Dear all,
Many places seem to be digitising their collections at the moment but, often due to funding restraints, very few are considering what happens after digitisation. It is fantastic to increase access to material using digital copies and a website but is this enough? Does innovation stop there before it has even started? Lloyd's Register Foundation is holding a conference entitled "Going Beyond Digitisation: Innovation in the Heritage Sector" to investigate these issues on the 29th and 30th October 2015.
We encourage experienced managers or members of staff that have worked on digitisation projects to attend the first day, which will include speakers from digitisation projects across the world and a concluding discussion panel. In addition to these more experienced individuals, we would also like you to send a relatively new member of staff that has much less experience in the industry. These individuals are invited to attend both days of the conference. The first day will demonstrate the innovations in the industry at the moment and the second will be a workshop for these new professionals to discuss challenges and opportunities arising from the previous day with like-minded people that are less influenced by previous experience. With speakers like Europeana, the British Library and Canadiana taking part, the event promises to be a thought provoking melting pot for new ideas.
The conference will be free for attendees and lunch will be provided both days, as well as a dinner on the Thursday. The venue will be 71 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BS, in Lloyd's Register's Old Building. For all bookings and enquiries contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
We are also looking for an individual to write a report on the conference and its findings. If you would like to be involved in this way please get in touch as soon as possible!
Full details: https://lrdigitisation.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/going-beyond-digitisation-conference-29-30-october-2015-places-available/
Programme
Thursday 29 October 2015
09.00-09.30 Registration and Tea
09.30-10.00 Opening Address
Richard Clegg, Managing Director
Lloyd's Register Foundation
Patrick Fleming, Associate Director of Operations and Services
British Library
10.00-10.45 Title to be confirmed
James Morley, Creative Industries Community Developer
Europeana
10.45-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.00 Title to be confirmed
Cristiano Bianchi, Managing Director
KeepThinking
12.00-12.45 Canadiana Online: Digitization, Preservation and Access to Canada's Documentary Heritage
William Wueppelmann, Chief Information Officer
Canadiana
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.30 The Criminalized Poor - exploring a marginalized group in public discourse in the 17th century through digitised texts
Tony McEnery, Professor of English Language and Linguistics
Lancaster University
14.30-15.15 Title to be confirmed
Patrick Fleming, Associate Director of Operations and Services
British Library
15.15-15.45 Coffee Break
15.45-16.45 Panel Discussion
16.45-17.00 Closing Remarks
17.00-18.00 Reception Drinks
18.00-20.00 Dinner
Friday 30 October 2015
09.00-09.30 Registration and Tea
09.30-09.50 "Lloyd's Register Foundation introduction to Project Undaunted"
Charlotte Atkinson, Project Undaunted Digitisation Project Co-ordinator
Lloyd's Register Foundation
09.50-10.20 Introduce digitisation projects and collections to the group
10.20-10.45 "You have to know the rules to break them"
Gary Carter, Workflow Co-ordinator
British Library
10.45-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-11.45 "Investigating our own web usage to identify areas of opportunity for museums"
11.45-12.30 Talk to be confirmed- Digital Engagement with collections
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 "Imaginations running wild"- Brainstorming innovative outcomes from digitisation projects
14.30-14.50 Talk to be confirmed-Apps
14.50-15.15 Coffee Break
15.15-16.15 "Same project, different audiences"- Looking at digitisation outcomes through the views of different audiences
16.15-16.50 Questions
16.50-17.00 Concluding Statements
Richard Clegg, Managing Director
Lloyd's Register Foundation
Kind regards,
Eloisa Rodrigues
Collections and Archives Assistant
Heritage and Education Centre
Lloyd's Register
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