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Working with cultural heritage data: forthcoming training courses

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There are two forthcoming training courses on working with cultural heritage data that may be of interest to local studies librarians:

The theme for the school this year is Digital Image Curation. There will be a Q&A about the school and how to apply on 25 January, 2pm GMT. Register for the zoom link.

There will be further face-to-face sessions in York and Wales before July 2023, so watch out for those if they are more convenient to get to.

Event: How to share Public Library digital collections with People’s Collection Wales

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Delivering culture and heritage to audiences online has become increasingly important in 2020.

CILIP Cymru Wales (CCW), CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group (MDG), CILIP Local Studies Group and People’s Collection Wales (PCW) invite librarians across Wales to an online PCW session, which will show librarians how to share digital content, re-purpose it via the Hwb and Living memory initiatives, and measure its impact – all via the PCW site. 

This webinar will be followed up with bespoke training to help libraries in Wales get their collections online.

Details

Join via Zoom on Friday 20 November, 12-1pm.

The session is free and open to all. Register via the event page.

Session outline

  • About us: People’s Collection Wales
  • An introduction to uploading digital content to PCW
  • An introduction to linking content from PCW to Hwb Learning and teaching for Wales
  • An introduction to linking content from PCW with the Living Memory initiative
  • An introduction to measuring digital impact
  • Discussion: what next?

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

  • Identify materials for uploading to PCW
  • Describe materials for upload to PCW
  • Identify opportunities to develop new resources for Hwb and Living Memory
  • Identify opportunities to promote and evaluate your users’ digital activities on PCW
  • Tailor subsequent training sessions around what you need to start sharing content via PCW.

The webinar will provide a useful oversight for all library and information professionals in Wales hoping to improve user engagement with digital collections. It will be particularly useful for public library and archives staff with local studies collections.

Presenters

People’s Collection Wales: Tom Pert, Gruffydd Jones, Rheinallt Ffoster-Jones Jessica Roberts

Facilitators: Amy Staniforth (CILIP Cymru Wales), Jane Daniels (CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group)