Effective Organisations

Greenwich Leisure Limited

Instead of closures, Greenwich Council looked at options for new models to maintain its leisure service provision. It decided to

Historic Royal Palaces

In 1987 a complete review of the management of the unused Royal Palaces was undertaken culminating in the decision to create a

Luton Cultural Services Trust proves its value

The charitable trust has overseen improvements to cultural services. It is now viewed as a strong third-sector partner of the

Manchester Libraries: Renewal and transformation

Manchester Library and Information Service has seen rapid change in the last five years and is now winning awards, meeting

North West and Yorkshire Libraries Joint Stock Procurement Consortium

33 public library authorities in the North West and Yorkshire regions joined together in 2008 to tender for the supply and

Readers for Life 2

Readers for Life 2 is a strategy that involves libraries in the North West region working across local authority boundaries. It

Suffolk libraries health focus

When the Department of Health invited pilots for its ‘Information Prescriptions’ initiative only one was manage-led by a library

Topsham museum

After an experiment with free admission, Topsham successfully increased visitors and spend per head.

Warwickshire Strategic Commissioning

Warwickshire Library and Information Service has been exploring the potential of the strategic commissioning process to attract

Check out Westminster

How a “supermarket” style library service complete with check-in/check-out kiosks attracted local time-pressed office workers

Creating a new Wigan Trust

Constrained by Government spending limits, Wigan Council decided the only way to improve its libraries was to set up a charitable

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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