Centre for Heritage Imaging & Collection Care (CHICC)
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The John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester has developed considerable skills and expertise within its staff of creating and managing digital surrogates of material that require sensitive handling, typically historical or cultural materials with great research potential.
This project will investigate the feasibility of establishing a Centre of Digitisation Excellence, based within the University of Manchester, promoting best practice in object-centred digitisation.
The main objective of the study is to explore and test various business models with external partners, thereby allowing smaller institutions, and those with limited resources, to embark on digitisation activity and benefit from wider expertise and facitilities.
The intial focus of this project will be the North of England, where no organisation currently provides such a specialist service.
The project will also provide an internship programme to contribute to the skills base in heritage digitisation sector
Download the Project Plan (pdf)
Project Staff
Carol Burrows, Assistant Librarian (Special Collections -Imaging)