A collective project of eight of the British International Institutes, the BIRI Digital Coordination and Strategy Project is led in 2025-26 by the British School at Rome, in collaboration with the British Institute for Libyan and North African Studies (BILNAS), British Institute for the Study of Irak (BISI), British Institute in Ankara (BIAA), British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA), British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), British School at Athens (BSA), Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)

All BIRI possess large-scale archival resources of historical significance, ranging from photographic archives to plans and maps, archaeological collections to corporate records.  The objective of Project is to increase the skills and competencies of each BIRI in managing and digitizing their archives, making them available, and developing digital humanities projects; to link shared information across BIRI, particularly locations and persons that appear in the collections of more than one BIRI and allow new (inter)-disciplinary research based on connections and comparison; to develop standardized best practice and facilitate interoperability, allowing the BIRI to collaborate to various existing and future digital projects; to set up a Linked Open Data framework across BIRI, in order to connect records (through a shared platform or a search engine); to develop and create tools, platforms and digital material aimed at a range of publics, including public engagement online and in person.

Members of the project at the BSR are Eleanor Careless, Alessandra Giovenco and Raphaële Mouren