Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) 2021 will take place virtually and will focus on "Catalysts for change: transforming our practices, collections, and communities through times of crisis".
Hosted by The National Archives, Research Libraries UK and Jisc, DCDC is a collaborative conference series that brings together colleagues from across the archive, library, museum and academic sectors to explore shared opportunities, collective challenges, and to discuss how each sector can work more effectively with one another. DCDC21 will explore how crisis can act as a catalyst for change within libraries, archives, museums, and cultural organisations. It will explore the impact that crisis can have on working practices, collections, and audience engagement, and how periods of turbulence can lead to new opportunities for research and collaboration. It will seek to examine how cultural heritage organisations can look beyond times of crisis and foster innovation and collaboration in their institutions and communities.
DCDC21 invites proposals on the theme of ‘catalysts for change’ on any project or initiative involving archives, libraries, museums and other heritage and cultural organisations in partnership with each other, communities and the academic sector.
Registration will open in 2021.
Call for papers: Passed
Price: TBC
Twitter: #dcdc21