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Fiona Talbott and Karen Brookfield, Heritage Lottery Fund – Are heritage organisations embracing digital? The state of digital technology in Heritage Lottery Funded projects

In 2015, a report by Fiona Talbott highlighted the digital transformation within museums, libraries, and archives, revealing that 3,800 projects had been funded, with a significant focus on digitizing analogue content. While the majority of projects included digital outputs, only a small fraction were wholly digital, highlighting challenges such as audience engagement and funding. The report emphasized the need for quality planning and audience participation to enhance discoverability and usability of digital heritage assets.

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Digital State of the Sector Fiona Talbott Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives October 2015
HLF research • July 2013 – July 2014 funded 3,800 projects. • 512 responses to survey • Reviewed 40 projects to evaluate quality and effectiveness; and 10 in depth interviews • Digital outputs in majority of the 512 projects, • Only 1 considered ‘wholly digital’ • Only 1 had no digital element at all
Digital Outputs • Documents/archives being digitised • Film/video being digitised • Sound recordings being digitised • Creating new images • Creating new film/video • Creating new sound recordings • New documentation and data sets • Web site with heritage assets • School resources • Mobile applications, games or augmented reality
Good News • Majority digitising analogue content (e.g. photos, films, audio recordings) • Two thirds producing dedicated websites • Over half of projects producing digital images and/or videos • Around a third produced new documentation and data- sets • Only 14% developing other digital tools like apps or augmented reality
Challenges • Understanding audiences • Making heritage discoverable • Developing digital skills • Funding • Ambition
Achieving quality? • Plan, design and deliver with audience in mind • Offer opportunity for people to contribute and participate. • Allow sharing and re-use of content • Encourage people to collect and ‘curate’ digital material
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