1. What is an open licensed asset? This guide is to help you and your heritage organisation navigate through the process of gaining permission from other people to include their copyright material in your open licensed asset. Open licensed assets are types of creative content which are made available for everyone to freely use, share … Read more
Step-by-step guide Data Protection compliance is everyone’s responsibility and vitally important when sharing digital content online. From collecting personal data as part of an oral history project to sharing the names of participants in a community project — it all falls under UK Data Protection law. This 10-part guide will explain what you need to … Read more
Data protection checklist Know your data Are you posting personal data? The data relates to a living, identifiable individual Are you a ‘data controller’? We decide what data we are collecting and what we do with it We have self-assessed whether we need to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office Know your high risk data … 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
This recording has closed captions in both Welsh and English, simply click on the closed captions symbol CC on the video below and select your preferred language. This recording is 44 minutes in length. This video was produced as part of the Digital Heritage Lab ― a digital skills development programme for small to medium-sized … Read more
How to present your digital stats effectively — Part 1: Websites This recording has closed captions in both Welsh and English, simply click on the closed captions symbol CC on the video below and select your preferred language. This session recording is 18 minutes in length. How to present your digital stats effectively — Part … Read more
1. What will I learn? Structure your stats reporting under common themes that will work consistently across your website, content and social media channels Benchmark the current performance across your digital channels Set targets using SMART Key Performance Indicators Look for trends and add narrative to your reports to help you land key points with … Read more
1. Creating a digital strategy for your organisation There are many ways to write a digital strategy for your creative or cultural organisation. In this resource, our expert, Dr Amelia Knowlson, University of Leeds, outlines some of the options available to you. Available templates include the Arts Council England’s Digital Strategy and Plan which is … Read more
Reporting your digital stats in a consistent way can be challenging as digital platforms use so many different metrics and analytics tools. In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Trish Thomas demonstrates the best ways to structure regular reports using stats and narrative collated across your website and social media channels. The session … Read more