Dear Colleagues,
Please find details of MLA London training events coming up in 2008. These events are open all staff and volunteers throughout the UK.
Click on the course title below for further information, or visit the Training and Events section of our website, www.mlalondon.org.uk
Community Participation: Partnership Building - Thursday 17th January
Copyright and the Web - Thursday 31st January
All Change for Charities - Charity law essential updates; How to make effective boards work - Wednesday 27th February
Community Participation: Project planning and evaluation - Tuesday 4th March
Copyright: Exploitation - Thursday 5th March
Stop the Rot! Preventative Collection Care - Thursday 20th March
Cost: £75 for delegates from organisations within the 33 London boroughs, £90 for delegates from outside of London. 1 place for a volunteer member of staff from an organisation at £37.50 (London only)
How to book:
To download a booking form click here <http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLA_London_Delegates_Booking_Form_2007.doc> or contact Paddy McNulty on 020 7549 1711 ([log in to unmask])
Please return the completed form to [log in to unmask], or post to Bookings, 4th Floor, 53-56 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DG, or by fax on 020 7490 5225.
And finally, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - have fun!
Paddy
Workforce Development Co-ordintator
Museums, Libraries, Archives London
Community Participation: Partnership Building
Date: Thursday 17th January 2008
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: London Archaeology Archive & Resource Centre, London N1 7ED
For practitioners working in museums, libraries, and archives involved in community participation work, who are planning community participation work or projects.
This is the second of three training days on Community Participation/Engagement. They are run as stand-alone training days but all complement each other to produce an informative and exciting package.
This training day will focus on how museums, libraries and archives can best place themselves to form and sustain partnerships locally with both community stakeholders and service providers.
There will be community case studies to support understanding of different community groups needs not just in relation to services museums, libraries and archives can offer but also in terms of building and sustaining meaningful community partnerships.
Participants will be supported to identify the options for meaningful community participation within their own services. This will also include discussion around forming sustainable partnerships with community groups.
By the end of the training day participants will:
* Understand who their key community stakeholders are
* Explore forming partnerships with communities
* Map out key partnerships and service providers
Copyright and the Web
Date: Thursday 31st January 2008
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Venue: The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT
For museums, libraries and archives practitioners who have a basic understanding of copyright issues and are wanting to learn about copyright in relation to the internet; or for people considering expanding their internet presence and/or usage.
This is the second of three copyright training we will be running. You may book each course as a stand-alone training course or a combination of the three.
This one day workshop provides an overview of the copyright and related rights issues associated with the web, digitisation of collections, protection of assets, user engagement and online licensing initiatives such as Creative Commons and Open Source.
It explores how and why new technology offers potential opportunities to the creation of an environment whereby rights can be managed more effectively. The course is aimed at professionals who already have a basic understanding of copyright and who want to further develop their knowledge. It offers practical training, giving participants the tools they need to embark dealing with rights in the digital environment.
By the end of the course participants will have:
· Encountered the rights issues associated with digitisation and born digital materials
· Examined options to protect rights in the digital environment
· Reviewed the rights management sections of SPECTRUM
· Understood the value of Creative Commons and Creative Archive licences and when they can and cannot be used
· Discussed the concept of the Public Domain and "free" content
· Engaged with the concept of Web 2.0 and its relationship to rights issues
· Discussed their own requirements and concerns with the Trainer
· Shared experiences with other participants
· Assessed their own procedures and practices against good practice
· Considered further resources
· Been provided with MDA support materials and relevant fact sheets
Facilitator: Naomi Korn, MDA
Lunch will be provided.
All Change for Charity - A Charity Law Update and How Effective Boards Work
Date: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
Charity law have recently changed. Are you up to date in your knowledge of it. An essential one day course for members of museum, library, and archive organisations with operational responsibility - in particular directors, senior managers, and trustees.
Two workshops for the price of one! These workshops will be of particular relevance to any independent museums, libraries, or archives.
Morning Session - All Change for Charity - A Charity Law Update
Current changes to the law will affect all those libraries, museums or archives that are operated by charities, as will changes in accounting for heritage assets.
This seminar will describe the main changes brought about by the Charities Act 2006 and Companies Act 2006, and look at practical actions that need to be taken as a consequence, as well looking ahead to some of the longer-term implications.
Changes to accounting standards for heritage assets, and how these are to be reported in charity accounts, will also be covered.
No knowledge of charity law is assumed. Active participation is encouraged.
Afternoon Session - How Effective Boards Work
Effective boards do not happen by accident - like all successes, they require effort and perseverance.
The seminar will look at the measures of success in a board, and describe some of the key approaches and processes needed to put these in place, for both large, medium, and small organisations.
Particular attention will be given to succession planning, and how this can be used to create boards that are both fit for purpose and reflect the diversity of local communities.
Active participation is encouraged, and there will be an opportunity for participants to contribute their own experiences.
Delivered by: Adrian Babbage, Egeria Heritage Consultant
Community Participation: Project Planning and Evaluation
Date: Tuesday 4th March 2008
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
For practitioners working in museums, libraries, and archives involved in community participation work who are planning community participation/engagement work or projects.
This is the third of three training days on Community Participation/Engagement. They are run as stand-alone training days but all complement each other to produce an informative and exciting
package.
This training day will support participants to identify the different aspects involved in the planning and evaluation of community participation work. It will particularly address approaches to working in partnership with communities and give some concrete case studies. The day will be a mixture of theory and practical exercises drawing on participants own practice experiences.
A presentation around planning and evaluation including wider theoretical frameworks from community development and the museums, libraries, and archives sector will support participants to undertake work on the cycle of planning and evaluation. There will then be a focus on how to set measures and indicators in order to review and inform future actions.
By the end of the training day participants will:
* Consider opportunities for community participation in future service development
* Understand methods that can be used to plan and evaluate community partnership work
Copyright: exploitation
For museum, library, and archive practitioners who already have a basic understanding of copyright and who want to further develop their knowledge by offering practical training to start building an effective rights clearance toolkit
Date: Thursday 6th March 2008
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
This is the third of three copyright training we will be running. You may book each course as a stand-alone training course or a combination of the three.
This one-day workshop provides an introduction to the principles of copyright exploitation within the context of working with collections and why licences are essential tools for maximising assets and reducing risks. The course is aimed at professionals who already have a basic understanding of copyright and who want to further develop their knowledge by offering practical training to start building an effective rights clearance toolkit. The hands-on training aims to give participants the tools they need to choose, create and negotiate licences for the use of third party rights, more information about Creative Commons licences and licensing in the digital environment.
By the end of the course participants will have:
· Understood how rights can be cleared and exploited
· Encountered various types of licence agreements
· Examined ways to build their own robust licences and to negotiate licences with third parties
· Understood the value of Creative Commons licences and when they can be used
· Discussed the role of collective licensing schemes
· Discussed their own requirements and concerns with the Trainer
· Shared experiences with other participants
· Assessed their own procedures and practices against good practice
· Considered further resources
· Been provided with MDA support materials and relevant fact sheets
· Experienced practical all day training in an informal and relaxed learning environment
Facilitator: Naomi Korn, MDA
Lunch will be provided.
Stop the Rot! How and why collections decay, and how it can prevented
Date: Thursday 20th March 2008
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre, Eagle Wharf Road, London
Why don't objects last forever?
Why does it matter where watercolours are displayed?
Why is it necessary to wear cotton gloves to handle objects?
If you have ever wondered why collections care matters or even what it is, then this is the course for you. You will learn what the main agents of decay are and how they can damage objects.
You will also be offered a range of practical strategies to help ensure that your collections will be accessible now and in the future with a range of practical preventative strategies to look after your collection. Delegates will also receive a bound booklet on the subject on the day of the event.
Paddy McNulty
Workforce Development Co-ordinator
Direct line: 020 7549 1711
Main line: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
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