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Hi all We have a large collection of election ephemera here at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science - not national campaign material but rather the leaflets and addresses produced by candidates in the constituencies - see http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/gutoho/election_ephemera.htm for further details. It's not something we've thought of as a priority for digitisation, partly on account of the size of the collection, but also because the copyright situation is far from clear, and the current usage figures aren't really high enough to support a funding bid. But we'd certainly be interested in getting involved in discussions with other organisations with similar collections if it looks like there's a collaborative project that could come out of it. Bristol University Library I believe also have a similar collection. Anna Anna Towlson Assistant Archivist Library London School of Economics and Political Science 10 Portugal Street WC2A 2HD Tel: 020 7955 7223 http://www.library.lse.ac.uk Out of the box - news and comment from LSE Archives <http://lib-1.lse.ac.uk/archivesblog/> -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frankie Roberto Sent: 12 January 2009 14:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Election pamphlet archives Hi all, There has been a discussion (see https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/200 9-January/003642.html) that's kicked off on the mySociety developers mailing list that I thought I'd bring to the group's attention. (mySociety are a charitable organisation that produce websites like FixMyStreet and TheyWorkForYou). Someone's suggested that it'd be worthwhile to build an online archives of electioneering material (pamphlets and so on). They suggested using Flickr to encourage people to upload scans of material distributed at forthcoming elections, but discussion soon turned to existing archives. Someone mentioned the Labour History Musuem as a potential, which seems to have been amalgamated into the People's History Museum (http://www.phm.org.uk/), who's website is a little under-construction, to match the museum. My questions to the group are: * does your musuem hold any collections of electioneering material? Are they digitised? * what would a project to build a collective online archive of such material look like? There's clearly an interest in such an endeavour. * do you either work at the People's History Museum, or know someone who does? If so, please get in contact. Thanks all, Frankie -- Frankie Roberto Experience Designer, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk ************************************************** Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************