Deadline Extended for Archiving Reproductive Health Collection Day Applications
Apply here. Deadline Sunday 26 February 2023
This event is part of the public outreach aspect of ARH, and intends to digitise a cross-section of personal memorabilia relating to the history of the Eighth Amendment, and of reproductive health in Ireland more generally, over the last few decades.
Like many of us, you may have a box at home where you keep memorabilia relating to significant events in your life and the history of Ireland. These physical copies are safe, but if digital versions could be created, then they could be shared much more widely. You may also have personal collections of digital photos or short videos that tell part of the story of the Eighth Amendment or related issues that you would like to donate to an archive. This is where the ARH Public Collection Day comes in!
We are looking for applications from members of the public to take part in a one-day event in Dublin on 10 March 2023. At this event, the successful applicants will bring material which will be digitised on-site by expert staff from Archives Ireland and Informa, or transferred to DRI’s servers using secure file transfer.
About our partners: Archives Ireland are an archives, records management and digitisation consultancy, and Informa are an information management company that specialise in digitisation and data security.
DRI staff will work with applicants to collect important information about the material, which we will then use for cataloguing. After the event, the digitised material will be published on DRI as part of the ARH collection, ensuring it is preserved in the long-term.
Information about what kind of material we are looking for, as well as how to apply, can be found in the application form.
