Events

• The National Standard Charge in the South East
• 08 September 2008
• Portsmouth City Council will be hosting an MLA South East seminar to launch the Standard Charge to Public Libraries and Archives in the South East.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries

• 'Strategic social media for the cultural sector' or 'Making your collection work for you online'
• 08 September 2008
• This workshop will show you how you can listen to and engage with audiences online, and consider some of the challenges involved in running effective campaigns.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• Interactive multimedia - an empowering tool for heritage
• 09 September 2008
• Creating cost-effective interactive, multimedia and web projects for museums, libraries, galleries and archives.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• 2008 IIC Congress
• 15 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
• The 22nd biennial International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) Congress, its first in London for over 40 years, will be held in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the heart of Westminster, in September. The topic is: Conservation and Access.
• Operational Area: Archives, Museums

• The future of cultural and leisure services
• 18 September 2008
• This annual conference will explore how the sector can meet the challenges that lie ahead and promote its position in providing high quality public services responsive to the needs of communities.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• Regional Studies Association Research Network on Creative Industries and the Regions
• 24 September 2008 - 25 September 2008
• This is the first seminar in the series on relationships between places, local and regional policies and creative production. Its theme will be: Measuring and understanding the creative economy in the regions: methodological approaches and issues.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• MLA South East Partnership Day
• 25 September 2008
• MLA South East would like to invite you to join us to: celebrate the contribution museums, libraries and archives are making to the rich and vibrant culture of the South East; explore new ways of working that will follow MLA South East’s closure and introduce you to your new partners; look at the continuing MLA strategic initiatives including Renaissance, Find Your Talent, 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad, Local Government Improvement and regional strategy.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• Archives Afloat
• 03 October 2008
• This one-day conference is hosted by the Naval and Maritime Libraries and Archives Group (NMLAG).
• Operational Area: Archives

• Raising funds from the Rich 2008
• 08 October 2008

• The annual UK conference on major donor fundraising

  Attended by 1,200 charity leaders and major donors last year, 'Raising funds from the Rich' is the largest UK event on major donor fundraising.

• Operational Area: Archives, Funding & Fundraising, Libraries, Museums

• Safety Audit: Children and Vulnerable Groups
• 26 November 2008
• The day, run by the Voluntary Arts Network (VAN), aims to ensure that the children and vulnerable groups, staff and volunteers engaged in the arts through an organisation are as safe as they can be. The message is how to manage the demands of legislation to meet the particular needs of an organisation.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums