Digital content

MLA aims to facilitate the creation of digital content by the museums, libraries and archives sector, and to work to provide better and easier access to this content. The strategic vision is the Knowledge Web.  MLA is working with other public-sector agencies in a collaborative cross-sectoral partnership in the Strategic e-Content Alliance (SEA) to realise a common information environment.  This would exploit the full value of the high-quality information that currently exists by allowing users to retrieve it all, presented to suit each individual's particular needs at the time.

Content is made available through the People's Network Service which includes access to Enrich UK, the gateway to digital content on 150 sites created through the Digitisation of Learning Materials Programme (nof-digitise) funded by the New Opportunities Fund (now the Big Lottery Fund).

MLA's work in collection description and digital preservation are two vital underpinnings of giving continuing access to digital content.

Previous work

Net Gain - aimed to enable collaboration between projects developed through the Designation Challenge Fund and the Renaissance in the Regions programme.

IT Challenge Fund - aimed to encourage innovation in the application of new technologies to museums. The Fund ran between 1999 and 2001, and provided £500,000 to 11 projects.