Digital Connections

Digital Connections: new methodologies for British history, 1500-1900 I spent an enjoyable afternoon yesterday (a distinct contrast, I might add, to the rest of my day, but that is another story) at the Digital Connections workshop at the Institute of Historical Research in London, which introduced two new resources for historical research: the federated search [...]

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Digital Culture Heresy (musings after #glamwiki)

It’s a brave person who volunteers their opinions to the lions, so if Tom Morgan can argue the case for the National Portrait Gallery before an audience of Wikimedians at the GLAM-WIKI Conference at the British Museum this last weekend [GLAM stands for 'Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums'], then I reckon the least I can do [...]

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Churchill Medallion Ceremony, 21st May 2010

Under the avuncular eye of fellow Pembrokian William Pitt the Younger, I was presented with my Churchill Fellowship Medallion by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at the City of London Guildhall on Friday 21st May.  Unfortunately, I can’t blog the picture of me receiving my medallion; partly because its locked down by some [...]

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Digitisation of Heritage Materials

In my previous post, I’ve recommended working with depositors to explain the issues of digital preservation and to suggest simple steps for creating and curating digital records with a view to their long-term preservability. I guess it would be correct to say though that many local archives staff do not feel confident in giving such [...]

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