Heritage funding

Make the cataloguing line in your bid go further.

Archivers.ai is designed to support NLHF-style digitisation workflows: standards mapping, archivist-reviewed processing, public access and deposit-ready exports.

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Every price published · A costed line item, not a quotation request

Where it fits a bid

Three things reviewers look for.

Formal acceptance always rests with the programme. What we can do is help you produce the evidence it asks for.

A completed Archivers.ai accession listing reviewed items above an export panel offering a PDF report, BagIt, and catalogue exports for EAD3 XML, AtoM CSV, ArchivesSpace CSV and Archivematica CSV
Availability

Deposit packages, not loose files.

BagIt with PREMIS provenance for repository deposit, and EAD3 finding aids for aggregate portals, from every reviewed record.

  • BagIt with PREMIS for trusted repositories
  • EAD3, Dublin Core and CSV alongside
  • Open formats, so the deposit outlives us
All export formats
An Archivers.ai record awaiting review, showing a personal-data flag, an expandable evidence panel for how the date and location were inferred, and evidence marks beside each drafted descriptive field
Openness and oversight

Flagged before anything is opened up.

Personal data and sensitive content are surfaced during review, which matters when the metadata is about to be openly licensed.

  • Open-format metadata ready for CC0 dedication
  • Personal data flagged before publication
  • Archivist accept recorded on every record
How we use AI
An Archivers.ai search for a British family who emigrated to Canada after the war, returning nineteen results as cards with thumbnails, dates, titles, extents and linked subject and name headings
Public benefit

Access that survives the closing report.

The described collection stays searchable for staff and the public, which is where the engagement evidence comes from.

  • Public discovery portal for the collection
  • Transcription makes audio and video searchable
  • Counts and engagement for end-of-grant reporting
Public access and Explore
Budgeting the line

Numbers a bid can carry.

£3–£5

Typical manual cataloguing cost per item

From 6p

Per credit on the largest credit packs

£1,200

Fixed-scope Archivers Pilot, including 1,500 credits

1 credit

One page, photograph or object described

Every plan and credit pack price is published, so the cataloguing line can be costed before the bid goes in rather than after. See plans and credits

Common questions

What bid writers ask first.

Is Archivers.ai approved by the Heritage Fund?

No supplier is. Archivers.ai is designed to support NLHF-style digitisation workflows, and helps teams produce standards-aligned outputs for funded projects. Each programme applies its own requirements.

What about accessibility requirements?

Text recognition and transcription make content machine-readable and available to screen readers. Our own accessibility position, including where it is still a working target, is set out on the Trust page.

Can metadata be openly licensed?

Yes. Dublin Core, EAD3 and CSV exports are open formats suited to a CC0 dedication, with rights fields on every record and sensitivity flagging for the exceptions.

Will you help write the technical section?

Yes. We help shape the cataloguing element of a bid: collection sizing, effort modelling, a costed line item, and the access story funders now ask about.

What happens after the grant ends?

Records are deposited in open formats. The collection stays searchable through staff Explore and an optional public portal, with counts for end-of-grant reporting.

Cost the cataloguing before you bid.

Tell us the collection and the funding stage, and we will help shape the line item and the outputs.

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