TWA Digitisation Grant 2016 launched
This month marks the launch of our brand new TWA Digitisation Grant, a chance…
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TWA Digitisation Funding Grant 2016
This year we are launching a funding stream to support archives and other heritage…
Developing a successful HLF funding bid for your archive project: Essential tips
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) funds a vast array of projects. I’m exceedingly lucky…
Brand Archives making the most of their digitised heritage
Diageo Archives: Image courtesy of Diageo Archives As The National Archives notes, there…
Digitising the Microfilm collections of the National Army Museum
You might expect projects to digitise microfilm archives to be mainly the preserve of…
DuraMap: a smart solution for preserving Liverpool City Council’s cemetery maps
The story of how DuraMap helped Liverpool City Council Cemeteries preserve it’s deteriorating historic cemetery map collection.
JPEG2000 and Digitisation: Expert round table
With digital preservation, and in particular the preservation of digital assets created by digitisation,…
Outreach for Archives – Best Practice Tips
Outreach is a vital component of any archive or library service’s strategy, and this…
VIDEO: Digitising Sandhursts precious archives with Dr Anthony Morton
Below you can hear Dr Anthony Morton, Curator of the prestigious Sandhurst Collection at…
Life through a Lens – Royal Photographic Society Journal archive published online
Using digitisation services and web design from TownsWeb Archiving, the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) has been able to publish its historic Journal collection online as an interactive, fully-searchable digital archive. First published in 1853 when the Society was founded, the RPS Journal is the oldest continuously published photographic periodical…