*Apologies for cross-posting*
We just wanted to share some very exciting industry news!
The winners of the TWA Digitisation Grant 2022 were recently announced via the ARA Conference in Chester, and we can now confirm who these four lucky winners are. We are pleased to see even more heritage archives being protected this year, opening up opportunities for accessibility and reach.
You can watch a recording of the live announcement, and find out more about each of the successful organisations and their projects, in our blog:
https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/2022/09/twa-digitisation-grant-winners-announcement
For now, here’s a brief overview of the winning organisations and their projects:
Brass Bands England
Digitisation of sheet music papers
This project seeks to preserve brass band heritage and make this important archive accessible online, a resource that will be inspirational to present and future bands.
Cinenova
Digitisation of film stills, slides, negatives, transparencies, and various paper records
this project aims to make valuable content relating to feminist film and video accessible online, protect the delicate material against deterioration and loss.
The Vintage Sports-Car Club
Digitisation of handbooks, leaflets, engineering books, drawings, photos and certificates
The digitisation of this archive will result in online accessibility, inspiring current and future engineers, and has a clear agenda for social impact.
Wiener Holocaust Library
Photographs relating to the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and Jewish Relief Unit
Digitisation will protect and safeguard albums and loose photographs, with inscriptions, and will be made accessible online and through events and workshops.
Please join us in congratulating this year’s lucky winners!
As always, we are very grateful for each and every application and for the support of the industry in sharing news of this grant. Of course, we are ever grateful to our judges also for the time and commitment they contribute annually to this very important event.
If you have any comments or questions, please do get in touch.
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