DCDC21 | Building partnership and collaboration with community archives and collections
Channel: ResearchLibrariesUK
Date: 2021-07-05

DCDC stands for Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities. It is a cross-sectoral conference, hosted by The National Archives, RLUK and Jisc, that brings together the GLAMA sectors (galleries, libraries, archives, museums and academia) to shine a light on our shared experiences, innovations, interests and concerns. The DCDC21 Conference explored how crisis can act as a catalyst for change within libraries, archives, museums, and cultural organisations. https://dcdcconference.com/

The roundtable explores opportunities and challenges for partnership and collaboration between museums, libraries, archives, cultural and creative industries. It covers open digital scholarship with archives and collections, the approaches taken and the methods used. Panellists present their experiences of collaborative projects - this includes work involving underrepresented and/or marginalised groups, at a time when this has never been more important, to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of digital archives. It also focuses on tools that support cultural and creative industries in creating narratives. The panel also discuss national and international capacity building projects for built heritage.