Introducing - Towards Digital Collections; Resources for Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums

18 December 2024
Katharine Dickinson
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A new training course for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museum (GLAM) professionals.

January – March 2025

The course is aimed at those starting or continuing their digital collections journey at small- and medium-sized GLAM institutions, however, many across the sector could potentially find the materials useful. A roundup of the detail below:

  • Online course, freely open and available to all
  • 7 modules:
    • Introduction
    • Selection
    • Cataloguing and Curation
    • Imaging and Digitisation
    • Publishing and Discovery
    • Public Engagement
    • Researcher Engagement
  • 64 individual training steps across the modules covering a range of topics, with both practical examples and case studies from the UK and beyond
  • 10 introductory training videos
  • 16 supplementary worksheet or factsheets
  • 11 contributing authors and experts from the sector.

In 2025, we invite anyone working within the GLAM sector and an interest in digital collections to join us for FREE sessions that will introduce this new set of resources, as well as offering attendees the opportunity to provide feedback about the course and help us identify any potential future improvements or updates.

We're planning on visiting the following locations, all will start c.10am (and finish by 4pm):

WALES: Friday 31 January 

Committee Rooms 1&2, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT.

Eventbrite Cardiff, Wales - Book here

ENGLAND: Thursday 6 February

Hallam View, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 1WB.

Eventbrite Sheffield, England - Book here

N.IRELAND: Wednesday 26 February

Performance Area, Linen Hall, 17 Donegall Square N, Belfast BT1 5GB.

Eventbrite Belfast, N.Ireland - Book here

SCOTLAND: Thursday 13 March

The Smith Art Gallery, Lecture Theatre, 40 Albert Pl, Stirling, Scotland FK8 2RQ.

Eventbrite Stirling, Scotland - Book here

With one online session on the Friday 28 March for those who miss us in-person:


ONLINE: Friday 28 March, 10.30-12.00. 

Eventbrite Online Session - Book here

To access the materials and find out more about these upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.towardsdigitalcollections.org/ 

You can also contact us via email: info@towardsdigitalcollections.org.