The presentation looks at some of the key capabilities that are required, whether at a campus-wide, regional or national level to make sure that digitisation happens effectively, as rapidly as possible and offers value for money in the medium and long term.
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Joint Information Systems Committee April 12, 2023 | Programme Meeting | Slide 1
Publishing Cultural Heritage
Alastair Dunning
Digitisation Programme Manager JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) [email protected], 0203 006 6065
UCL Presentation, 19th June
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JISC Digitisation Programme
Manager for 8 projects, part of 16 project programme to digitise UK cultural heritage. For example
– British Newspapers 1620-1900
– Pre-Raphaelite Art
– Images from Scott Polar Research Institute
– Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets
– 20th-century Government Cabinet Papers
– http://www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation
Started April 2007, finishing March 2009
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Growth of Digitisation
Possibilities of Internet inspired rapid data capture of precious objects all over the world
But maybe this started out as a reactive cottage industry?
– Museums, Libraries and Archives rushing to digitise material and dump it on the web
How long does this material last on the Internet? Is it good quality? Can people locate it? Can they use it?
Quantity of material and issue of long-term digitisation effects published material. Added pressure supplied by Google digitisation programme
…. Digitisation is difficult
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Need for an infrastructure
To address the issues raised in previous slide
– How long does this material last on the Internet? Is it good quality? Can users locate it? Can they use it?
Illustrations from the British model; other country’s models may be different
Demonstration that mass digitisation is complex, involving multiple players and technologies
Good infrastructure allows publication of cultural heritage to happen quickly; to show value for money; to be usable; to be easily accessible by educational communities and general public
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Data capture
To convert the physical to digital
– Flat scanners, robotic scanners, 3D scanners, direct capture via digital camera, remote controlled camera, conversion via medium (e.g. microfilm), reel-to-digital, millions of typists
To cope with all kinds of material (newspapers, stained glass, banners, posters, maps, census, reports, grey literature, artefacts, film, audio … )
Need to have keen idea of priorities for digitisation
Ensure competition but not redundancy (Keep machines working; keep staff in place)
Requires research on success of methodologies, dialogue with other subject areas (i.e. sciences)
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If you don’t have a range of options for data capture – cultural heritage won’t get digitised
University of Southampton Robotic Scanner – Details at