Danum Digital: Getting Doncaster’s digital records on track
Doncaster Archives has been awarded a Resilience Grant by the National Archives.
The funding marks exciting progress in Doncaster Archives journey to into born-digital, contemporary collecting and preservation. Alongside our historic collections, we will be developing our modern digital collections.
The project will employ a consultant to work with the City of Doncaster archives on a range of activities targeting gaps in processes for managing born-digital material. By establishing new partnerships and fostering collaboration between council departments as well as supporting the existing network, South Yorkshire Archives Partnership (SYAP), the project will deliver many practical benefits to the service including training, policy, and skills development, creating a robust foundation for digital preservation.
“The funding from The National Archives will now enable City of Doncaster Archives to respond to the challenges and opportunities of working with born digital records, in new ways and with significance to the service. With the high-quality team overseeing this work, I would envisage that the learning, best practice and benefits will be shared with the sector. It is my ambition that the team and service turn a curve and become exemplars in this area of focus, and with an ability to articulate and promote the intrinsic value of born digital and contemporary collecting. The project will directly benefit people in Doncaster, by ensuring we have solid foundations for the future of our customers’ engagement and learning with our archives, in ways which are modern and meaningful, and I am therefore very grateful to The National Archives for this funding.”
Nick Stopforth, Head of Heritage and Culture, City of Doncaster Council