MLA South East is building up a resource of case studies highlighting innovative work in museums, archives and libraries in the South East region.
Our aim is both to encourage the sharing of knowledge and good practice within the sector, and to demonstrate to those outside the sector what museums, archives and libraries can contribute to wider initiatives.
Below is a list of all case studies relating to Equality & Diversity.
Visit our Publications section for a complete listing of case studies.
- West Sussex Past Gateway
- 12 May 2008
West Sussex Past Gateway is a searchable web gateway for databases and information on the heritage of the county. Some fourteen partner organisations now form the West Sussex Heritage Consortium which has ownership of the website through its Project Management Group.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Collections, E-Society, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums
- View Finder
- 03 January 2008
View Finder was a project to photographically document the construction of The Lightbox, Woking’s first museum and gallery.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Learning & Skills, Museums
- My Brighton & Hove
- 06 November 2007
A project designed to record the heritage of the Brighton and Hove area in digital media, promote awareness of local culture/heritage/lifestyle through digital media, develop information technology skills and (awareness of the need for these skills) among the community and to advance cultural understanding.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Digital Futures, E-Society, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums
- Health Information Packs
- 29 August 2007
The aim is to signpost local and national health and support services, websites and library resources.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Libraries
- Books on Prescription
- 29 August 2007
GPs and other health practitioners may ‘prescribe’ a book from an approved list for a patient with an emotional or psychological difficulty.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Libraries
- Books can Help
- 29 August 2007
A 6-month pilot based in and around Chatham aimed to empower patients by giving them access to self-help books, prescribed by the Doctor or by a member of the mental health team, providing knowledge about their condition and the means to help them deal with it. The Books Can Help scheme is now being promoted directly to the public.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Libraries
- Health Activism in the Library
- 29 August 2007
Health activism aims to tackle the causes of heart disease in the South Asian population in Slough.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Libraries