The Courtauld Libraries Digitisation Project has been run by the Department of Digital Media, and conceived by Tom Bilson, Faye Fornasier and Sarah Way.
Digitisation Managers and Assistants: Faye Fornasier, Victoria Bennett and Tasmiya Tasmi.
Volunteer Managers and Assistants: Sarah Way, Camilla Ellingsen Webster, Fran Allfrey, Caroline Chestnutt, Finn Arschavir, Natasha Astara and Katey Rowland.
Interns: Rosa Coomber, Richard Cray, Fabiana Duglio, Agnes Gill and Mary Shelton Hornsby.
Special thanks go to:
Bernard Horrocks, Copyright Consultant;
Jane Staniforth, The Heritage Bureau;
Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director, The Courtauld;
Stephanie Hall, Project Director, Courtauld Connects;
Our Courtauld colleagues who supported us so generously, and all former photographic librarians;
Amanda Rose, CEO and Founder of TimeCounts, the volunteer management system which transformed our project https://join.timecounts.org/;
Picturae BV for collections management and web publishing platforms https://picturae.com/en/;
Phase One for camera equipment and software https://digitization.phaseone.com/;
Teamwork Photographic https://www.teamworkphoto.com/ and their partner Dtek Solutions https://www.teamworkphoto.com/dtek-solutions-phase-one-cultural-heritage/ and, most especially, Senior Technician and Trainer Tony Bhalla.
Exhibitions and events directly related to this project
Glass Ladies, Trading on British Class. Exhibition by artist and volunteer Veronica Bailey. The Courtauld Library Foyer, October 2016.
- https://www.veronicabaileystudio.co.uk/2016/05/glass-ladies-trading-on-british-class16.html
- https://www.artrabbit.com/events/glass-ladies-trading-on-british-class-2016
Camera Obscured, the Fine Art Portraits of Photographer Paul Laib. Curated by volunteer Mary Caple. The Courtauld Library Foyer, September 2017.
- https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2017/08/16/cameraobscured/
- https://marycaple.com/cameraobscured
Kurdistan in the 1940s. Curated by Head of Digital Media and Digitisation Project Director Tom Bilson with assistance from volunteers. Inaugural display in the Project Space of The Courtauld Gallery. Included in Museum Crush's "Best exhibitions to see in London in 2022".
- https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/kurdistan-in-the-1940s/
- https://photomonitor.co.uk/exhibition/33362-2/
- https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/26215-London-Gallery-to-show-photographs-from-1940s-Kurdistan
- https://museumcrush.org/anthony-kersting-and-the-unseen-photographs-of-1940s-kurdistan/
Ministry of Works Collection: Rare photographs depicting bomb damage in the last days of WW2. Curated by Head of Digital Media and Digitisation Project Director Tom Bilson. The Courtauld Library and website.
- https://courtauld.ac.uk/news-blogs/2020/ministry-of-works-courtauld/
- https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/the-ministry-of-works-collection/
Kai-Isaiah Jamal: Place, Memory, Identity. A two-day school event with Kai-Isaiah Jamal, spoken word poet, writer, and trans-visibility activist to produce a "collaborative psycho-geography a rich collage of influences connecting place, history and identity that registers the intersections of desire, love, politics and boundaries".
Interpretations. A collaborative art project and exhibition by Beyond Autism Post-19 students and The Courtauld digitisation volunteers. Curated by Sarah Way, Volunteer Manager. The Courtauld Library, 2020.
- https://www.beyondautism-post19.org.uk/events/courtauld-gallery-art-project
- https://www.beyondautism-post19.org.uk/events/courtauld-gallery-exhibition-opening
Library Music: New compositions from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The Courtauld Library, 2019.
Other project outputs
The Digital Media Project Blog and Podcast
- https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/
- https://open.spotify.com/show/7hRPXUcCOttXRmAWhAA9dl?si=e388e00981204dc1
To sign up as a volunteer please head to https://timecounts.org/courtauldvolunteers. For information about the photographic collections please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For any copyright queries contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..