Case Studies
The Look-Here! Project partners have developed a series of case studies focusing on various aspects of digitisation in the creative arts:
Digitisation Done, What Now? Step by Step Projects (pdf) - Louise Dennis, Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University College at Bournemouth
This case study looks at the issues encountered and solved during the JISC-funded Museum of Design in Plastics digitisation project. It will also outline the idea of breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable and affordable packages of work.The processes and procedures for establishing and embedding a digitisation strategy for UCA (pdf) - Mick Eadie, Library and Learning Services, University for the Creative Arts
This case study presents the outcomes of an audit of the digitisation activities taking place across the whole university, to inform the development of a proposed digitisation strategy and new digitisation facility in the university library.Charging for Reproduction Services (pdf) - Sarah Mahurter, Archives and Special Collections Centre, University of the Arts London
This case study considers lessons learned from developing a charging system for the reproduction of images for commercial use, and through putting it into practice at the Archives and Special Collections Centre at University of the Arts London.Representing the Festival of Britain: testing archival hierarchies in a digital environment (pdf) - Catherine Moriarty, Sue Breakell, Barbara Taylor, Carolyn Thompson, and Sirpa Kutilainen, University of Brighton Design Archives
This case study explores the logistical and intellectual issues raised by the digitisation of a key document on the Festival of Britain, 1951, within the Design Council Archive.Knitted Together: a New Pattern for the Future (pdf) - Linda Newington, University of Southampton Library
This case study describes the development of a digitised sub-set of the Knitting Collections at the University of Southampton Library, in order to profile the collections to the global community.The Image Space (pdf) - Doreen Pinfold and Catherine Worrall, Library and Information Services, University College Falmouth
This case study looks at the processes required to set up an institution-wide image repository, The Image Space.Carpe Diem (pdf) - Shelagh Ward, Bradford College
This case study looks at the development of a small scale digitisation project by the Bradford College Textile Archive, using very limited resources in a time of austerity, and the creative responses to the digitised archive by two groups of students.