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For Education
UNESCO
The University of Texas at Austin
Moscow State University
Abamedia, LP
The Problem
Over the past 150 years, photography, audio recordings, and motion pictures have documented some of the most important people, events and other phenomena of world history. Having access to these materials provides an important and unique kind of resource for the end-user.
In an increasingly "media-rich" world, however, it is still very much the case that the most useful and interesting audio-visual resources --films, video/audio tapes, and photographs (collectively referred to as "Media Objects") --are inaccessible by users, whether students, teachers, professionals, or the general public.
In first world schools, certain Media Object access is only possible by means of videotape, film, or closed-circuit television. In most cases, however, the system is complicated, expensive, and incomplete. Developing countries, on the other hand, have little access to audio-visual materials, and, in any case, do not have the financial means to acquire them.
The Solution
