Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Day School: Reaching New Audiences through Local Studies
I’ll be speaking at this event on October 2 in Birmingham:
Exploiting Local Studies collections to engage new audiences
Programme
9.30am Registration and coffee.
10.00am Welcome.
10.15am 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?
11.00am Coffee.
11.15am 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.
12 noon Buffet lunch (provided).
1.15pm A.G.M. of the Midlands and Anglia sub-group of the Local Studies Group of CILIP. All members welcome - there is no charge for attendance at the A.G.M only.
1.45pm 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!
2.30pm Tea.
2.45pm 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.
3.30pm Final round-up, questions and discussion.
4.00pm Day School finishes.
Further details and registration here
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