CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales

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1. CyMAL
In a Museums and Galleries Month event, held at Newport Museum, the Minister
for Culture Welsh Language and Sport, Alun Pugh, presented Accreditation
certificates to all the museums who have achieved the new standard in its
first year of operation in Wales. This included Powys museums' who were the
first to achieve the new standards. 
http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/presreleasearchive/powysmuseumsachievenewstanda
rds?lang=en

Handling Archive Materials
Please note that the Handling Archival Materials days in Conwy on the 14th
July and Cardiff on the 1st September are now fully-booked. We intend to run
further days in South Wales and Mid Wales during 2006 - information will
follow once details have been finalised.
For more information please visit:
http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/event/handling.html


2. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES
Record of Proceedings 
Debate on Local Museums, Archives and Libraries in Community Life:
http://tinyurl.com/ewg5n

Wednesday, 17 May 2006
Page 39:
Q5 Owen John Thomas: Will the Minister make a statement on the importance of
our historic buildings? OAQ0767(CWS)
Alun Pugh: Our historic buildings are an important part of our heritage. We
have 30,000 buildings on the statutory list at present. Heritage supports
many things, especially tourism and education. 
Page 44
Q8 Rosemary Butler: Will the Minister provide a progress report on CyMAL?
OAQ0763(CWS) 
Alun Pugh: Since its establishment in April 2004, CyMAL has made excellent
progress in the establishment of advice and support services for local
museums, archives and libraries. This activity is underpinned by new grant
schemes totalling more than £1.8 million a year, which will ensure that more
people benefit from these public services.
Further discussion of the questions at: http://tinyurl.com/llsww 


3. MLA
Temporary export ban a bid to keep Turner watercolours in the UK
Tuesday 23 May 2006 
Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on two
watercolours by JMW Turner, the Lake of Lucerne and the Dark Rigi. This will
provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the paintings in the United
Kingdom. 
http://tinyurl.com/odxop


4. AWARDS
Gulbenkian Win A Victory For Maritime Heritage Say SS Great Britain
The ship, which was the world's first great ocean liner, was awarded the
£100,000 Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries during a ceremony at the
Royal Institute of British Architects on May 25 2006. 
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART37670.html

National Waterfront Museum wins Civic Trust Award. Designed by Wilkinson
Eyre, this innovative Swansea project is the only Welsh Award winner this
year... 
http://www.civictrustwales.org/


5. COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION
Collections Link
"Collections Link" is: "the new national advisory service for collections
management managed by MDA in partnership with the Institute of Conservation
(ICON) and the National Preservation Office (NPO)".
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/

What is Collections Link?
Welcome to Collections Link, the national collections management advisory
service. 
Collections Link is a collaboration of more than 20 national professional
groups, bodies and associations who are responsible for providing advice and
support to museums, archives, libraries and other collections-holding
organisations. The aim of the service is to provide a single point of access
to best practice in the care and management of collections.
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/about
Collections Link Goes Live!
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/news/002068.html
Collections Link Project Director recruited
MDA has appointed Peter Winsor to the post of Project Director for
Collections Link, the national collections management advisory service
funded through Renaissance in the Regions. http://tinyurl.com/ecg7l

ICON News
www.icon.org.uk
"Senior conservation professions are currently collaborating to pool
information on conservation science research in Britain. The aim is to
establish the scope of current and recent conservation science research, the
range of partnerships involved in research, as well as the main national and
international funding bodies, by pulling together statistics on the number
of conservation science researchers in heritage organisations, universities
and research facilities; the level of financial investment in conservation
science research and the life span of programmes and projects." Further
details:
http://www.icon.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=
15

"National Museums Liverpool are delighted to announce the opening to the
public of the newly refurbished Conservation Centre on Friday 16 June 2006.
The Centre has been closed for refurbishment since September last year...
There will be a new gallery Reveal: the Hidden Story of Objects where
visitors are invited to explore the conservation principles, methods and
techniques that enable conservators to understand, treat and interpret the
broad array of objects encountered in our museums and galleries. A special
exhibition gallery and dedicated Learning zone are further elements of the
newly refurbished area " Further details:
http://www.icon.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=226&Itemid=
15

ICON Events: 
http://www.icon.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=
2&id=3&Itemid=16


6. TRAINING 
The Clore Leadership Programme: 
A new initiative in cultural leadership: We are pleased to announce the
launch of our intensive two-week residential short courses, which are being
produced in association with a number of leading universities and business
schools across England. . . . These innovative courses - which are based on
the highly successful residential element of the Clore Fellowship Programme
- will develop and promote the leadership skills of emerging leaders in the
cultural sector.' http://www.cloreleadership.org/shortcourses.htm

Institute for Historic Building Conservation, Wales Branch: 
Training Programme:
http://www.ihbc.org.uk/Branches/wales/Training_Wales.html

New Course: City of Guilds of London Art School Comparative Technologies and
Analysis in Conservation Cleaning 
(Advanced/Mid-Career Studies) "The School is delighted to announce the
introduction of a new course within our long-established Conservation
Department...commencing October 2006." 1 year part-time certificate or 2
year part-time post-graduate diploma:
http://www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk/docs/dept/cons.html#undergraduate_ce
rtificate

'Safeguarding Historic Collections Short Course Programme' - giving you
proven, up-to-date solutions for safeguarding and preserving your
collection". Further details: "UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage / English
Heritage http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainableheritage/learning/shortcourses.html


7. CONFERENCES
Conservation of Buildings: Making it Happen! Thursday 08/06/06, London
This one-day conference gives you the opportunity to get practical advice on
managing building conservation projects: 
* Find out how the amended Part L of the Building Regulations affects listed
buildings
* Choose the best procurement route
* Construction contracts
* Discover sources of funding. http://www.buildingconservationforum.co.uk/

Problem buildings, sites or owners? Tackling buildings at risk in Wales
Day conference at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Friday, 14
July 2006, 10-4  http://www.ihbc.org.uk/Branches/wales/Events_Wales.html

'A Sense of Place' A two day conference exploring the connections between
people and place." 15-16 June, Cornwall
http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/conferences/index.html

EVA London 2006
24.7.06-28.7.06
Electronic Information & the Visual Arts conference held at UCL Institute of
Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY. Papers and workshops on
topics of strategies & new directions, new technology developments, museums,
libraries & archives, archaeology, architecture, history & information
technology (ARCH-IT), rights management, education & learning and 'Putting
it all together': future trends & funding."
For more information contact Monica Kaayk at EVA Conferences International,
2 Park Gate Court, 68-79 High Street, Hampton Hill TW12 1PB, tel 020 8977
7858, email [log in to unmask] web
www.eva-conferences.com/eva/london/london2006.htm

AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies 'Textiles
and Text: Re-establishing the links between archival and object based
research 11-13/07/06, Winchester.  Further details:
http://www.costumesociety.org.uk/newstuff/News/textilesandtext.html

The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society, in association with
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, will be held at Hillsborough Stadium':
'Passion, play and the everyday: Oral history and the consumer society',
Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th June, 2006 http://www.ohs.org.uk/conferences/

Best Practice Consultation with Children & Young People: May 31 2006,
Holiday Inn, Kings Cross, London: Working together, the British Youth
Council and the Consultation Institute have developed an interesting and
though-provoking programme that will be of great value to those who are
working in this challenging area.'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=5508&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@5508


8. EVENTS
OPEN DOORS This year's event, Wales' contribution to European Heritage Days,
will take place on 9/10, 16/17 and 23/24 September 2006. Early bird
registration forms are available now and updated support material will be
available shortly
http://www.civictrustwales.org/

Health And Safety: The HSE Height Aware Campaign will take place during May
and June 2006 Free events (Brecon, Wrexham, SW Wales, Barry, Anglesey,
Newport) http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/campaign/events.htm
New Information Packs: http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/campaign/campaignpack.htm
The Working at Height Regulations 2005:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf
Taflenni Cymraeg: http://www.hse.gov.uk/languages/welsh/index.htm - Leaflets
in Welsh

'The Big Draw 2006: Preparations are in hand for the 7th Big Draw this
October and the Campaign for Drawing invites you to play your part by
holding drop-in drawing events, workshops, exhibitions or talks on any
October dates. The free online database at www.thebigdraw.org.uk
is now open for registration. All who register receive a CD packed with
drawing strategies, practical advice, funding guidance and publicity
materials as well as a booklet illustrating last year's Drawing Inspiration
Award winners.'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=5527&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@5527


9. PUBLICATIONS
Disaster Planning
'ICA Study no 11 "Guidelines on Disaster Prevention and Control in Archives"
is now available online: These guidelines were compiled by the former ICA
Committee on Disaster Prevention (ICA/PDP).  The purpose of these Guidelines
is to assist archives and archivists in need of guidance to implement a
disaster management policy and strategy.'
http://www.ica.org/news.php?pnewsid=343&plangue=eng

Capital Funding - New Guide available from the Directory of Social Change
This new addition to the DSC/CAF/Institute of Fundraising Series guides you
through what a capital campaign is, how to decide if you need one, how to
establish goals, and preparing a campaign strategy. Go to www.dsc.org.uk for
more information or to order this book online, or call 08450 77 77 07.

The Modern Traveller to our Past, ed Marion Meek, 446pp, DPK, 2006
Hardback £25, softback £15
Issued by the Northern Ireland Museums Council on behalf of Marion Meek
PRESS RELEASE (30 May 2006)
This collection of 60 papers covering history, archaeology, mostly but not
exclusively about Ireland, was gathered to honour the late Ann Hamlin.
Further information and copies of book from [log in to unmask]


10. FUNDING
VAT Refund Scheme
"scheme for UK charities and faith groups, which will refund the VAT costs
incurred in the construction, renovation, and maintenance of memorials."
http://www.culture.gov.uk/historic_environment/memorial_grant_scheme/

'Low Carbon Buildings Programme: The Government's Department for Trade and
Industry (DTI) is about to launch the first application round to a new Low
Carbon Buildings Programme, which will provide grants for microgeneration
technologies for community organisations, schools, the public sector and
businesses (as well as private households) across the UK. Microgeneration is
the stand-alone generation of low carbon heat and/or electricity through
'green' energy production systems.'
http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?SID=5518&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@5518

Grants for Conservation Work
War Memorials Trust Small Grants Scheme :
http://www.warmemorials.org/Website/Helping/SGS.htm

EUCLID
CulturEuro seminars, our new seminars on artists workspaces, and our 29 June
conference on European perspectives on education & training - please see
www.euclid.info for more info and booking forms.
If you work in the cultural sector, there will be something of interest for
you on the new Culture.Info portal - www.culture.info - which now offers
nearly 40 different subportals focusing on specific themes, locations or
cultural areas.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has changed its logos. 
This is to include the National Lottery 'crossed fingers' symbol, so the
public can see where Lottery money is being put to good use. Organisations
in receipt of funds do not need to change their current publicity and
acknowledgements to include this, but all new material produced must have
the new logos. For more information or to download the logos, go to the
address below. New logos from Heritage Lottery Fund:
www.hlf.org.uk/English/PublicationsAndInfo/AcknowledgementArea/Downloadourlo
gos.htm

'Lottery Single Front Door: All the details and websites for each of the
National Lottery funders can now be accessed through the new 'single front
door' website - www.lotteryfunding.org.uk
Website: 'UK Fundraising: Fundraising Information and Resources for
Fundraisers': http://www.fundraising.co.uk/


11. SPECIALIST NETWORKS 
Community Archives
The term 'community archives' is seen as short-hand for a broad spectrum of
activity that ranges from the outreach and partnership work of mainstream
archive services with a wide range of different communities to the
grass-roots activity of documenting and recording community heritage,
irrespective of the media used. CADG (Community Archives Development Group)
website:
http://www.ncaonline.org.uk/cadg/introduction/

GLAM: A new interest group for literary archives and manuscripts
GLAM (the Group for Literary Archives and Manuscripts) is a new 
organisation for anyone with an interest in the collecting, preservation, 
use and promotion of literary archives and manuscripts in Britain and 
Ireland.
http://archives.li.man.ac.uk/glam/


12. INFORMATION WANTED
I am making a study of Welsh hats (the woman's iconic hats with large flat
brims and slightly conical flat-topped crowns). I would be very interested
to see any in Welsh collections.
Please let me know whether you have any, how many and when it would be
convenient to see them. I would also like to know of any evidence of Welsh
hat making (many of those with labels were made by Christies (of London) or
in Paris, and a few have vendors names in them. Carmarthen Museum has one
made in Carmarthen.
I am also interested in early pictures (pre 1850) of women wearing Welsh
Hats. This is part of some research I am doing into the origin of the hat
which seems to have suddenly appeared about 1840, possibly as a result of
Lady Llanofer's work to preserve Welsh Costume and Language. Any information
or comments gratefully received.
Michael Freeman 
Curator Curadur 
Ceredigion Museum Amgueddfa Ceredigion
Coliseum Coliseum
Terrace Road Ffordd y Mor
Aberystwyth 
SY23 2AQ
01970 633087
fax 01970 633084
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


13. ICT & DIGITISATION  
'Digital Images Archiving Study - Final Draft Available For Public
Consultation: To secure the long-term future of born-digital and digitised
assets, significant effort must be put into ensuring that they are preserved
and continue to be accessible in the future. Over the past few years, the
JISC has funded a series of feasibility studies which aim to assess the
preservation risk and retention criteria for digital content, and to help
inform and prioritise the development of future services and calls in
digital preservation.'
http://www.swmlac.org.uk/index.php?SID=5354&YEAR=2006&ID=28#SID@@@5354  &
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=imagesarchiving 

'DiSCS-UK: Digital Services for the Cultural Sector': 'This website is an
online database of potential suppliers of ICT and digitisation resources for
the cultural and heritage sector. MLA North East in partnership with the
regional agency One NorthEast have developed this digital and IT knowledge
resource - a one stop shop for sector professionals.'
(http://www.discs-uk.info/)

TASI has launched a new blog, The TASI Lightbox, to highlight and discuss
the latest news surrounding digital images: http://www.tasi.ac.uk/blog/


14. NEWS - WALES
Wrexham County Borough Museum - Refurbishment Plans
Wrexham County Borough Council have exciting plans to refurbish and expand
the Wrexham County Borough Museum.
http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/refurbishment/museum_refurbishmen
t.htm

Fiftieth anniversary celebrations at Tywyn
Lord Dafydd Ellis Thomas, the local Assembly Member and Presiding Officer of
the Assembly visited The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Tywyn in connection
with the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the Museum and the national
Museum and Galleries Month.
http://www.ngrm.org.uk/news/index.php?news_id=74

David Bellamy and Jenny Keal: 'From Pontypool to Phakding' exhibition at
Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum
http://tinyurl.com/mb8mn


15. AMGUEDDFA CYMRU NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES
Find out about songs and skeletons in south east Wales this May 
There's plenty going on to entertain the whole family at Big Pit and the
National Roman Legion Museum this May. As well as celebrating Museums &
Galleries Month and Adult Learners Week, the two museums offer a wide range
of fascinating activities and events for you to enjoy.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/news/?article_id=225

National Museum Cardiff Gears Up for 2007 Centenary 
National Museum Cardiff is embarking on one of the biggest changes in its
one hundred year history, with a complete redevelopment and refurbishment of
its art galleries.
The work at National Museum Cardiff is part of Amgueddfa Cymru - National
Museum Wales's major 2007 centenary project, which includes developments at
both its largest museums in the Cardiff area, National Museum Cardiff and St
Fagans: National History Museum.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/news/?article_id=226

The People's Museum 
The National Waterfront Museum is one of some 70 museums to feature in a
special series to be shown on BBC2 later this month. The People's Museum
begins on BBC 2 on Monday 15th May at 3.30pm. Four museums appear in each
programme, with each museum putting forward a star item. Viewers will be
invited to vote for their favourite star item from each programme: the
winner will be included in a virtual People's Museum.
We are scheduled to be broadcast on Thursday June 8 at 3.30pm - and our star
item is the Penydarren locomotive.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/news/?article_id=227


16. SCOTLAND
SMC is moving!
May 26, 2006
After 25 years at County House, Torphichen Street, SMC is relocating. The
offices will be closed from Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2006. Our new
home is the Stack, formerly a corporation electric light station. Our new
address is:
The Stack, Papermill Wynd, McDonald Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4QL
The switchboard number will be 0131 550 4100
http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/news/2006/SMCmove.asp


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Carol Whittaker AMA
Museums Development Adviser
CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales
Welsh Assembly Government
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