> Hi there,
>
> Here in Kent we are working on an interactive history of the county on
> cd-rom. We would like to offer a sharing Museum Skills Millennium
> Award
> placement on this exciting multimedia project, and I am enclosing
> detail of
> this placement.
>
>
>
> If you are interested, please contact me directly to discuss the
> project. If
> you are not looking for a placement, but know of someone else who
> might be
> interested, I would be very grateful if you could pass this
> information on.
>
> If you have already received this information by another route, please
> excuse the duplication.
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Jane Sarre
>
> Museum Development Advisor
> Kent County Council Education & Libraries
> Cultural Development Unit
> Springfield
> Maidstone
> Kent ME14 2LH
>
> tel 01622 696439
> fax 01622 696419
> mobile 0411 722010
>
> In case of problems, the document reads as follows:
>
> Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Award
> Placement Opportunity
>
> Introduction
>
> The museum development team at Kent County Council was awarded an HLF
> Millennium Award to produce an interactive history of the County on
> cd-rom.
> The cd will tell the history of the county through museum objects,
> documents
> and historic sites. The key audience is KS3 and the family group. It
> will be
> distributed to schools and libraries across the county, and will be on
> sale
> in participating museums.
>
> We would like to offer a placement on this project to someone
> interested in
> being involved in a multimedia project.
>
> Possible areas of work
>
> We would be happy to arrange the exact details of a placement to suit
> the
> particular secondee, but in general terms the areas of activity are as
> follows:
>
> * Research on museums, collections, sites and historic buildings
> in
> the county
> * Research on history of the county
> * Editing of existing research findings into suitable text -
> similar
> to writing exhibition panels
> * Participating in planning process to set the final structure of
> the
> cd
> * Finding and selecting appropriate objects, documents, film and
> sound
> recordings for inclusion
> * Photographing objects and buildings for inclusion
> * Digitising assets originating in different media
> * Participating in meetings with the production company to plan
> the
> programming and production of the cd
>
> Skills required
>
> This placement might suit a curator, interpreter, or museum educator
> with
> experience of producing exhibitions, activities or publications who
> would
> like to gain experience of multimedia projects. The exact skills
> needed
> would depend on when the placement took place, and on whether the
> placement
> focussed on one activity, such as research or digital photography, or
> was a
> general one covering the range of activities.
>
> Practical details
>
> The project is already well developed, and is due to be completed by
> September this year. In order to meet this deadline, the main activity
> for
> our office will be data creation, collation and digitising during the
> period
> of March to June.
>
> The secondee would be based in the office of the Cultural Development
> Unit
> in Maidstone, Kent, but would have the opportunity to travel and meet
> museum
> staff and volunteers across the county.
>
> Contact
>
> To state your interest, request further information or discuss the
> project,
> please contact:
>
> Jane Sarre
> Museum Development Adviser
> Cultural Development Unit
> Kent County Council
> Springfield
> Maidstone
> Kent ME14 2LH
>
> Tel 01622 696439
> Fax 01622 696419
> Mobile 0411 722010
> E-mail [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
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