Case Study: National Theatre transforms digital archives with Preservica

National Theatre ingests 150,000+ items with Preservica

The National Theatre faced significant challenges in managing its vast digital archive, including fragmented metadata in non-standard schemas, a cumbersome legacy system, and low internal engagement due to technical complexity. Using Preservica's Enterprise solution, specifically its New Generation platform, the theatre sought to unify and transform this rich but inaccessible collection into a user-friendly digital resource.

Preservica's solution enabled structured CSV-based bulk ingest and manageable production-level workflows, which rationalized and cleaned metadata into standards like Dublin Core. This resulted in the ingestion of over 150,000 items, a major increase in staff engagement, and a vastly improved researcher experience. Preservica facilitated a strategic shift, making the platform the primary archival system and setting the stage for future AI enrichment and public access.

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