Outcomesīy investing in hardware and software purchases, which included setting up the High Value Digital Asset (HVDA) storage (which has been further developed through other projects for the digital preservation of artworks), and a digitisation imaging suite in photography, Archives & Access increased our capacity to digitise in the long-term.īy investing in staff training, we were endowed with a skilled and inter-connected workforce able to continue archive digitisation activity once the Archives & Access project activity had concluded. Gathering this evidence both helped us determine the project scope and detail what we needed – in terms of technical infrastructure and staff know-how – to deliver the vision and ensure the project had a productive legacy. We also drew on external evaluation and research from across the sector, including research commissioned by the HLF, to situate our project in the wider context of online engagement and participation.
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To understand audience needs better, we commissioned an external agency to undertake a series of focus groups with our target audiences. However, pre-project much of our evidence was anecdotal. We already knew from working with local school and community groups that we had a rich collection with lots of potential. This approach was taken in order to ensure the published collections reached widened audiences: that the collections were not simply accessible, but accessed (read more about the project's outreach activities). Accessible, or accessed?įurther, the bid detailed a project that undertook digitisation and publication delivered in conjunction with learning and outreach activities. As a result Archives & Access secured a grant that allowed funds to be invested in both workflow infrastructure, the hardware and software, and staff training and development. Put simply, the long–term goal was to create a robust and resilient workflow that would support archive digitisation activities beyond the run of the project, with costs attributed accordingly. In our case, we scoped the succession plan and legacy outcomes for Archives & Access prior to bid submission.
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