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

Black and silver microphone and stand

Photo by Jukka Aalho on Unsplash

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Training digital volunteers to create podcasts

Young woman with red hair holding green headphones

Photo by Letícia Pelissari on Unsplash

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Transcribing audio and video archive material

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

Using Google Ads and Meta advertising to recruit remote volunteers

Image by Mariia Shalabaieva on Unsplash

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Using Google Ads and Meta advertising to recruit remote 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

Red topped mushroom in woodland

Photo by Geranimo on Unsplash

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Recruit and manage digital volunteers to deliver data analysis projects

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

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

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

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

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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.