Apologies for cross posting.

 

There is still some availability on the following courses run by MLA London:

 

 

Disability Awareness:  Physical, Sensory & Intellectual Access

 

Date: Friday 5th October 2007

Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Venue: Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, London N17 8NU

For all practitioners in museums, libraries, and archives.

This workshop sets out to explain how the DDA and DED can work for you to assist you to increase the number of visitors/users of your facilities.  At present, people with disabilities feel that museums and archives hold nothing much for them and frequently find libraries daunting to use.  We will show you how simple adjustments can make you and your visitors far more relaxed, without spending huge amounts of cash on expensive equipment.

The day will cover:

·        Terminology - 'disabilities' and 'inclusiveness'

·        The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Disability Equality Duty (DED)

·        Understanding - the issues, constraints, arguments, and opportunities

·        Good and bad practice

·        Relating potential to reality - looking at the collections, environments, and current facilities of museums, libraries and archives


The session is mostly interactive, with a number of workshops throughout the day, and on-going support can be offered following the day, should anyone require it. 

June Bretherton, from JBC Associates, has delivered disability awareness training to a number of organisations from the museums, libraries, and archives sector, as well as working with a number MLA Partnership Regional Agencies.  The training has been popular and highly though off, with a number of longer lasting individual organisational relationship evolving out of the initial training.

Cost: £75 for participants from the 33 London Boroughs; £90 for participants from outside of London. One place for a volunteer member of staff at £37.50 (London only)

 

Interpretation Guidance: Producing and Evaluating Text for Display

Date: Thursday 11th October 2007

Time: 1000 - 1530

Venue: Clore Education Centre, The British Museum, London WC1B 3DG

For all practitioners working in museums, libraries, and archives with the responsibility for producing text panels and materials for exhibitions and display to the public.

The Interpretation Unit at The British Museum works closely with curators and designers to produce effective, engaging and stimulating displays and exhibitions.  Using the experiences of their work at the British Museum and their expertise The British Museum Interpretation Unit will be delivering a one day workshop on how to produce and evaluate text for your exhibitions.  As well as editing text the unit also carries out formative and summative evaluation on the exhibitions and displays at the museum and it will be these skills that will be the learning outcomes for the day.

Staff from the Unit will lead this day which will include visits to displays at the museum to discuss effective presentation of text, narratives and key messages. There will be presentations about Interpretation techniques and practical workshops on writing accessible text and evaluating visitor reactions using a range of methodologies.  By the end of the workshop you will be able to go back to your organisation will clear ideas on how to produce accessible text for your displays and exhibitions.

There will be a practical element to the day and delegates are asked to bring in some text to edit into a display label on the day.

Cost: £75 for participants from the 33 London Boroughs; £90 for participants from outside of London. One place for a volunteer member of staff at £37.50 (London only)

To download a booking form click here or contact Georgina Siddall on 020 7549 1712.

Please return completed forms to:
Bookings
MLA London
53-36 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0DG

Fax. 020 7490 5225

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Georgina Siddall
Workforce Development and Events Assistant MLA London

Direct line: 020 7549 1712
Main line: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
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