Due to the coronavirus pandemic we have suspended all training sessions; we apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. The wellbeing of our staff and learners are our priority at present and so we will rearrange all booked training sessions for a later date. Our website will remain operational as usual, and we'll do our utmost to ensure that our culture and heritage helps people during these coming weeks. Please continue to contact us through email if you have any enquiries
We offer a number of services and support for groups, heritage organisations and individuals interested in digitising Welsh heritage and history
Scan & Digitise to museum, archive and library standards
Learn about copyright, metadata and how to organise, scan and digitise photographs and documents
The course is a full day’s training where our team come to a venue in your area sharing best practice for making images web–ready and methods of creating master files for digital curation. The training will introduce you to People’s Collection Wales and all the features the website can offer.
The morning session covers important topics, such as copyright and metadata (essential for making items easy to search and find online).
The afternoon session focuses on the more practical elements of calibrating scanners and creating folders for different file types. You also get an opportunity for hands on experience at this stage.
Agored Cymru Accredited Unit
Once you have attended the standard training day you can progress to completing a Level 2 Agored Cymru accredited Unit, which carries 3 credits as part of the Agored Cymru learning framework, there is a small admin charge of £15pp.
Further accredited units are currently in development and topics will include Oral History and Digital Curation. They will come with online tutorials, which will enable you study at home. More information will be made available on the website but get in touch to be updated by email.
Get in touch to find out more about any of the above or any of our other services, see also Digital Heritage Stations.