Staffordshire Past Track - Project information

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Introduction

Staffordshire Past Track has been developed with the aim of enhancing access to collections of material that represent the cultural identity and community history of Staffordshire.

Digitisation of materials and the use of the Internet for display, offers a unique opportunity to open up collections (many previously unseen) for universal public access. Staffordshire Past Track has been funded with the help of a £130,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund - NOF Digitise programme, which has distributed 50m of Lottery funding to a wide range of web based digitisation projects throughout the UK.

The NOF funded phase of the project was completed in April 2004. Since then we have continued to add content to the site as a part of the core service provided by Staffordshire Arts and Museums Service.

TASI Case Study

During 2004 a case study of the Staffordshire Past Track project was carried out by TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images). If you would like to find out more about the project the case study is available online and covers all aspects of the NOF funded phase of the project.

Staffordshire Past Track case study

Staffordshire Past Track Project

The project has been developed as a joint venture between several departments within Staffordshire County Council, led by Staffordshire ICT and Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service , working in partnership with museums, archives and private collection owners across the county. Within Staffordshire County Council, the following departments have been involved in the development of the project.

Arts & Museum Service
Staffordshire ICT
Quality Learning Services
Library and Information Services
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service
Development Services

Research & Data

The selection and creation of content for the project is managed by staff based at the County Museum at Shugborough.

The project is currently managed by Chris Copp. Data input and digitisation support is provided by Howard Dixon.

NOF Funded phase of project

Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service / Staffordshire ICT
Project Management: Chris Copp / Andy Holt
Research & Data Co-ordinator: Alison Copeland / Jacqui Barker / Heather Dowler
Digitisation technician: Howard Dixon

Technical Development

The development and maintenance of the project website is managed by development staff within Staffordshire ICT, based in Stafford.

Staffordshire ICT
Project Manager: Andy Holt
Senior Developer: Mark Gee
Developer: Ian Dodds