Dear Colleagues,

 

MLA London's training programme contains a number of courses that are relevant to people working in the library sector taking place in September and October 2008.  Our training is open to library staff (and volunteers) in the UK.

 

The following courses are taking place in September and October and are open to bookings now.  More details of each course are below this list. Please scroll down or click on the course title.

 

Community Engagement: An introduction - Wednesday 17th September

Copyright Essentials - Friday 10th October 2008

Community Engagement: Partnership - Wednesday 22nd October

An introduction to digitisation for museums, libraries, and archives- Tuesday 28th October 2008

 

Course prices range from £95 to £105 for a day's course and include course papers/booklets, lunch, and refreshments.  You can download a full copy of our training programme by clicking here <http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAEVENTS0809.pdf> , or copying the following into your web browser: http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAEVENTS0809.pdf <http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAEVENTS0809.pdf>  

 

To inquire into bookings or request a booking form please call 020 7549 1712, or email [log in to unmask]  Alternatively you can download a booking form by clicking here <http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAL_BOOKING_FORM_0809.doc> , or by copying the following into your web browser: http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAL_BOOKING_FORM_0809.doc <http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/MLAL_BOOKING_FORM_0809.doc>  

 

Kind Regards

 

Paddy McNulty

Workforce Development Co-ordinator

MLA London

 

 

Community Engagement: An introduction

Date/Time: Wednesday 17th September 2008  0930 - 1630

Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

 

This course is one of a series of three community engagement course. Delegates are welcome to attend just one course, or a combination of the three.

 

This one day course will be interactive and participative and will draw upon the experience and skills of the participants to consider community engagement in the museums, libraries and archives sector.

 

Prior to the course, participants will be sent some background materials including a policy briefing and will be asked to identify a current or proposed community engagement project, activity or issue that they would like to focus on with other participants in an afternoon session. 

 

Aims:

 

·         To develop an understanding of community engagement

·         To consider different ways to engage with local communities

·         Identify the 'barriers' for organisations and individuals that inhibit community engagement and these can be overcome

·         To help to develop ongoing networks and sharing of practice.

 

Trainers: John Vincent - Networker for "The Network - tackling social exclusion ..." and Cathy Herman, Independent Consultant

 

Cost: £95 for organisations within London; £100 for organisations outside of London.  All course papers are included in the price.  Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.

 

 

Copyright: Essentials

Date/Time: Friday 10th October 2008 0930 - 1630

Venue: Friends House, Room 2, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

 

This practical one day training course provides an introduction to copyright and its importance within the context of caring for museum, library, and archive collections. Participants will be introduced to the tools they need to manage copyright as part of their daily work.  The day will also examine in detail how rights can be cleared, the role of copyright audits, tips for tracing rights holders, due diligence, and the management and protection of rights within the context of digitisation and publishing projects. 

 

By the end of the course participants will have: 

 

·         Encountered key copyright issues of relevance to the sector

·         Discussed the crucial changes in the copyright legislation

·         Considered the importance of good copyright practice

·         Carried out a copyright audit

·         Understood the legal requirements of copyright and the use of documentation to achieve them

·         Understood the procedures for achieving best copyright practice and embedding it within their work

·         Discussed how risks can be managed

·         Discussed their own requirements and concerns with the trainer

·         Shared experiences with other participants

·         Considered further resources

 

Trainer: Naomi Korn

 

Cost: £95 for organisations within London; £100 for organisations outside of London.  A course booklet is included in the price.  Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided

 

 

Community Engagement: Partnership

Date/Time: Wednesday 22nd October 0930 - 1630

Venue: The Women's Library, 25 Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT

 

This course is the second of a series of three community engagement course. Delegates are welcome to attend just one course, or a combination of the three.

 

There will be a practical focus to the day with discussions and activities that will focus on why we need to build partnerships, and how to do so effectively, focusing particularly on the skills required for successful partnership-working. The course will also consider a number of different models of partnership (such as the Local Strategic Partnership).

 

Participants will be asked to come with a concrete idea of a partnership that they are in the process of building - or would like to build - and will take part in practical case-study workshop sessions to look at this work in more depth. 

 

Aims:

 

·         To consider why we need to build partnerships, and with whom

·         To examine and learn from good practice in partnership-building skills

·         To investigate different types of partnership and how they function

 

 

Trainers: John Vincent - Networker for "The Network - tackling social exclusion ..." and Cathy Herman, Independent Consultant

 

Cost: £95 for organisations within London; £100 for organisations outside of London.  All course papers are included in the price.  Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.

 

 

An introduction to digitisation for museums, libraries, and archives

Date/Time: Tuesday 28th October 0930 - 1700

Venue: Kings College London, Council Hall, Strand Buildings, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

 

This course is for staff and volunteers from organisation in the museums, libraries, and archives sector who are considering a digitisation project.

 

Focused upon delivering digital resources and digitisation (the conversion to digital formats) this one day course will inform about how to approach digitisation projects. The day will offer real life examples and tools to enable effective management of digitisation including selection, feasibility and planning plus an introduction to metadata and digital imaging. The course will encourage discussion, questions and debate plus provide a structured environment to learn about the management tools of the digital project trade.

 

The day will include sessions on: 

 

·         Why digitise?

·         Assessing the potential to digitise

·         Building selection criteria

·         Planning 

·         Digital imaging overview including equipment and colour management

·         Metadata overview

·         Illustrative case studies

 

Delegates will leave the day with:

 

·         Knowledge of how to carry out a digitisation project and the underlying technologies

·         Confidence to know the tools and means to effectively conduct digitisation projects

·         Awareness of the way other museums, libraries, and archives approach digitisation

 

 

Trainer: Simon Tanner, Kings College Digital Consultancy, a leading thinker and consultant in how the digital domain relates to library, museum and archiving digital strategies. 

 

Cost: £105 for organisations within London; £110 for organisations outside of London.  All course papers are included in the price.  Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Paddy McNulty

Workforce Development Co-ordinator

MLA London

 

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