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- Museums, libraries and archives and the visitor economy
- 07 August 2008
- MLA South East commissioned Roger Tym & Partners (RTP) in Spring 2008 to explore the role museums, libraries and archives play in the wider visitor economy and quantify the economic value of the museums, libraries and archives sector. The full report and an accompanying In Brief ‘ are now available on our website. We would like to thank all our colleagues in the sector and in tourism for contributing to the research by taking part in interviews conducted by RTP.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums
- Digital Horizons 2012
- 31 July 2008
- South East Media Network (SEMN) and its partners are inviting individuals to sign up for Digital Horizons 2012, which launches later in the autumn. Digital Horizons 2012 focuses on imparting the online skills, connections, contacts and intelligence which will enable culture, media and sport enterprises to maximise the online opportunities for engagement and business offered by the London 2012 Games.
- Operational Area: Archives, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums
- South East benefits from Awards for All grants
- 23 July 2008
- The latest announcement from Awards for All sees 62 projects in the South East sharing funding of £455,428. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are awarded for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums
- New guidance on CRB checks for volunteers
- 23 July 2008
- The Cabinet Office have published guidance to help organisations that use volunteers to be clear about when they do and don’t need to carry out Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on volunteers. The guidance will help cut unnecessary red tape and responds to concerns voiced by the voluntary sector that potential volunteers can be put off if they are asked to undergo a CRB check without good reason.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Libraries, Museums, Workforce Development
- UK Library Archives and Information Services National Occupational Standards approved
- 21 July 2008
- Following extensive consultation with employers and stakeholders supported by MLA, Lifelong Learning UK has developed the first combined suite of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Libraries Archives and Information Services employers.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries
- Royal Society ‘Local heroes’ grant opportunity
- 18 July 2008
- As part of a year long programme to celebrate its 350th anniversary in 2010, the Royal Society will provide small grants for museums, galleries, libraries or archives to enable them to celebrate their local scientific heroes, whether they were individuals pioneers of the industrial age, geniuses that changed the way we see the world or contemporary scientists finding solutions to today's problems.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums
- Win a Premier League footballer for a day
- 18 July 2008
- Creating Chances is the Premier League's flagship community programme and once again this season community groups, charities and good causes can win a Barclays Premier League player and a cash donation.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums
- Delivering planning contributions for public libraries and local authority archive services
- 13 July 2008
- A new report, Public Libraries, Archives and New Development: A Standard Charge Approach, is now available. This has been prepared for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) by Martin Elson, Emeritus Professor in Planning at Oxford Brookes University.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries
- Andrew Motion appointed new Chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
- 03 July 2008
- Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today announced that Andrew Motion has been appointed as the new Chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Professor Motion takes up his new position from today for a period of four years.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, MLA Partnership, Museums
- Margaret Hodge announces plans for cultural delivery in the regions
- 03 July 2008
- Following the DCMS regional infrastructure review, Margaret Hodge, Minister for Culture, has announced plans for DCMS engagement in regional policy.
- Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, MLA Partnership, Museums
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