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Case Studies

MLA South East is building up a resource of case studies highlighting innovative work in museums, archives and libraries in the South East region.

Our aim is both to encourage the sharing of knowledge and good practice within the sector, and to demonstrate to those outside the sector what museums, archives and libraries can contribute to wider initiatives.

Below is a complete listing of case studies available on our website. Select a case study title to see the case study in full.

Please note that many of our case studies below refer to SEMLAC in the text. This was our previous name before we became MLA South East. Read more about our name change.

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Smarter Café Roadshow

06 June 2008

The Smarter Café Roadshow was a pilot partnership project between Libraries and Heritage and Buckinghamshire Adult Learning to offer taught ICT courses to target groups in UK online centres based in three libraries around Buckinghamshire. The use of laptops gives much greater flexibility of provision than would otherwise be available. They enable learning to be offered in several locations. The partnership with Adult Learning can enable the People’s Network to offer a much more active resource to promote learning in libraries. The libraries can offer a more relaxed, accessible and familiar environment than could otherwise be offered in a conventional learning centre.

Operational Area: Archives, E-Society, Libraries

Headspace

06 June 2008

Headspace is one of 20 ‘Book Bars’ set up in libraries and youth settings across England. It aims to be a place where young people can chill out; access their favourite books and magazines and be served by ‘Book Waiters’, who bring them a cappuccino and a book of their choice. Headspace in Folkestone was one of the first to open and is one of only two in a non-library location.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Learning & Skills, Libraries

RaW at the Races

20 May 2008

This event was a partnership project devised to form part of the BBC’s RaW campaign in 2007. RaW aims to enable more adults to read and write and works closely with libraries to achieve this. The Library Service was able to work with BBC South and Newbury Racecourse to reach a potential new audience of local families in a different setting.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Learning & Skills, Libraries

West Sussex Past Gateway

12 May 2008

West Sussex Past Gateway is a searchable web gateway for databases and information on the heritage of the county. Some fourteen partner organisations now form the West Sussex Heritage Consortium which has ownership of the website through its Project Management Group.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Collections, E-Society, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums

Breathing Places, Brighton and Hove

12 May 2008

This series of events is part of the BBC’s Breathing Places campaign in 2007/08. Breathing Places is a large and well-publicised programme, with the BBC as the hub of a wide-ranging partnership formed to promote awareness of nature and the environment. Libraries can be involved as partners on different levels and are also currently able to apply for funding in connection with this scheme.

Operational Area: Learning & Skills, Libraries

Helping those who help others

25 January 2008

A reader development project run by Portsmouth Library Service with library volunteers and other library users who borrow books for other people.

Operational Area: Libraries

Citizenship Classes at Portsmouth Central Library

24 January 2008

A project to successfully prepare students for the British Citizenship Test.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Learning & Skills, Libraries

View Finder

03 January 2008

View Finder was a project to photographically document the construction of The Lightbox, Woking’s first museum and gallery.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Learning & Skills, Museums

Family Reading Day Cox Green Library

23 November 2007

A project designed to hold a Family Reading Day with a variety of attractions for different age groups, to encourage reading for all ages.

Operational Area: Learning & Skills, Libraries

My Brighton & Hove

06 November 2007

A project designed to record the heritage of the Brighton and Hove area in digital media, promote awareness of local culture/heritage/lifestyle through digital media, develop information technology skills and (awareness of the need for these skills) among the community and to advance cultural understanding.

Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Digital Futures, E-Society, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums

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