Kia Ora and greetings from New Zealand - We here in the Wellington region have started looking into the issues surrounding a regional archive. The local authorities involved are Upper Hutt City Council, Hutt City Council, Wellington City Council and Porirua City Council. I'm aware that there has been some regionalisation in the UK and would like to hear from people who have direct experience (positive or negative) of this. If you want to respond off the list I am happy to take emails direct to my address and will treat any information in confidence. Amongst the issues we would like some feedback on are:
a) what was the motivation?
b) what arguments were used to influence the parent authorities?
c) what level of regionalisation was achieved (ie physical integration or "merely" intellectual via mutual finding aids etc)
d) what attempts were made if any to bring less developed archives in the area up to the level of others?
e) what have the tangible (ie quantifiable) and intangible benefits of regionalisation been?
And anything else you think might be of interest!
Thank you for your help
Alison Scott
Archivist
Hutt City Council
Private Bag 31912
30 Laings Road
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
Tel: 04 570 6815
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web: www.huttcity.info
Website: http://www.huttcity.govt.nz
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