Advocating for Digital Support

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:45 pm UTC+00:00

Victoria Gallery & Museum | Liverpool

The National Archives: for archives
Publisher/HostThe National Archives: for archives
Advocating for Digital Support
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Learn how to effectively advocate for digital development, align digital initiatives with strategic goals, and communicate to stakeholders.
About this Event

The Higher Education Archive Partnership (HEAP) is a network facilitated by The National Archives, which provides support to HE archivists.

This event will equip attendees with strategies and tools to effectively advocate for digital development, align digital initiatives with strategic goals, and communicate their value to stakeholders. There will also be a tour of new digitisation facilities at the University of Liverpool, including the Digital Heritage Lab.

The event will involve two interactive workshops facilitated by Simon Wilson, Archive Consultant, which will look at key topics and considerations when advocating for digital support. The session will look at 3 scenarios; advocating to develop your personal digital skills, advocating to increase team capacity for digitisation/digital preservation and advocating for a digital preservation system. This workshop is intended to be of practical value and attendees should think about their own specific needs in terms of advocating for digital support as the workshop hopes to draw-out and develop those ideas.

Two tours will run alongside the workshops. You can choose whether to attend a workshop or tour at 13:15 or 15:00.

Who should attend

This event is aimed as those who are advocating for digital support within their organisation and who hope to develop ideas and useful techniques.

Agenda

10:00 – Registration & Coffee

10:15 – Start & Housekeeping

10:20–10:50 – Joanne Fitton (Deputy Director, Libraries, Museums and Galleries)

  • Importance of advocating for digital development aligned with strategic priorities

10:50–11:20 – Olivia Thompson (Digital Heritage and Operations Manager)

  • Identifying key stakeholders and communicating your digital offer

11:20–11:25Break

11:25–11:40 – Q&A

11:40–12:00 – Dave Heelas (Digital Development Manager, The National Archives)

  • Highlighting free resources for digital advocacy from TNA, JISC, and Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)

12:00–12:15 – Simon Wilson (Archive Consultant)

  • Outlining the work of the Digital Preservation North network

12:15–13:15 Lunch

13:15–14:45 – Workshop/Tour

14:45–15:00Break

15:00–16:30 – Workshop/Tour

16:30–16:45 – Close

Additional information

This is an in-person event. Lunch is not provided. There is a cafe onsite and shops nearby.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ashton Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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