RSI session resource pack – digital volunteering

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Session Resource Pack

Digital volunteering – panel session

2.35pm — 3.35pm
BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum & Online

Outside shot of Torre Abbey and surrounding gardens and grounds.

Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon. Image courtesy of Torbay Council©

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Digitising museum collections

A large garden greenhouse with house plants

Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash

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Transcribe, geotag and research horticultural heritage collections

Laptop open with Wikipedia on the screen

Photo by Oberon Copeland @veryinformed.com on Unsplash

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Training digital volunteers to create place-based heritage articles on Wikipedia

Black and silver microphone and stand

Photo by Jukka Aalho on Unsplash

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Training digital volunteers to create podcasts

Woodland with arrows showing remains of World War II underground Operational Base

Tour of the remains of Harberton OB. Image courtesy of CART ©

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Recording and editing 360-degree virtual tours

Pottery shard from a Farewell mug at Portland Museum

3D model: pottery shard from a Farewell mug from Earl of Abergavenny shipwreck. Image courtesy Portland Museum©

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Creating 3D digital models of museum collection objects

A young man wearing a t-shirt with 'Volunteer' written on the back taking a photo of a group of people

Photo by ray sangga kusuma on Unsplash

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Recruit and manage young people to volunteer for your heritage organisation online

Screenshot of heatmap of new archaeological sites in Devon

Heatmap of new archaeological sites in Devon. Image courtesy of University of Exeter©

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Image analysis for heritage mapping, using open-access software and remote sensing data

Open laptop with a computer braille reader

Photo by Elizabeth Woolner on Unsplash

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Using volunteers to improve digital accessibility practices

Old passports, ration books and identity cards

Roberta Hewitt: Lost and Found in the Archives. Image courtesy of CollabArchive©

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Producing digitally creative and publicly engaging content that responds to archives

Woman in blue woolly hat taken a photo of waterfall with mobile phone

Photo by Sarah on Unsplash

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How to improve the digital skills of your volunteers

Create a remote global volunteer base to improve the searchability of digital archive

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash

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Create a remote global volunteer base to improve the searchability of digital archive

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Digital Heritage Hub is managed by Arts Marketing Association (AMA) in partnership with The Heritage Digital Consortium and The University of Leeds. It has received Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and National Lottery funding, distributed by The Heritage Fund as part of their Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. Digital Heritage Hub is free and answers small to medium sized heritage organisations most pressing and frequently asked digital questions.