The North Yorkshire Unnetie Digitisation Project: from an idea to an opportunity

Abstract

There are well‐funded national schemes that involve cross‐domain partnerships, linking archives, libraries and museums. The North Yorkshire Unnetie Digitisation Project (www.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie) is a much smaller co‐operative digitisation undertaking. It started with very little experience of collaboration with partners, less funding and originally no idea of the process. Helped by the New Opportunities Fund and Resource, the library service is working with a County Record Office, a museum and a local history society to digitise the little‐known archive of a local photographer to provide a searchable Web site of images alongside several storylines illustrating life in the region in the mid‐twentieth century. The project team has been supported by these partners, overcoming lack of knowledge and various obstacles, such as the lack of commitment on the part of the IT developers. The benefits of working with colleagues were immeasurable and the relationships that have been built up will continue. This experience shows that what is needed is enthusiasm, energy, perseverance and the will to talk to associates in the same field.

Citation

Anne Melrose, E. (2004), "The North Yorkshire Unnetie Digitisation Project: from an idea to an opportunity", New Library World, Vol. 105 No. 5/6, pp. 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800410536621