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As part of ongoing work by the library’s Digitisation Steering Group, a small working group has been formed to undertake a digitisation stock take.

What on earth is that? Well, we will be taking stock of the library’s current capability for digitisation in terms of knowledge, skills, technology and process that are required to digitise resources and make them available online.

How will we do it? A small team of Gerald, Dave C and myself will first approach the managers of each team to find out what knowledge, resources and equipment they are aware of in their teams or the libraries generally. There are actually a really wide range of skills needed, including things like project management, marketing, metadata creation etc. We know there are people throughout the network with all sorts of relevant skills and knowledge that might not be widely known. Some of the managers might identify certain staff in their teams that we will need to talk to in detail.

Why is it important? Digitisation of a range of resources is now an integral part of what libraries do. When done well, it can open up resources and provide new opportunities for learning, teaching and research. There have been some really good digitisation projects so far, but we want to take a more co-ordinated approach and increase our capability for this in future.

All teams will be contacted by one of us soon, so we encourage you to have a think about your own skills and knowledge in this area. If there is something you would particularly like to flag or tell us about, either talk to your manager or feel free to contact to one of us directly.

The Digitisation Stock Take Group
Jo, Gerald and Dave C.