TECHNOLOGY BASELINE SCHEME:
EXTENSION OF THE "FREE MODEMS FOR
MUSEUMS" SCHEME TO ARCHIVES
I am pleased to be able to inform you of a new development to the Resource
Technology Baseline Scheme.
From December 1st, Resource has extended the successful "Free Modems for
Museums" scheme to include UK archives. Archives taking advantage of the
scheme will be able acquire a free modem to explore the internet and
communicate using e-mail. They will be able to explore on-line resources
such as the National Grid for Learning, and keep up to date with archival
issues and advice on best practice through such networks as the archives-nra
discussion list. This project is designed to equip local authority and
specialist archives to a technology baseline, to complete the national
on-line network of provision.
We are announcing the scheme through a number of communication routes, and
obviously, the archives most in need will not receive this message, so I am
asking for your help in bringing this to the attention of any archive that
you feel would benefit.
Due to a limited supply, archives must fulfil the following criteria to be
eligible to receive their free modem: they must be a not-for-profit
organisation, they must be a publicly accessible archive, they must not have
an existing internet connection via modem or fixed line. They can be a local
authority service, and charity or trust, or a private archive, open to the
public. Specifically excluded from this scheme are higher education archives
and for-profit business archives. Archives taking advantage of this scheme
Will receive: a modem plus instructions how to set up their system;
What archives will need: a pc capable of supporting a modem, and an internet
service provider (ISP). Many of these provide free access to the internet
although you will need to pay for the cost of a local telephone call, when
using the service. Full details will be sent with the instructions.
How to receive your modem: To receive a free modem, archives must send a
voucher to the central distribution point. Vouchers are obtainable from
Regional Archives Councils in England, The Scottish Society of Archivists,
the Archives Council Wales, respectively. Archives in Northern Ireland
should contact me directly at Resource. All you need to do is contact your
regional contact listed below to receive your voucher for a free modem! All
we ask is that once you are connected, you e-mail me at Resource with your
new e-mail address so that we may evaluate the take-up of the scheme. Please
note that the contacts listed below should only be contacted in the first
instance for vouchers, and cannot offer assistance on system set-up. If you
have any technical questions, please contact Gordon McKenna of the Museums
Documentation Association, on 01223 315760. I do hope that you will find
this scheme useful and of benefit to your service.
If you have any other enquiries concerning this scheme, please contact me at
Resource, 16, Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA, tel: 020 7273 1423 or
1471, or e-mail me at [log in to unmask]
Justin Frost,
Archives Policy Adviser
Contacts for Resource "Free Modems for Archives" Scheme
ENGLAND
North East Region: Liz Rees, Chair of the North East Regional Archive
Council, Tyne and Wear Archive Service, Blandford House, Blandford Square,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE14JA
Tel: 0191 232 6789 Fax: 0191 230 2614 Email:
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North West Region: Jim Grisenthwaite, Chair of the North West Regional
Archive Council,
Cumbria Record Office, The Castle, Cumbria, CA3 8UR
Tel: 01228 60728 Fax: 01228 607299 Email:
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Yorkshire Region: Louise Hampson, Yorkshire Regional Archive Council, York
Minster Archives, York Minster Library, Dean's Park, York, YO1 7JQ
Tel: 01924 611118 Email:
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West Midlands Region: Roger Vaughan, Chair of the West Midlands Regional
Archive Council, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1
5QP
Tel: 020 7683 2375 Fax: 024 7683 21410 Email:
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East Midlands Region: Rachel Watson, Chair of the East Midlands Regional
Archive Council, Northamptonshire Record Office, Wootton Hall Park,
Northampton, NN4 8BQ
Tel: 01604 762129 Fax: 01604 767562 Email:
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Eastern Region: Elizabeth Stazicker, Chair of the Eastern Regional Archive
Council, Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Shire Hall, Castle Hill,
Cambridge, CB3 0AP
Tel: 01223 718131/3 Fax: 01223 362425 Email:
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South West Region: Paul Brough, Chair of the South West Regional Archive
Council, Cornwall Record Office, County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY
Tel 01872 323125 Fax 01872 270340 Email
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South East Region: Richard Childs, Chair of the South East Regional Archive
Council, West Sussex Record Office, County Hall, Chichester, West Sussex,
PO19 1RN
Tel: 01243 533911 Fax: 01243 533959 Email:
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London Region: David Mander, Chair of the London Regional Archive Council,
Hackney Archives Department, 43 De Beauvoir Road, London, N1 5SQ
Tel: 0207 241 2477/2886 Fax: 0207241 6688 Email:
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NORTHERN IRELAND Justin Frost, Re:source, 16 Queen Anne's Gate, London
SW1H 9AA. Tel: 020 7273 1423/1471 Email: [log in to unmask]
SCOTLAND Irene O'Brien, Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library, North
Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN Tel: 0141 287 2908
WALES Susan Edwards, Glamorgan Record Office, Glamorgan Building, King
Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF1 3NE Tel: 029
2078 0282
Archives Policy Adviser
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