Cathy Smith & Fleur Soper5 March 2010

Archives for the 21st Century

Cultural and learning partnerships

Archives for the 21st Century

• Created by The National Archives and The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

• Call to action for publicly-funded archive services and the sector

Cultural and learning partnerships

• Active participation

• Powerful role

• Clear contribution through partnerships

• Support learning and community cohesion

• Involving users

 

Benefits

• Audience and users

• Communities

• Access

• Government policies: identity, learning, community and place

• Recognition of contribution

• Culture and learning

Treasure House

• Archive• Library• Art gallery• Museum

Surrey History Centre

• Partnership with the Woking branch of MIND

• Records and oral history

• Award winning

The Record: Creating a legacy for 2012

• Legacy of the Games and Cultural Olympiad

• Partnerships for a comprehensive collection

• Online access to linked collections

• Documenting achievements

Your partnerships What’s the potential for partnership and

your collections?

What have you already done?

What do you want the outcome to be?

Where are the gaps and what things do you need to do to

make this happen?

Your partnerships

What partnerships do you want to develop?

Thank youcathy.smith@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.ukfleur.soper@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk