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This online Q and A session will provide an update on the planned re-opening of the Accreditation scheme in April 2021 and what this means for the museums within the scheme or wanting to join. There will be plenty of opportunity for museums to ask questions at the event and you are also able to submit them in advance as part of your booking.
The meeting will be hosted by Heather Lomas, Museum Accreditation Advisor to the East Midlands.
Who is it for?
Any museum in the East Midlands who is considering applying to the scheme, working towards Accreditation or currently Accredited.
Museum Mentors are also welcome to attend the event, and we are having a specific Museum Mentors Network Meeting on the 24th February which you can book here.
This online workshop will provide an introductory overview for managing sound archives and providing public access.
Many museums have sound recordings in their collections, ranging from a few old records or cassettes to more recent collections of born-digital sound files. Providing public access to these recordings demands a knowledge of how to deal with different sound formats. It raises issues around digitisation, cataloguing, and rights clearance. It means engaging with a wide range of methods of delivery to the public.
This course is run by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) Midlands Hub team and is an introduction to all these issues. It focusses on what you can do to preserve and use the sound recordings sitting in your museum.
The UOSH project is run by the British Library with funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Click here for more information about the UOSH team and the project.
Who can attend:
This session is for all museums and heritage sites in the East Midlands who currently manage a sound collection.
Please note this workshop will be held on the online meeting platform Zoom. We will sending joining information out on the 8th March to all delegates.
East Midlands Heritage Volunteering Group
Preparing for the future of volunteer management after COVID-19
When: 26th March 9.45am – 11.45am on Zoom FREE
What are the implications for volunteering as we transition out of ‘lockdown’ from Covid-19? What might this mean for how we have to change our approach to volunteer engagement? This session will help you find some answers and consider what you need to do to succeed at volunteer engagement in our changed world.
This session is run by the East Midland’s Heritage Volunteering Group, a peer networking forum. It provides an opportunity for colleagues to come together to explore, share, champion and promote best practice in volunteering and volunteer management within our sector. We feed into the national Heritage Volunteering Group.
For more information or to book on, please contact Amanda on amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk
The Accreditation Scheme sets out nationally-agreed standards, and enables museums to assess their current performance, as well as supporting them to plan and develop their services. This session will explore the benefits of Accreditation, and the requirements for Section Two: Collections.
Sarah Brown, Collections Trust, will explore museum documentation procedures with a focus on accountability and the SPECTRUM standard primary procedures. We will also look at the requirement for Documentation Procedural Manuals.
If possible, we ask attendees to have available their the own Documentation Procedural Manuals for the session.
Please note this is part 1 of 2 sessions. You can attend this as a standalone session, but we advise you attend part 2 also. You can book part 2 here.
This training is part of our Museum Accreditation series of support, in line with the re-opening of the Museum Accreditation scheme in April 2021.
Who is this for?
This training is for those working towards Accreditation, or for anyone wanting a refresher on the Accreditation requirements. It is specifically aimed at East Midlands museums.
The Accreditation Scheme sets out nationally-agreed standards, and enables museums to assess their current performance, as well as supporting them to plan and develop their services. This session will explore the benefits of Accreditation, and the requirements for Section Two: Collections.
This session will be led by Anita Hollinshead, Regional Collections Advisor for MDEM, and will look at the Accreditation requirements for a collections development policy, collections care and conservation policy and collections care and conservation plan. There will be handy tips for what to include in your plan and a look at how Benchmarks in Collections Care can be used to inform your planning.
Please note this is part 2 of 2 sessions. You can attend this as a standalone session, but we advise you attend part 1 also. You can book part 1 here.
The session will be suitable for both those writing these documents from scratch and those who want to review and update existing plans and policies.
This training is part of our Museum Accreditation series of support, in line with the re-opening of the Museum Accreditation scheme in April 2021.
Who is this for?
This training is for those working towards Accreditation, or for anyone wanting a refresher on the Accreditation requirements. It is specifically aimed at East Midlands museums.
