Heather Needham, Principal Archivist (ICT & e-services), Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
A case study on how Hampshire Archives conducts digitisation services for clients; from qualifying the needs of the project to delivery.
2. External Digitisation Service
• What, when, why
• Customers: who, what we can offer, working with
them
• Reasons to choose our service
• Added value
• Going forward
3. What, when, why: Outline of service
• Started 2013, initial forays
• Established process and charging mechanism
• Early customers: stakeholders, outside
colleagues, referrals
• Increased impetus to generate income…
• Opportunities advertised on archives-nra list
4. Working with customers
• Tech spec: capacity, lessons learnt
• Managing customer expectations
• The Austin 7 Clubs’ Association
• Maps and stitching
• Photographs and watermarking
5. Reasons to choose an archive
service for a digitisation commission
• Document handling skills
• Strongrooms
• Experience and knowledge of heritage
environment and needs
• Your service is helping to support our service
and vice versa – mutual support!
6. Added value
• Archive Ambassadors/Austin 7
• Advice
• Conservation
• Cultural importance
• Experience again…
7. Going forward
• Returning customers, growing customer base
• Referrals and recommendations
• Web presence
• Publicity and promotion
• Marketing support
• New markets – SMEs – items don’t have to
be old or fragile!