During 2007 MLA London will be working with
consultants and a pilot group of
The Revisiting Collections
toolkit was initially developed by MLA London in partnership with MDA (formerly
the Museums Documentation Association) for use with object collections and
museum collection description systems
We would like all
Each of the pilot archives will receive a grant of
£2000 to support their participation. They will be required to work with a team
of appropriately skilled consultants and one or more focus groups. The focus
groups might be drawn from any section of the community, and we will be looking
to involve at least one community based disability group. Further funding might
be available to support working with groups with special needs to overcome
potential barriers to participation such as language, mobility, learning
difficulties, hearing or visual impairment.
Further information is available by following the
links from our projects website page:
http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/lmal/index.cfm?NavigationID=102
A one-day event to be held in central London on Wednesday 17th January 2007 to
set the context for this piece of work help you understand the objectives and
the commitment that will be required from participating archives. Full details
and a booking form are available at:
http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/lmal/index.cfm?ArticleID=1203&NavigationID=103
Do come along if you would like your archive to
benefit from this great opportunity or just have an interest in how Revisiting Collections might work for you.
Development Manager
MLA London
Fourth Floor
EC1V 0DG
Direct line: 020 7549
1714
Main line: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
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