1. Project overview Northumberland Archives and the Camera Club worked with members of Cramlington Guides and young people from a local secondary school to introduce them to what Northumberland Archives does, while Camera Club members led sessions on photography skills. The participants then took digital photographs of Cramlington that were exhibited at Cramlington Community Hub, … Read more
As a medium-sized organisation with a valuable heritage archive, and possible brand identity too, how do you go about planning for the digitisation of your content? This guide seeks to offer some practical advice, points for consideration, and signpost some really informative resources to get you started. 1. The best place to start The motivation … Read more
Digitisation serves a range of purposes and offers many benefits for heritage archives. As a small organisation you may be wondering how you might plan and prepare for digitisation. Here we offer a concise guide on how to get started and what to consider. Where is the best place to start? Over recent months and … Read more
1. Introduction Most of us understand an archive as a place where our past is preserved, in collections of documents, pictures, films and sound recordings. Keeping a physical collection in an organised way, so that items can be easily retrieved, is the first step to creating access. Digitising a collection opens up new possibilities. In … Read more
1. Project overview The East Riding Blockdown project aimed to capture youth experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the East Riding Archives’ collections using the videogame Minecraft as a creative medium and platform for digital storytelling. Participants documented their COVID-19 experiences within Minecraft, using blocks to build and a ‘book and quill’ item to write. … Read more
1. Project overview Participants from South London Gallery’s young people’s forum, the Art Assassins, took the lead in researching and re-examining the 1911 Festival of Empire. Through this project, the Art Assassins developed archival research and digital storytelling skills, engaging with online platforms including Wikimedia and FrameVR. 2. Project stats Data accurate as of … Read more
1. Project overview The project studied information contained within 242 record cards from the Jewish Temporary Shelter dating from the 1940s and 1950s which records migrants passing through the shelter just after WWII. The Jewish Museum employed a research associate to carry out the task of geo-referencing the data, promoting the progress of the project … Read more
Creating a digital archive might sound like a daunting prospect. Maybe you jump to thoughts of the cost of necessary equipment, or perhaps you’re worried about who the archiving process will fall to. Either way, we hope to demystify the process of creating a digital archive. 1. What are the benefits of creating a … Read more