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

Open laptop with a computer braille reader

Photo by Elizabeth Woolner on Unsplash

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Using volunteers to improve digital accessibility practices

Red topped mushroom in woodland

Photo by Geranimo on Unsplash

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Recruit and manage digital volunteers to deliver data analysis projects

Video: Banishing the backlog with digital volunteers

Image courtesy of Museum of East Anglian Life ©

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Video: Banishing the backlog with digital volunteers

Outside photograph of Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum. Photo by Chris Curry on Unsplash

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Recruit and manage multilingual digital volunteers to interpret online collections

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Photo by Jukka Aalho on Unsplash

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Training digital volunteers to create podcasts

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

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

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

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

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

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

A crowd enjoys a Christmas fair in front of trees decorated with lights

Image courtesy of Visit York ©

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Managing volunteers with digital tools

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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.