I hope that my fellow listers will forgive me but I thought perhaps others can benefit from this marvelous website and their newsletter. I have spoken as have others but they have such wonderful photos and sell CDs on Scottish history and crafts. They are adding more documents as I have found sassines for Powrie castle from the Ogilvy and Fortheringham families. Scottish Culture website! Mary WELCOME TO THE APRIL EDITION OF THE SCRAN NEWSLETTER! During 2004 we will be introducing some new features to the site and I am delighted to announce the arrival of our new album tool. NEW ALBUMS – SWITCH ON Scran is improving the way our very popular Albums work. That means that Albums have to be switched off for a short period this weekend - starting on the evening of Thursday 29th April 2004. They will be back again at the beginning of the week and we will have converted all your existing Albums into the new format. Everything else will work as normal on Scran and - of course - we\'ll look after your current Albums WHAT\'S NEW? Now you can create your own worksheets or pathfinders instantly from Albums. Text captions are integrated automatically from the Scran records into Albums and you are able to edit this text to create your own tailored resources and build a Global Collection of Albums. You can also copy and share your Albums with other Scran users if you want to. Another new feature enables you to generate your own mini website using the resources and text within your Album, creating a slideshow that you can download for your own use. This is instant e-content that can be displayed on computers that are not linked to the Internet. Find out more about Albums – read the News item on the homepage then access the Album FAQ or the Album Manual? Let us know what you think once you\'ve explored the new albums next week SOMETHING NEW TO TRY... PATHFINDERS Pathfinders provide straightforward point and click access to collections of resources enabling everyone to begin investigating the Scran materials quickly and easily. Follow the Pathfinder link from the homepage or ‘Explore’ menu. A new theme for you to look at this month: PLACES > TOWNS AND CITIES PLACES > DISTRICTS PLACES > ISLANDS Explore resources covering the whole of Scotland. Themes include: famous people and events, places to visit, folklore, customs, genealogy, industry and more. (From within a Pathfinder click on any of the thumbnail images to view individual resource records and gain access to the large images). You are welcome to suggest new topic ideas for Pathfinder collections. SCRAN USER SELECTION THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT 0914 This project looks at the conservation work of the National Trust for Scotland in the nation\'s National Parks. Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, You can view this project by searching for ‘ 0914 in project ‘ in the Instant Search Box. SEARCHING TIP – PROJECTS Try searching for other National Trust projects using the Projects Search. Select SEARCH > PROJECTS > and search the keywords ‘ NATIONAL TRUST ‘ Click on any title link to view the project collection. Within any individual resource record, you can view the description of the project it belongs to or retrieve the whole project collection. Open any record and scroll down to see the ‘Record Details’ at the bottom of the page. On the line labelled ‘Project’, click on the ‘description’ link to view the project description or click on the ‘project number’ to display the whole collection. SCRAN SEARCH OF THE DAY The SCRAN home page at www.scran.ac.uk changes every day! Watch out for: THURSDAY 29TH APRIL – COUNTRY HOUSE COLLECTIONS TUESDAY 4TH MAY – THE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1926 SATURDAY 8TH MAY – VE DAY (VICTORY IN EUROPE) Missed one of the dates? Don’t worry, now you can go back in time and ‘ CHOOSE YOUR OWN SEARCH OF THE DAY DATE’ Follow the link at the bottom of the Homepage. FREE TRIALS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Do you have an event you would like SCRAN to be involved in this year? Are you interested in a free trial or demonstration for you or your colleagues? Email Sandra for more information. I hope that my fellow listers will forgive me but I thought perhaps others can benefit from this marvelous website. I have spoken as have others but they have such wonderful photos and sell CDs on Scottish history and crafts. They are adding more documents as I have found sassines for Powrie castle from the Ogilvy and Fortheringham families. Mary This newsletter is brought to you on a monthly basis by SCRAN, the history and culture site that supports your learning through easy access to images, movies, sounds and virtual reality. www.scran.ac.uk Please forward it to any friends and colleagues who may be interested in joining the mailing list. To subscribe: mailto:majordomo@scran.ac.uk?body=subscribe%20homeusers To unsubscribe: mailto:majordomo@scran.ac.uk?body=unsubscribe%20homeusers We welcome your comments, questions and news items. Please send them to sandrao@scran.ac.uk Sandra O’Connor Lifelong Learning Officer, SCRAN