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DCDC17: 100 DAYS TO GO!
What: The Cultural Value of Collections and the Creative Economy
When: 27-29 November 2017
Where: The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ
Cost: from £30 (please note booking fees apply).
Full programme: http://dcdcconference.com/programme/
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dcdc-conference-2017-dcdc17-tickets-35373283443
Twitter: #DCDC17
It is just 100 days to go until DCDC17: The Cultural Value of Collections and the Creative Economy.
Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC), is the conference that celebrates and explores how collections can be opened up in different ways and to different audiences through collaboration between archives, libraries, museums and other heritage organisations both with each other and the academic sector.
Now in its fifth year, in 2017 DCDC will address the ways in which, by working collaboratively, we can gather, measure and present evidence of cultural value and impact at a time of increasing economic and political uncertainty.
Highlights of the conference include four keynote speakers, a new funders' marketplace, a choice of three exciting pre-conference workshops, and the conference meal in the spectacular IWM north.
We very much hope you will be able to joint us!
Keynote speakers
· Professor Geoffrey Crossick (Distinguished Professor of Humanities, School of Advanced Studies) 'Thinking about the value of culture, thinking about the value of collections'
· Mike Jackson (Chief Executive, North Somerset Council) 'Weston after Dismaland - Banksy and Beyond'
· Shân MacLennan (Deputy Artistic Director, Southbank Centre) 'The Telepathy of Archives'
· Nancy E. Gwinn (Director, Smithsonian Libraries)
The full conference programme is available on the DCDC website<http://dcdcconference.com/programme/>, where it can also be downloaded as a PDF.
Multiple networking opportunities
There are a number of exciting social and networking opportunities at DCDC17 to take advantage of. These include:
* Pre-conference reception in the panoramic Compass Room at The Lowry, with commanding views over Salford Quays and Media City
* Conference dinner in the stunning setting of the IWM North
* Informal networking drinks before the conference dinner
* A new optional buddy system to link up delegates
Funders Marketplace
In a new innovation for this year's conference, DCDC17 will host a funders' marketplace, taking place all day on Tuesday 28 November.
This is a practical event around the funding of collections which brings together funders and professionals from cultural heritage organisations, such as archives, museums and libraries, to discuss prospective funding opportunities and ideas for enhancing and strengthening collections across the country and beyond. More specifically, interested delegates will have the chance to learn about current funding opportunities, pitch their ideas directly to funders and get expert advice in short one-to-one sessions. Through DCDC17, we hope that these conversations, which started as part of the RLUK Special Collections Programme, will reach a wider audience that could potentially benefit from them.
Pre-conference workshops
For the first time at DCDC17 we are excited to announce an option of three fantastic pre-conference workshops hosted by local heritage organisations:
* Manchester Libraries and Archive Services: 'Successful partnerships: A practical guide'
* John Rylands Library: 'Working hard to establish relevance with special collections'
* Imperial War Museums: 'Difficult Conversations - Creating relevant and responsive public engagement opportunities about past conflict and the contemporary world'
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