Digital Lives Research Project

The Digital Lives Research Project is designed to provide a major pathfinding study of personal digital collections. The project team drawn from the British Library, University College London and University of Bristol is led by Dr Jeremy Leighton John of the British Library (the lead partner) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

The research for Digital Lives commenced in September 2007 and will run until March 2009, with dissemination continuing until June 2009. We expect outcomes from our research to generate significant interest within arts and humanities, and the archives, library and information science professions as well as social and human sciences. It will also be of direct relevance to individuals who wish to manage their own personal digital collections for family history, biographical or other purposes.

These web pages provide access to further information on the project, the latest project news and developments via the Blog, and publications and other research outputs from the project as they are finalised and released.

First Digital Lives Research Conference: Personal Digital Archives for the 21st Century