Liverpool Centre for Archive Studies and
Society of Archivists North West Region
Archives and Education Training Event
and Drinks Reception
Room 1.13, Continuing Education Building,
126 Mount Pleasant, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GR
Wednesday 8 October 2008 1-4.45pm, 5-7pm
Aims and Objectives
This training event is jointly organised by the Liverpool University
Centre for Archive Studies and the Society of Archivists North West
Region. The afternoon session will give delegates the following: news and
advice from school projects around the region, an insight into the role of
an archives education officer, an introduction to the new MLA tool for
finding schools and keeping records of school contacts, and input from
teachers. The course will be of interest to archivists, archives
assistants and all those in archives with an education or outreach remit.
Following the course will be the annual drinks reception to welcome new
LUCAS students to the region, with regional SoA members and the national
SoA council in attendance.
Booking
Attendance at the training event costs £15. To book please visit
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lucas/events.htm and fill out a booking form.
Attendance at the drinks reception is free – see below for attendance
slip.
Location
The Continuing Education Building is at 126 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool (see
http://www.liv.ac.uk/maps/ building number 114)
Programme
1.00 Registration and coffee
1.30 Sarah Chapman, Education and Outreach Assistant, Scottish
Borders Heritage Hub
The Role of Education and Outreach in Archives
2.00 Sherry Ashworth, author and senior lecturer in English and
Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University
Using archives to promote creative writing: Young Cultural Creators at
North Manchester High School for Girls
2.30 Joanna Oldham, MLA North West
Learning Links projects in the North West
3.00 Coffee break
3.15 Phil Smith, Hoshin, Manchester
The MLA Schools Participation Database
4.15 Gillian Lonergan, Learning Resources Manager and Archivist,The
Co-operative College
Their Past Your Future and other projects
4.45 Close and presentation to students by Society of
Archivists Executive Director John Chambers and Honorary
Secretary Jenny Moran
5-7.00 Drinks reception to welcome the new Liverpool University
Centre for Archives Studies students to the region,
introduced by LUCAS Director, Margaret Proctor
To confirm attendance at the reception, please return the slip below to
Nicola Marchbank, Barclays Group Archives, Dallimore Road, Wythenshawe,
Manchester, M23 9JA or phone 0161 946 3035 or email:
[log in to unmask] . (NB this is only for the drinks reception;
visit http://www.liv.ac.uk/lucas/events.htm to book a place for the
training.)
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Drinks reception, 5-7pm 8 Oct 2008, Continuing Education Building, 126
Mount Pleasant, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GR
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