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The London Museums Hub Records Management Project is working with the
four Hub Museums, and the Museum Development Officers, to support
museums to implement records management. The project provides a range of
different initiatives to develop museum capacity in this area. It has
funding to provide museums with a short consultancy. Feedback on the six
consultancies provided over 2009/10 has been very positive.
We will provide up to 8 consultancies over 2010/11. Each consultancy
will last about two (non-consecutive) days, and should have a clear
output at the end. For example, museums might ask for help with writing
records management policies, developing staff roles to include records
management, creating records management strategies, or developing
in-house training on records management. Additionally the consultancy
will offer a small grant for appropriate furniture or equipment such as
shredders and lockable filing cabinets, depending on the needs of the
individual museum.
We are currently accepting applications from museums for consultancies
between July 2010 and February 2011. Interested museums should fill out
the short application form below, explaining what they need the
consultant for, and what the outcomes of the consultancy will be.
We are looking for applications that specify clear outcomes from the
consultancy to make a real difference, so please be specific about what
areas you want support in, and how the consultancy will help you. See
further information on award criteria on page 4 of the application form
below.
Successful museums will agree consultancy dates in the above period by
June.
Please feel free to discuss your application with your Museum
Development Officer before you submit it. To find out who your MDO is
see:
http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/programmes/renaissance/regions/london/who/hub
_team
Forms should be submitted by 5pm on 30 April, to Samira Teuteberg, Hub
Records Management Advisor:
E-mail [log in to unmask]
Fax: 020 7600 1058
Post: London Museums Hub, Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London.
EC2Y 5HN
London Museums Hub
Records Management Consultancy
Application Form
Name of Museum :
Address:
Telephone
Email
Main Contact Person;
Job Title:
1. Tell us what aspects of records management you would like the
consultant to help to develop (i.e. governance and buy-in, policies and
procedures, awareness raising etc.)
2. Detail the degree of support you would like from the consultant (i.e.
drafting policies, creating strategies, developing training, etc.)
3. State what outcomes of the consultant's work (i.e. staff more
confident about records management, better retention of records, better
able to involve staff in records management decisions) you expect. We
will want you to report back on whether these outcomes have been
achieved.
4. Museums that receive any funding through Renaissance need to be
Registered, Accredited or working towards Accreditation (for more
information please contact your MDO). Please indicate the status of your
museum.
__ Accredited
__ Registered
__ Working towards Accreditation
__ Other
Criteria for selection of museums for records management consultancy
Eligibility
To be eligible for an information and records assessment, applicant
museums:
* must be located within the 32 London Boroughs or the City of
London
* must offer a level of public access to all or part of their
collections (depending on the nature of the organisation this may be
research access only)
* we regret that applications cannot be accepted from the
national collections (the national museums, TNA, British Film Institute
and British Library) or from museums that are outside the London Museums
Hub region
* applications received after the stated closing date will not
be considered for the current consultancy round.
Eligible museums must:
1. Know specific aspects of records management they would like the
consultant to help to develop (i.e. governance and buy-in, policies and
procedures, awareness raising training, etc.)
2. Specify the detailed degree of support they would like from the
consultant (i.e. drafting policies, creating strategies, developing
training, etc.)
3. Know the outcomes of the consultant's work (i.e. staff more confident
about records management, implementation of policy, better retention of
records, better able to involve staff in records management decisions)
well enough to report back on whether they have been achieved.
4. Be able to commit to dates for this consultancy round within one
month of award notice. Consultancy dates may occur some time after this
period, but dates need to be agreed within one month of award notice.
Samira Teuteberg
Hub Records Management Advisor, Information Resources Section
Museum of London
150 London Wall
London. EC2Y 5HN
Tel: 0870 444 3852 Mob: 07958677767
Fax: 020 7600 1058
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