I have been asked to look into the links between the archive service, the
information it makes available online and the number of visitors it gets by
our tourism officer as we look towards Liverpool's 800th birthday in 2007
and European Capital of Culture in 2008.
Clearly Archives Awareness campaigns and 'Who Do You Think You Are?' are
having an impact on awareness of archives and in attracting more people to
use archive services across the board but it can be difficult to identify
the exact impact of an event or reason for an increase as we also make more
and more information available online (which will remove the need for some
people to make a visit in person).
I am aware of the information contained in the 'Visitors to British Archives
surveys' about the number and duration of visits to archives but would like
actual/anecdotal evidence to support the statistics.
I wondered whether any offices had information, examples or figures that
could support the following issues/aspects
1) Evidence that having information online via repository website, A2A,
Archives Hub etc does not reduce actual visitor numbers.
2) Any links between actual (as opposed to website visitors) visitor numbers
and amount of information available online.
3) Explicit links between archives and tourism to attract internal/external
funding.
4) Explicit links between archives and tourism to attract visitors to the
archives/city.
If people could send me information directly I will then summarise for the
list.
best wishes
Simon
Simon Wilson
Project Manager, Mersey Gateway Project
Liverpool Libraries and Information Services
Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
Tel. 0151 233 5819
Fax. 0151 233 5824
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Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008
http://www.mersey-gateway.org
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