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The Visitor Studies Group Spring Event and AGM to held at the British Library on Tuesday 13th February 2007 is now fully booked. Revised details for the day are as follows. New Audiences, Different Research? Moving into 21st Century Visitor Studies Visitor Studies Group Spring Event & AGM 13 February 2007 at The British Library Outline of the day 09.30 - 10.00 Registration 10.00 - 10.30 Welcome: Nicky Boyd, VSG Chair and Roger Walshe, Head of Learning, the British Library 10.30 - 11.15 Annabelle Phillips, Director of MORI Qual Hothouse 11.15 - 12.00 Susie Fisher, Director, Susie Fisher Group 12.00 - 12.20 Bursary Feedbacks: Juliette Fritsch, Head of Gallery Interpretation, Evaluation and Resources, V&A and Jenni Fuchs, Visitor Studies Officer, National Museums Scotland 12.20 - 13.10 LUNCH 13.10 - 13.30 AGM 13.30 - 14.15 Jane Sillis, Director, Engage 14.15 - 15.00 Dr Theano Moussouri, lecturer, Museum Studies UCL & Director, Audience Focus 15.00 - 15.30 Debate 15.30 - 16.00 Glass of wine and networking Presentations 'Qual Research: A different perspective' Annabelle Phillips, MORI Director of MORI Qual Hothouse within Ipsos MORI To understand how to get the most out of qualitative research we need to put the participant first. Understanding how they feel about the research process and what you want to get from them will help you achieve more insightful results 'Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss' Susie Fisher, Director Susie Fisher Group looks at qualitative research in Visitor Studies with a view to understanding the drivers for innovation. Jane Sillis, Director of engage will talk about two programmes exploring how young people engage with galleries and the visual arts. enquire is a research project looking at how young people learn in galleries with clusters of researchers, galleries, artists, young people and teachers. enquire is part of the Strategic Commissioning Education Programme in Museums and Galleries funded by the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Culture Media and Sport. The second programme Jane will describe is envision, an action research programme which involves vulnerable young people working with galleries to create youth friendly venues. The programme is funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and by the Arts Council of England. 'Visitor Research in the 2000s: Are the challenges really new?' Dr. Theano Moussouri, Lecturer Museum Studies, UCL, Director of Audience Focus. This paper will look at cutting edge research on visitor learning in museums and other out-of-school learning environments. It will briefly present some of the key questions the visitor studies field tried to answer in the '80s and '90s and compare them with questions being asked today. Two case studies of recent research conducted at the Geffrye Museum and the National Trust will be used to illustrate recent research strands and to show how the visitor studies field has responded to the need to produce evidence of the museum's role in a democratic society. The paper will conclude by looking at the role visitor researchers and evaluators must play to facilitate the museum in its new role. Nicky Boyd Museum Learning and Evaluation Consultant (& Chair of the Visitor Studies Group) 17 Lizban Street Blackheath London SE3 8SS 020 8853 0110 07759 393 779 [log in to unmask] www.nickyboyd.co.uk Whilst every care is taken to minimize the risk of virus transfer, Nicky Boyd cannot accept liability for any adverse consequences arising from this email or any attachments to it. This email may contain confidential material - if you receive it by mistake please return to sender.