Petition to include Cultural Heritage in EU HORIZON 2020 programme

February 12th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Collections Link | Collections Management | Consultation | Europe | Nick Poole - (0 Comments)

The Collections Trust is supporting a petition to encourage the European Commission to reinstate Cultural Heritage as a priority in the 8th Framework HORIZON 2020 funding programme.

The omission of cultural heritage from HORIZON 2020 would have serious long-term consequences for the availability of funds for research and development in cultural organisations around Europe. It would undermine the basis of existing policy and funding programmes, potentially for many years to come.

Please help lend your voice to the petition, and encourage the Commission to reconsider their position and reinstate cultural heritage!

Put Your Library on the Map This Weekend!

February 1st, 2012 | Posted by admin in Find a Library - (0 Comments)

Smartphone users up and down the country are being encouraged to celebrate UK public libraries by ‘putting their library on the map’ this weekend.

‘Put Your Library on the Map’ is a campaign led by the Collections Trust, with the support of the Society of Chief Librarians and Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to encourage people to show their support for their local libraries, and to find out about the exciting range of services they offer. (more…)

The Case for Collections Management

January 30th, 2012 | Posted by admin in OpenCulture 2012 - (0 Comments)

Times of economic and political hardship have a powerful way of focussing the mind. Since the first impact of the credit crunch in 2008, organisations everywhere have had to look to their core business, to simplify their operation and to get creative in finding new ways of adding value to people’s lives.

In this kind of environment, managers have to make a simple calculation – things which contribute to the bottom-line of the organisation and enable it to make the most of new opportunities come to the fore. Things which do not are ‘restructured’, reduced or removed entirely.

Museums, libraries and archives depend on a seamless cooperation between front and back-of-house. None of the rich online or offline experiences they create is possible without effective stewardship of the collections. Stewardship of the collections has no purpose if it is not driven by delivery. (more…)

Get your PYLOM Support Materials here!

January 30th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Find a Library - (0 Comments)

We’re really excited about ‘Put Your Library on the Map’, kicking off this weekend with a media campaign and carrying on around the English regions over the next few weeks.

To help get the message out to your library users, we have provided a Participant’s Pack and some images for you to download and use. We would love it if you could print out the ‘Put Your Library on the Map’ poster and put it up in your entrance/on the front gate/at the desk. (more…)

PSI Directive and Museums, Archives & Libraries

January 26th, 2012 | Posted by admin in IPR - (0 Comments)

Commissioner Neelie Kroes sets out the EC Open Data Strategy

The Collections Trust has published a new Briefing Paper looking at the implications of the changes to the Public Sector Information Directive (2003) proposed by the European Commission.

Among the proposals is an amendment which would remove the current exemption for museums, archives and libraries. This proposal has raised some concerns for cultural institutions, particularly where they are engaged in or planning Public/Private Partnerships or commercial arrangements for the licensing and use of their content. (more…)