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Dear Colleagues, Connecting Collections: Successful partnership working across the heritage sector Date: 5th March 2010 Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Venue: BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ Bookings are now open for this free event on Friday 5th March hosted by BT Connected Earth and the Collections Trust. The day will celebrate successful collaborative partnerships across museums, libraries, archives and beyond, showcasing projects that have found exciting ways of making collections accessible to new audiences. Through breakout sessions and a panel discussion, the event will also highlight how these partnerships can inspire future projects. Speakers include: * Roy Clare, MLA - Keynote address * Nick Poole, Collections Trust - Introduction * Jason Webber, Museum of London - Exploring 20th Century London * Siān Wynn-Jones, BT Connected Earth - Contemporary Collecting in Partnership: a reality matrix * Simon Floyd, Renaissance East of England - SHARE * Liza Giffen, University of Leeds & Kirsty Shields, M&S Archive - Marks in Time * Dr. Tilly Blythe, Science Museum - Locating Communications Heritage * Anra Kennedy, Culture 24 - Caboodle * Almut Grüner, Thackray Museum & UKMCG SSN - Medicine at the Movies Lunch and refreshments will be provided, and there will be plenty of opportunity to network with colleagues and discuss current issues. To reserve your free place, please complete the booking form at: http://tiny.cc/Ib08K Best wishes Siān Siān Wynn-Jones | Heritage Collections Manager | BT Group plc Phone: 020 7440 4220 | Fax: 020 7242 1967 | Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> BT Archives, Third Floor, Holborn TE, 268-270 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EE www.bt.com/archives Explore over 160 years of communications innovation at www.bt.com/archivesonline and www.connected-earth.com/artefacts Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra