2023 Conference
Common ground: Collaborative approaches to unlocking library collections
Friday 24 November, 10am-5pm GMT
Delegates are invited to hear speakers discuss how collaborative projects can help historic libraries to develop their collections, engage with new audiences and support research and civic engagement. There will also be an opportunity to visit the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, and see the newly refurbished Brotherton Research Centre.
This is a hybrid event which will be taking place in person, in the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery at the University of Leeds, and online, via Zoom.
The in-person registration fee is £65, and the online fee is £10. Tickets may be purchased via Eventbrite.
If you need to pay by invoice, please contact the HLF Treasurer directly on jessicahudson[at]rhs.org.uk
Programme:
10:00 Registration, tea and coffee
10:30 Welcome and introduction
10:40 Keynote: Professor Abigail Harrison-Moore (University of Leeds) and Grace Foulds ‘Empowering?? Co-producing Histories of Women and Energy in Archives with Leeds Museums’ Preservative Party‘
11:30 Coffee
12:00 Extended case study 1: Emily Wilkes and Karen Clarke (Royal Horticultural Society). The Digital Dig – piloting new models of remote volunteering and digital engagement with collections at the RHS.
12:50 Lunch
13:50 AGM
14:00 Case study 2: Lara Haggerty (Innerpeffray Library) Applied research – high impact collaboration
14:20 Case study 3: Dr Kivilcim Yavuz (University of Leeds). Digital explorations: opening the Medieval Manuscript fragments from the Ripon Cathedral Library
14:40 Case study 4: Professor Fiona Douglas (University of Leeds). Collaborating with communities: the Dialect and Heritage project
15:00 Q&A
15:30 Break for tea and coffee
16:00 Final questions and summing up. Conference close
16:30 Tour of the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery/Brotherton Research Centre
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