Nick Poole raised the issue of how to propose such projects to funders, as it is difficult to articulate unexpected benefits to users. To Mia the answer to this was in validating all uses and users of the collection, whether they have accessed the collection onsite, through the website or through information that has been published through other technologies.
Paul Shabajee talked about educating the funders, and Phill Purdy of MLA talked about broadening funders that you approach.
