Dear Colleagues,

 

Connecting Collections: Successful partnership working across the heritage sector

 

Date:    5^th 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 5^th 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 20^th Century London

·         Siân 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

 

 

Siân Wynn-Jones | Heritage Collections Manager | BT Group plc
Phone: 020 7440 4220  | Fax: 020 7242 1967 | Email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
BT Archives, Third Floor, Holborn TE, 268-270 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EE
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