Reaching New Audiences:
Exploiting Local Studies collections to engage new audiences
This year's Midland & Anglia Local Studies Group Day School is taking place on Thursday 2nd October at Solihull Library. The speakers and topics are:
Local Studies: Whither or wither? David Gill, Information, Heritage and Learning Services Manager, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, describes how Local Studies has a key role to play in many corporate agendas but the onus is on us to demonstrate its value, to re-focus and re-package services and engage with new audiences through new technologies and attention-grabbing initiatives. As more and more family history resources become available online, how prepared are we to adapt our emphases to secure our future?
Setting up and developing an intergenerational local history project. What do you think
are the opportunities for developing a community journalism project based on local studies? Adam Barnes, MySheffield Project Co-ordinator, leads a discursive workshop on the practical aspects of designing and delivering inter-generational local history projects.
Creative approaches to the Cultural Offer. Jenny Bone, MLA West Midlands Cultural Entitlement Officer, describes how museum and archive collections can inspire creativity (and support the school curriculum) in children and young people!
Using the Internet to Promote History. Andy Walpole, creator of the website History Nexus, talks about using the Web 2.0 as a platform to promote a love of history.
The cost is £40 + vat, and places can be booked through Tracey Williams, Local Studies Librarian, Solihull Central Library
Homer Road, Solihull, Birmingham.B91 3RG. Tel: 0121 704 6976. Fax: 0121 704 6212 email: [log in to unmask]
Regards,
Paul Hudson
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