Agenda item

Report of the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries seeking approval to endorse the principle and approach set out for the creation of a comprehensive digitisation policy for the London Metropolitan Archives.

A Member emphasised the importance of digitisation, for preservation reasons and widening the audience for London’s archival material.

RESOLVED – That,

a)    the following principles for the digitisation project be endorsed: -

a.    free access to material for non-commercial purposes, noting the positive reputational gain for the City Corporation;

b.    any web portal or app through which digitised content is viewed should be City of London Corporation branded.

b)    the request in principle for funding to conduct a detailed feasibility study into the scale and scope of the digitisation project be endorsed; and

c)    the contribution towards building a ‘Digital Britain’ be noted.