Bookbox Making Workshop: Care and Handling of paper/books with a practical workshop in building archive boxes for books. May 28th at Charles Hastings Education Centre, Charles Hastings Way, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, WR5 1DD An excellent free session (lunch included) for those working with books or paper. Session will be run by Birmingham Museums Trust’s Jane Thompson-Webb and […]
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1914… what are your plans for the centenary?
The Imperial War Museum’s 1914 project are asking you what your plans are, so they can build on their amazing online resources and create a calendar of events around the country. here’s the message: We’d like to know more about your current and intended plans for the First World War Centenary to help us inform […]
Photographic Archives, Technologies, and Methods of Recording
A workshop at The John Rylands Library; Wednesday 20th February… Workshop FREE but booking essential as places are limited (and soon) Please email: jrl.events@manchester.ac.uk or tel: 0161 306 0555
Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery – Harwell course
Harwell is running its popular course on essential Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery in London on March 18th 2013. There are also two places on the same event running on March 6th 2013 (if you’d like to attend this, please email Emma Dadson at the email address at the bottom of the page). This seminar is […]
Jisc – digital strategies for H.E.
Jisc – who know a thing or two about digital preservation in libraries, further and higher education institutions – have published a report which concludes that while there are some good practices, the digital landscapes in our universities is still exceedingly fragmented. The report also contains a useful tool -”Institutional Strategies for Digital Content” ideal […]
Oral History : guidelines
Some great advice and tips … this time from the World War II museum in New Orleans some of the advice you’ll find Ten steps to conducting good oral history interviews Inform the Interviewee: Before any interview takes place, you should inform your interview subject of the purpose of the interview, the general subjects to be […]
a singular Shakespeare from matching pair
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is delighted to have been awarded two grants from Arts Council England. We have secured £120,500 from the ACE Renaissance Strategic Support Fund, and a further £83,000 from the Designated Development Fund. (from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) Both grants will be used to develop better access to our Designated Collections for the […]
Mace: more than a spice
Do you know about MACE the Media Archive for Central England ? They’re based over in Lincoln but cover our area too.is the screen archive for the Midlands in the UK. MACE provides opportunities for everyone to connect with the culture and history of the Midlands through a 70,000 strong collection of film, tape and digital […]
Pilots for WW1.. programmes not aeroplanes
BBC WM is looking for stories and places in preparation for the centenary in 2014. James McDonald is on a pilot project at present, so don’t rush in… but he’s looking at local things, or planned events, which might be covered in the future by programmes or online content..eg places, villages, towns, buildings, museums, which […]
A museum without walls | Museums Association
Doing museumy things when buildings are not there..part of an ongoing debate. Here the Museums Association looks at online only museums . Read it here, if you have membership subscription: A museum without walls | Museums Association. or here is a transcription: A Museum without Walls: Rebecca Atkinson “What happens when a museum goes online only? […]
