Events

Towards a National Collection Two-Day Conference 2024

The TaNC directorate is pleased to announce that recordings of the programme’s final conference will become available soon.

Policy Recommendations for Digital UK Heritage Collections

Our Towards a National Collection researchers launched a call to action for the UK’s cultural heritage sector to collaborate on building a unified digital collection, or risk losing the opportunity to be a global leader in collections-based research.

Towards Digital Collections

Towards Digital Collections; Resources for Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums, is a training course aimed at Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museum (GLAM) professionals, funded by Towards a National Collection/ UKRI AHRC.

The Value of Digital UK Collections 

This webinar focuses on the value that people in the UK place on digital heritage collections.

African & Indigenous Futures: Harnessing AI for Global South Languages

This webinar explores the integration of African & Indigenous languages into computational processes, including Artificial Intelligence.

Linking Digital Collections Globally

This webinar explores how to link and share cultural heritage data globally.

Research Methods & Ethics: Connecting UK Heritage Data

This Towards a National Collection (TaNC) webinar provides a platform for researchers from our Unpath’d Waters and The Congruence Engine Discovery Projects to discuss how specific research methods and value frameworks may lead to improved practices when combining UK heritage data.

Heritage Data Practices & Decentralisation

This Towards a National Collection (TaNC) webinar will focus on navigating responsible data practices and decentralization in digital cultural heritage, bringing together researchers from two of our Discovery Projects, The Congruence Engine and The Sloane Lab.

Language & Access. Machine Learning for Digital Collections

This Towards a National Collection (TaNC) webinar will explore how machine learning technologies may enhance discoverability of digital collection content and contribute to a better understanding of biased language, bringing together researchers from two of our Discovery Projects, Our Heritage, Our Stories and Transforming Collections.

Designing & Co-Designing Experiences for Digital Collections

This Towards a National Collection (TaNC) webinar provides a platform for researchers from our Unpath’d Waters and Our Heritage, Our Stories Discovery Projects to share unique insights into co-designing virtual reality environments, transcribing co-design, working with community generated digital content (CGDC) and more.

Digital Infrastructure

This Towards a National Collection (TaNC) webinar will focus on digital infrastructure development, bringing together researchers from two of our Discovery Projects, The Congruence Engine and The Sloane Lab.

Discovery Projects Second Reports

All of our TaNC Discovery Projects have now published their Second Report. These reports present the primary milestones, achievements and challenges behind the Discovery Projects, and are completely available in our Zenodo community repository.

Towards a National Collection Conference 2023

We are to share the recordings of our first conference, where leaders and decision makers from across the cultural heritage sector, academics and funders with related interests delivered exciting presentations and discussions.

Discovery Projects First Reports

All of our TaNC Discovery Projects have now published their First Report. These reports present the primary milestones, achievements and challenges behind the Discovery Projects, and are completely available in our Zenodo community repository.

Digital Collections Audit Report

Between September 2021 and the end of January 2022, Collections Trust carried out an audit of digital collections in the UK’s leading cultural heritage institutions. The aim of the audit was to understand the number, scale and attributes of digitally-accessible collections across the UK cultural heritage sector that might form part of a future national digital collection infrastructure.