Collections and Sustainability

Dorset Archives Online

Dorset Archives Content Online was developed by the Joint Archives Service in anticipation of known future funding cuts. The

The Historic Hospitals Admissions Register Project

HHARP is run by a team based at Kingston University’s Centre for Local History Studies. It is a collaboration between the Centre

Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource

Digitisation of BMAG's Pre-Raphaelite collection has opened up access for interested users worldwide.

The heart of the race

The creation of a digital archive of oral testomonies of black women who were involved in the movement for black women's rights.

PRIMROSE - Photographic Records in Museums: Re-Organisation, Storage and Environment

An award winning project which trained 92 staff and volunteers from 55 museums in the Southwest in conservation for photographic

Responsibilities transfer

From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications. Continue reading

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