Joint UKIreland Digitisation Workshop

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Joint UK-Ireland Digitisation Workshop

• Beth Porter

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Establishing Digitisation programmes

• .towards a NI Libraries Strategy

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Where we are

• breakpoint
• convergence NILA
• opportunity
• funding 2009-11
• PLS network in place

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What people expect

• the Department - DCAL
• Delivering Tomorrows Libraries
• the Public
• easy access to
• culture learning information

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Whats been done so far

• several projects
• individual
• co-operative LISC NI

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Some examples

• Act of Union Virtual Library
• Newsplan NI
• Omagh Bomb Community Archive
• Marcus Ward - A Virtual Exhibition
• Rascal
• NIPR
• Centre for Migration Studies

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Hidden Treasures - Belfast
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From Projects to Strategy

• audience identify target groups
• holdings identify materials/content
• guidelines/procedures best practice
• technology - standardsinteroperability
• partnerships identify potential
• funding streams - sustainability

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What it means for ni-libraries

• moving forward now
• exploring possibilities
• opening up discussion
• potential family approach
• ELBs NILA
• DCAL
• archives museums libraries

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What results!

• coherence
• better value
• collections unlocked
• creativity encouraged
• conservation
• lots of agendas met

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What the Minister said

• I would like to see further development of
  digitisation and electronic delivery of library
  services in the coming years. Digitisation of
  services should be developed in a way that
  enables information to be shared between
  organisations such as the Public Records Office
  Northern Ireland, Museums and Galleries
• Edwin Poots January 2008

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