Collections Link Announces Launch of Training Bursaries
Collections Link, the national advisory service for collections management, has announced the launch of an annual programme of training bursaries.
The bursaries are available to anyone working within the museums, libraries and archives sector and are aimed at enabling practitioners to access training and develop their skills across the full range of collections management disciplines.
Applications are now invited for the first round of grants, which will offer ten free places at MDA Direct training courses in September and October 2006. MDA Direct is an annual programme of training courses held across the UK, aimed at new entrants through to expert practitioners. Courses address a range of collections management issues and take a grounded, practical approach to ensure that they are tailored to the realities practitioners face in their everyday work.
The Collections Link bursaries will fund places at the following MDA Direct courses:
- Copyright Essentials, London, 4 September
- Licensing Essentials, London, 5 September
- Documentation for Accreditation, Swindon, 19 September
- Documentation Essentials, Sheffield, 18 October
The deadline for applications is 31 August 2006.
Peter Winsor, Collections Link Project Director, commented, 'Collections Link is delighted to be offering these bursaries as part of its role to promote best practice in collections management. The funding will enable staff in museums, libraries and archives to increase their knowledge and access a range of training opportunities which may otherwise have been unavailable to them.'
Further bursaries will be available in 2007 and details of these will be published on the Collections Link website.
For further information about the Collections Link bursaries and to apply, please visit www.collectionslink.org.uk/bursaries
Further details about the full MDA Direct training programme and how to book are available from www.mda.org.uk/training
Notes for Editors
Collections Link is the national collections advisory service managed by MDA in partnership with Icon, The Institute of Conservation and The National Preservation Office. Visit www.collectionslink.org.uk
MDA is the UK's lead organisation in documentation and the management of collections information. Our vision is of a sector in which collections are managed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with national standards to create inspiring, engaging and sustainable services.
For further information about the work of MDA, or to interview Nick Poole, MDA Director, contact Eleanor Lovegrove at eleanor@mda.org.uk or telephone 01223 316 028.
MDA is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).
