Managing digitisation projects

This course has been developed by Bob Powell, and is copyright to the Business Archives Council of Scotland.

"This course forms part of the "Skills Buiding for the Future" programme. Please note that course handouts and exercises have not been included with these slides. Attendance on programme courses is free of charge. Further details can be found at www.heritage-skills.co.uk."

This course will focus on the purpose and issues that surround the digitisation of archives and to a lesser extent objects. Full of advice on best practice and good examples of work in this field, participants will be encouraged to think about the purposes, advantages and disadvantages of such projects and how they should go about managing their own projects. The course will consist of a mixture of presentations and practical exercises with plenty of opportunity to ask questions and share experiences.

By the end of the course, participants will have an understanding of:

the purpose, advantages and disadvantages of digitisation
issues relating to managing digitisation projects such as time, staffing, preservation issues, funding sources and selecting items for digitisation
recognised standards for digitisation and the description/cataloguing of digitised images
the technical issues relating to capturing, storing and managing digital files
the basic issues relating to copyright as it relates to digital images
further sources of help and advice

The slide presentations are available for download at the foot of the page. The order of the slide presentations is

1. Why do we digitise?

2. Project planning

3. Standards.

Also available for download is a "webography" with links.