Courses

Workshops for Museums and Galleries

DIGITISING CULTURAL COLLECTIONS 
Resources and approaches for successful on-line image access

This workshop provides an introduction to knowledge areas critical for digitising and image archiving projects in the cultural heritage sector. The aim is to help delegates plan an informed and coherent strategy for making their collections accessible and searchable on-line.

Topics

• The value of your collection
• Accessibility and audience
• Stakeholder involvement
• Cataloguing, keywording and image search  
• Metadata in the image file
• IP developments in the Museums sector
• What to consider when choosing software
• Digital standards and Quality Control
• Digital Imaging strategy across the organisation
• Project planning, budgets and resources

The workshops can be arranged over one or two days, and are suitable for all those involved in digitisation projects - staff from image libraries, IT, publications departments, managers, communications departments, curatorial and collections managers, education departments. Consultancy can be integrated into the workshop.