DAM and Collections Management for Cultural Heritage 2026

Dan Heather is a professionally qualified archivist working as the Digital Archives Manager at National Theatre. His current role encompasses the long-term preservation, reuse and promotion of digital archive material in both non-commercial and commercial contexts, including oversight of the National Theatre's digital preservation solution, the development and enhancement of a user-facing platform for accessing content, and initiating a transformative programme to enhance descriptive metadata descriptions for almost 100,000 digital images covering over 60 years of theatrical activity. From his professional experience across the arts sector he is particularly conscious of how digital preservation strategies interact with time-based and ephemeral artforms.