Strategic Policies
Strategies
13.1 The following table links each strategic policy with the recommendations on which it depends. Some recommendations affect more than one strategic policy. The number of the recommendation is linked to the summary list of recommendations in ¶ 13.2.
Strategy |
Recommendation(s) |
| 1. Support ICT projects which improve our understanding of the value of heritage assets through the collection, analysis, or distribution of information (e.g. content creation); | 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, & 64 |
| 2. Support ICT projects which aid practical conservation and preservation work; | 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, & 64 |
| 3. Support collaborative ICT projects and especially collaborations between different heritage sector organisations (e.g. joint library and museum projects); | 7, 22, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, & 64 |
| 4. Only support digitisation, multimedia, and interactive projects backed up by the existence or creation of local raw data resources (e.g. finding aids or inventories) in digital form; | 9, 12, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, & 64 |
| 5. Encourage the use of ICT to foster the development of authentic data (e.g. biological or environmental data, archaeological sites and monument records) for educational purposes including primary and secondary education and lifelong learning; | 4, 5, 17, 37, & 38 |
| 6. Normally not fund distribution and access infrastructure (e.g. networks to interconnect institutions) or research and development in ICT; | 3, 18, & 59 |
| 7. Only support ICT projects that are sustainable after funding ceases; | 34, 51, 53, 54, 56, & 57 |
| 8. View digital resources as having an indefinite life and require evidence that applicants can preserve them in reusable form indefinitely; | 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, & 58 |
| 9. Give a higher priority to ICT projects which arise out of local or regional activities and create resources of value to these communities; and | 7, 14, & 35 |
| 10. Only support the creation of digital resources where these resources will be freely and publicly accessible and/or bring direct heritage benefit. | 4, 5, 9, 32, & 34 |
11. General Recommendations forming the basis for the implementation of the strategies |
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| 11.1 Base Recommendations | 2, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 30, 33, 41, 43, 44, 63, & 74 |
| 11.2 Application Guidelines, Procedures, and Assessments | 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, & 74 |
| 11.3 Contractual Arrangements and Post-Project Assessment | 55, 70, 71, & 72 |