How do we preserve archives? What happens when we run out of physical space in which to keep all the books and papers that make up an archive? Is digital the answer? In this event, you can find out about how and why we digitise items from the past, the challenges and the benefits. We will look at the life and work of the Cornish writer Jack Clemo and the wide range of artefacts that tell the story of his personal life and his writing life and consider how digitisation can help people to access his work. You will have the chance to look at original documents and to find out about how digitisation can be used to preserve precious links to the past and why, perhaps, it isn’t always the best solution.
The event will take the form of an interactive talk with question and answer session and the chance to work with archival material and digitised versions of it. It will look at how different media are digitised, what can be done with digital images and some of the problems and limitations with them. It will introduce participants to some of the technology used and will offer an insight into the world of both archives and digital humanities. The event will be lead by academic and professional services staff from within special collections and digital humanities. It is open to anyone with an interest in digital worlds of any sort.
The event is run by the University of Exeter’s Special Collections and Digital Humanities departments.
All are welcome.
It is open to anyone with an interest in digital worlds of any sort.