Planning for Digitisation

On Friday I presented a case study at the British Library as part of the Planning for Digitisation seminar organised by the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre.

It was a really interesting day and included sessions by Richard Davies of the British Library about Planning for digitisation and Patricia Sleeman, ULCC about [digital] Preservation issues.   I presented a case study which had been written as part of the Look-Here! Project.

Alongside me were some fascinating presentations:

• Dr Nicholas Hiley, British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent, who spoke about a JISC funded project they had recently finished.
• Valeria Carullo, RIBA Library, who introduced us RIBApix.
• James Allen, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, who showed us their amazing digitisation project Treasures of the Bodleian.

I have to confess to having not been to the British Library before and was struck by the vibrancy of the place.  It seemed so alive with people everywhere on laptops and chatting with friends and colleagues.  I would definitely recommend a visit; I just wish I had had more time to explore.

C. G. P. Grey released this image under the Creative Commons Attribution licence.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)