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New events with People’s Collection Wales

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In March and April, our friends CILIP Cymru Wales  are running three events of interest to local studies librarians. This follows on from last year’s successful event on sharing collections with People’s Collection Wales. Sessions are free and open to all.

Contributing to the Memory Archive with People’s Collection Wales

11/03/2021

This session will look at using special collections and archive material for reminiscence with people living with dementia. Further details: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1480408&group=201306

Creu, rhannu a mesur effaith cynnwys digidol Llyfrgelloedd Cyhoeddus

25/03/2021

Dilynir y sesiwn hon gyda hyfforddiant rhithwir a chefnogaeth bwrpasol i helpu llyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru i roi eu heitemau a’u casgliadau ar-lein. Further details: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1480519&group=201306

Curated content: using digital materials to tell stories with impact

08/04/2021

This session looks at creating stories with impact by bringing together digital and digitised materials in People’s Collection Wales. Further details: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1480502&group=201306

Autumn online training

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The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community have four online training workshops that may be of interest to local studies staff. All are in the Autumn. Free to attend, but you must book.

Cartography and Mapping for Publication – 9 September 2020

https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-cartography-and-mapping-publication

Analysing Historic Settlement – 23 September 2020

https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-analysing-historic-settlement

Reading and Writing Historic Buildings – 22 October 2020

https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-reading-and-writing-historic-buildings

The National Archives, the Medieval State, Early Modern Litigation – 18 November 2020

https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-national-archives-medieval-state-early-modern-litigation

UCL Local Studies Survey

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Guest post by Ruth Long 

Do you work in the information, library or heritage sector? Do you work with local collections? 

Then I want to hear from you!

I’m an MA student at University College London, and I’m researching how local collections are managed across different institutions and sectors for my dissertation.  In addition, I hope I may be able to share some of my highlight findings either through an article or presentation.

There is little recent academic research in this area, so your responses to this survey will be especially valuable. I very much appreciate any time you can give. All of the questions are optional. You can complete the survey and remain anonymous.

Please click on the following link to access the survey – https://opinio.ucl.ac.uk/s?s=68662

The deadline for completing the survey is Friday 31st July.

Job: Cataloguer for sound heritage in the Midlands

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A job that may be of interest to local studies staff is being advertised at the University of Leicester.

Cataloguer (Unlocking Our Sound Heritage Project)

Vacancy terms: Full-time and fixed-term from 7 September 2020 to 6 September 2021.

Salary details: £22,417 to £26,715 p.a.

Advert closes midnight on: 3 July 2020.

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a major national project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by the British Library. It aims to digitally preserve almost 500,000 endangered sound recordings from across the UK and make 100,000 available online, transforming the visibility of sound archive collections in the process. 

The University of Leicester is the regional hub for the Midlands and is one of the project’s ten hubs, which are based in Aberystwyth, Belfast, Brighton, Bristol, Glasgow, Leicester, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Norwich. Over three years, we will work with partners across the region to ensure that 5,000 sound heritage items are digitally preserved and accessible to new audiences. The digitised material will then be used as part of innovative learning and outreach activities. 

The role of cataloguer is to create metadata about sound recordings and associated documentary material. This metadata will be entered on spreadsheets so that information packages can be created and sent to the British Library. The role will involve liaising with other cataloguers, volunteers, and members of the project team, to ensure the metadata is created and processed to the standards required by the project.

Further details here: https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1918/cataloguer-unlocking-our-sound-heritage-project.html

IHR Online Events

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The Institute of Historical Research is running a number of free online events over the next few months that may be of interest to local studies staff. Some of their seminar program is also running online. Attending could be a good way to update knowledge and contribute to CPD. Here are some highlights:

Upcoming Events

History Librarians Workshop

18 June 2020, 1:30PM – 3:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/history-librarians-workshop

Layers of London Webinar: Documenting Windrush Arrivals

22 June 2020, 4:00PM – 5:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/layers-london-webinar-documenting-windrush-arrivals

Layers of London and Newington Green Meeting House present: Working Women (Past and Present)

25 June 2020, 5:00PM – 6:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-layers-london-and-newington-green-meeting-house-present-working-women-past-and

Seminars

The following seminars are running as online meetings:

  • Architectural History
  • British History in the 17th Century
  • British History in the Long 18th Century
  • History of Gardens and Landscapes
  • Parliaments, Politics and People

Check for details here: https://www.history.ac.uk/search-events?search=&date-range%5B0%5D=&date-range%5B1%5D=&page=1

Share your innovative ideas for Local Studies

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Do you work with local studies collections? Are you and your colleagues working in innovative ways to share those collections?

If yes, then we would love to hear from you. We are looking for great examples of how local studies materials are being used to support communities and individuals in accessing information and improving their mental health and wellbeing. We are especially interested in online delivery, whether it was developed before or after the arrival of Covid-19 and lockdown, but are welcoming any contributions.

Working with local studies material, we know the value and positive impact our collections have on people’s lives. Now we want to demonstrate those benefits, great and small, to a wider audience.

The aim is to collate all the good things happening throughout the country and share the results via the CILIP Local Studies website https://lslibrarians.wordpress.com/ and social media pages @CILIP_LSG

If you have any experiences or stories to share, please email the County Local Studies Librarian at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre julie.davis@wiltshire.gov.uk

Thank you for your time and we look forward to receiving your replies.

Julie Davis on behalf of CILIP LSG

Events for Local History Month

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May is local history month. Organisations across the country will be celebrating the history of their area, and encouraging people to get involved in local heritage. If you are on social media, follow the hashtag #localhistory19 for updates.

Libraries and archives will be hosting loads of public events this month, from introductions to family history to heritage walks. Here are some that caught our eye:

Bristol

Bedminster Library are hosting four excellent events

Cumbria

  • Family History Tasters: Whitehaven Archives, Thursday 9 and Friday 10 May. Further details
  • Wordsworth on Tour Discovery Evening: Whitehaven Archives, 7pm, Tuesday 21 May. Further details

London

Redbridge Libraries are running a number of events this year, including:

  • Heritage Teatime: Redbridge in 1969
  • Growing up in the 1950’s
  • A Wander Around Snaresbrook: a pre-railway commuter suburb
  • Epping Forest Through the Ages.

More details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vision-redbridge-events-8294877519


West Midlands

The Core Library in Solihull will be doing some free guided heritage walks of the town centre.

The walks will take place on:

  • Wednesday 15th May 2019 10:30am
  • Saturday 18th May 2019 10:30am
  • Saturday 18th May 2019 2:30pm
  • Thursday 23rd May 2019 2:30pm

More details: https://solihulllife.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/guided-walks/

E-Local History Publication of the Year Award – nominations close on Monday 31st October

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Have you been part of a group that has produced an electronic local studies project? Was it funded by local government or the national lottery? Was is launched between January 2015 & June 2016.

If the answer is yes, nominate your project for the electronic category of the Alan Ball Awards.

Projects could include websites, apps, video, animation and some aspects of social media, such as blogs. We are interested in both the quality and usefulness of the content, and also how it engages the reader or user, especially new users.

Winners will be given a certificate and accorded the title of Alan Ball Award winner, which can be used on promotional material. Sadly, there is no trophy or cash prize, but as previous award winners will confirm, it is a prestigious award that is very meaningful within Local History community.

To nominate your web-based project, please complete the form below, but be quick, nominations close on Monday 31st October 2016:

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Any questions? Please contact Terry Bracher via terry.bracher@wiltshire.gov.uk.

Nomination for the hard print prize also close on Monday 31st October. As with the e-prize, the project needs to have been funded by local government or the national lottery and had to be launched between January 2015 & June 2016.  To entre the hard print category, send a hard copy of your publication together with a paper entry form to: Terry Bracher (Chairman of CILIP LSG) c/o Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham. SN15 3QN.