looking for e.g. specific search or just
    browsing.

New Projects
  • Wildfilm History 100 years of wildlife
    film-making

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www.arkive.org
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