For Immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Eleanor Lovegrove, MDA / Jonathan Mason, MLA
Tel: 01223 415760 / 020 7273 1459
MDA to Receive MLA Renaissance Funding
28 February 2006 – The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is funding MDA, the UK’s leading authority on information management in museums, to create Collections Link, an innovative service providing information and advice in all areas of collections management.
The service, which is funded through MLA’s Renaissance programme, will include direct advice by telephone as well as an online library of guidelines, fact sheets and standards.
Collections Link will bring together resources from a range of partner organisations including MLA, the Institute of Conservation, the National Preservation Office, the National Archives and others. This will be the first time that professionals working with collections will be able to access information and advice in a range of areas through a single point.
The service will be divided into two strands. The first will deal with ‘traditional’ collections management, including documentation, conservation, preservation and copyright. The second will provide new resources in more general areas of management. These will include project and change management, procurement, fundraising and Charity Law.
Alison Hems, Renaissance Project Director, commented, “MLA has long recognised the need for an integrated approach to the provision of collections management advice and guidance, at various levels and in a variety of ways. Collections Link has enormous potential to become an invaluable source of information and support, and a focal point for the development of good practice.”
The announcement of the launch of Collections Link has been widely welcomed by the sector. Paul Davies, Registrar at the Natural History Museum commented, “Collections Link is a novel and exciting development for the sector. The range of advice and training that it will provide will be invaluable in helping everybody to achieve higher standards in collection management and care as well as enabling organisations to manage their resources more effectively.”
For further information about Collections Link, contact Eleanor Lovegrove, MDA Marketing Officer at [log in to unmask] or on 01223 415 760.
Notes to Editors
MDA is the UK’s lead organisation in documentation and the management of collections information. Our vision is of a sector in which collections are managed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with national standards to create inspiring, engaging and sustainable services.
Collections Link is being developed by MDA in partnership with MLA, The National Preservation Office and the Institute of Conservation, and is funded by MLA through the Renaissance in the Regions programme. It will bring together a number of other partners including UKOLN, TASI, CILIP, The Museum Copyright Group, the English Regional Agencies and the devolved administrations.
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is the national development agency working for and on behalf of museums, libraries and archives, advising the government on policy and priorities for the sector. MLA's roles are to provide strategic leadership, to act as a powerful advocate, to develop capacity and to promote innovation and change. www.mla.gov.uk
For further information about the work of MDA or to interview MDA Director Nick Poole, contact Eleanor Lovegrove at [log in to unmask] or by telephone on 01223 415760.
For further information about MLA or the work of Renaissance, please contact Jonathan Mason at [log in to unmask] or call 020 7273 1459.
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