Here is the latest update that I received on 30 May 2019.
"Work is progressing on some of the strands of work in the digital task list/plan. The development of the new hard plastic Reader’s Card, with photo ID has moved forward and it will look something like this.
The planning and development of the digital requirements for ‘The Hold’ have moved forward with the University of Suffolk including arrangements for; the computer room, cabling, Wi-Fi, security and access systems etc.
More investigative work and a small pilot has been done on barcoding archive boxes to inform planning for the move and any future development of an online ordering system.
Staff have made more catalogue descriptions of record office collections and digital images available through the suffolkarchives.co.uk website including 12 Beccles House of Correction/Gaol books (Ref A1122/1-12 = 3,257 double page images providing the names and other information on inmates).
There has, however been little progress on the parish registers project. The new Director of Growth, Highways and Infrastructure is aware of some of the issues involved in licensing. A meeting was held earlier this month with Chris Norton, Manager of FamilySearch Records Access & Services and Whitney Peterson from their Content Strategy Team to gain a better understanding of what they are working on with other record offices.
Best wishes
Paul West
County Councillor for Bixley Division
Cabinet Member, Suffolk County Council"