Cross-Domain Access to Digitized Cultural Resources: The SCRAN Project

Abstract

Bruce Royan has 30 years of experience in the field of electronic cultural and information services, working with British Telecom, the London Borough of Camden, the British Library and the National Library of Scotland before implementing the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS) in the mid-80s. He returned to the UK as Principal Information Systems Consultant with Infologistix Ltd., consulting and lecturing worldwide. After seven years as University Librarian and Director of Information Services at the University of Stirling, he is now the Chief Executive of SCRAN. Mr Royan is Chair of the IFLA Section on Information Technology, a Member of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, of the Institute of Management and of the Library Association, and a Councillor of the Institute of Information Scientists. He is also Visiting Professor of Publishing and Communication at Napier University, Edinburgh. Mr Royan may be contacted at SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network), Abden House, 1 Marchhall Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 5HW, Scotland, UK (fax: +(44- 131) 6621511; e-mail: bruce@scran.ac.uk).