My mentor has been amazing and incredibly supportive through what has turned out to be a very challenging time for both myself and the institution that I work for.
Mentees have come from business archives, university archives, charities, museums, community archives and local authority archives and have received support with digital engagement activity, preservation and wider digital strategy, digital methods and approaches to digital access. Mentors have come from archives including The National Archives, National Records of Scotland, Cambridge University, Borthwick Institute of Archives, Gloucestershire Archives, Imperial War Museum and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick.
I have had conversations I would not have had the confidence to have before.
Projects
Projects receiving support from mentors have included:
- Developing a digital strategy and a digital advocacy programme to make the case for investment in preservation capacity
- Researching and implementing software and workflows to improve access to digital materials
- Implementing digital preservation procedures and tools from scratch
- Support for digital engagement and storytelling using collections
Apply to the peer mentoring programme
Applications for the next round of peer mentoring have now closed. Please check back in Autumn 2024 for information on any upcoming rounds.
If you are interested in hearing more about the programme and the work of our digital mentees, there is a recording of the Digital Archives Learning Exchange (DALE) from December 2021 on YouTube that focuses on the programme.