Participatory Digitisation: The 21st Century Archive as Conversation Alexandra Eveleigh's presentation at the ARA Public Services Quality Group Forum, 3 November 2010

1. ‘ The Digitisation Agenda’ Public Services Quality Group Forum 3 November 2010 Alexandra Eveleigh AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Holder UCL Department of Information Studies / The National Archives [email_address] Participatory Digitisation: The 21 st Century Archive as Conversation

2. If digitisation is the answer, what is the question?

5. Digitisation in the Balance http://www.flickr.com/photos/captkodak/272746539/

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2636903303/

8. Collaboration http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffhester/165316370/ Archives Organisation Contributors Information Seekers Co-creators

9. http://www.oldweather.org © Zooniverse 2010

11. Examples of Collaborative Digitisation http://militieregisters.nl/ Digitizing Simplified: http://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/stadsarchief/over_ons/projecten/index.nl.html http://www.scanningleague.org/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/nationalarchives

12. http://www.parallelarchive.org/

13. Digitisation Networks http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominocat/7375722 / “ Archives need a dialogue with users over priorities for digitisation to develop a strategic approach that maximises the value of public and voluntary involvement in such work.” Archives for the 21 st Century 3.14