BL REACHING THE REGIONS SHOWCASE EVENTS 10.15-16.00

25 MARCH 2004, BRITISH LIBRARY, BOSTON SPA, YORKSHIRE

Chaired by Sue Underwood, Chief Executive, NEMLAC

6 APRIL 2004, BRITISH LIBRARY,ST PANCRAS, LONDON

Chaired by Helen Jackson, Chief Executive, SEMLAC

During the last 18 months, the BL has worked in partnership with Museums, Libraries and Archives Councils NEMLAC and SEMLAC, to produce a wide range of projects mostly aimed directly at the public, some in support of staff development. Now that the programme is coming to an end, an opportunity is being offered for the wider cultural professions to hear how they worked and to see the results. A number of electronic resources have been developed and those on the web will of course be available to all. Their developers will demonstrate how they work and where they will be useful to your users.

The British Library's emerging and ongoing regionally focused programme will be outlined during the day.

WHY ATTEND?

*     Full briefing on of working in partnership with the BL

*     Hear about the individual projects based at member institutions of NEMLAC and SEMLAC

*     Ask questions about the projects from their developers

*     Try out some new electronic resources for your users

Meet colleagues from many member organisations who are active within their regional Museums, Libraries and Archives Councils (MLACs)

YOU SHOULD ATTEND IF YOU ARE SOMEONE:

*    in a museum, library or archive or in education keen to offer new resources to the public

*    who wants to find partnership opportunities in the future

*    interested in new opportunities and ways of working within the new regional structures

*    enthusiastic to develop the network for museums, libraries and    archives

*    keen to exchange ideas with specialists within the community

*    on the staff of the British Library interested in creating more external links

*    from the specialist press

 

Full Project Descriptions at http://www.bl.uk/concord/reaching-projects.html

PROGRAMME

10.15    Registration and coffee

10.45    Chairman's welcome

10.50     Reaching the Regions Programme and its context within BL regional activities

11.00    Sense of Place Reaches the Regions

            Thames Riverside Pubs (Thames Pilot)

            Grimms Northumberland Sketchbooks and Durham:echoes of power

            (Beamish Open air Museum)

              Questions

11.45    Coffee

12.00    Sound and Vision

 Oral History and other training (NEMLAC)

 Our Saturdays (SE Film and Video Archive)

 Questions

12.45        Lunch

1.30            Hands on session - experts available for practical questions on content

2.0          Travellers -

Captain Cook Online (Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, Middlesbrough)

Journeys through Wonderland (Museum of Oxford)

Questions

2.45            Tea

3.0           Looking back -

Lindisfarne Education programme and questions (Northumberland County Library Service)                                               

3.25            Looking forward -

The British Library's future regional strategy and questions

3.55            Chairman's closing remarks

4.00      Showcase ends

FEES - £35 for full day including sandwich lunch, coffees and tea
Discount: Staff from institutions belonging to a Museums, Libraries and Archives Council £25

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