Introductory B11. Organise an Staff in local Raising awareness about the Local borough Project Local archivists across London know about Workshop Workshops introductory ‘Layers of borough profile of the project and archives are aware Manager, Layers of London attendance London Workshop for archives and developing a better sense of how of Layers of Project 2017 list Local borough archivists other local archives can get involved. London, and Administrator 10 local borough archivists engage with the and other ‘new’ contacts organisations community groups project. such as interested Benefits to People: think of ways in community groups which they can get Contacts are established with local Demonstrating to people first-hand involved or community groups through connections Sample PowerPoint what Layers can do, and inspiring promote it to with the archives. presentation attached. them to take part in contributing to organisations and the project. groups that use 5 community groups/archives start their archives. developing projects that will use Layers of Teaching interested parties how to London as a platform use the website and how to benefit from it. Benefits to Communities: Allowing community groups to interact with others to contribute to shaping the project. Inspiring community groups by showing them the contributions of existing contributors to Layers, and demystifying the project to those who find online interaction daunting. Benefits to Heritage: Proactively engaging community groups will increase the likelihood of them contributing to Layers, and therefore ensure that more heritage is documented, classified, recorded and shared. B12. Meeting up with Archivists Ensuring that awareness of Lol Most local borough Project Before Information about Layers of London has Record of local borough archivists (and local among local borough archives archivists are Development December been communicated to at least additional and other contacts who historians) covers most areas of London aware of Layers of Officer, 2017 5 local borough archivists/ community are interested but unable London, and Project groups who were unable to attend the to attend workshop or Benefits to people: conversely, Layers Administrator workshop or who require further requiring more of London team is information to take the project forward. information. Ensuring that local archivists do not familiar with local miss out on the opportunity to archives and the At least 5 meetings discover/engage with Layers of way in which they organised and attended London simply because they are operate. by Project short staffed and cannot leave
Introductory Workshops B11. Organise an introductory ‘Layers of London Workshop for Local borough archivists and other ‘new’ contacts such as interested community groups Sample PowerPoint presentation attached. Staff in local borough archives and other organisations Raising awareness about the profile of the project and developing a better sense of how local archives can get involved. Benefits to People: Demonstrating to people first-hand what Layers can do, and inspiring them to take part in contributing to the project. Teaching interested parties how to use the website and how to benefit from it. Benefits to Communities: Allowing community groups to interact with others to contribute to shaping the project. Inspiring community groups by showing them the contributions of existing contributors to Layers, and demystifying the project to those who find online interaction daunting. Benefits to Heritage: Proactively engaging community groups will increase the likelihood of them contributing to Layers, and therefore ensure that more heritage is documented, classified, recorded and shared. Local borough archives are aware of Layers of London, and community groups think of ways in which they can get involved or promote it to organisations and groups that use their archives. Project Manager, Project Administrator 2017 Local archivists across London know about Layers of London 10 local borough archivists engage with the project. Contacts are established with local community groups through connections with the archives. 5 community groups/archives start developing projects that will use Layers of London as a platform Workshop attendance list B12. Meeting up with local borough archivists and other contacts who are interested but unable to attend workshop or requiring more information. At least 5 meetings organised and attended by Project Archivists (and local historians) Ensuring that awareness of Lol among local borough archives covers most areas of London Benefits to people: Ensuring that local archivists do not miss out on the opportunity to discover/engage with Layers of London simply because they are short staffed and cannot leave Most local borough archivists are aware of Layers of London, and conversely, Layers of London team is familiar with local archives and the way in which they operate. Project Development Officer, Project Administrator Before December 2017 Information about Layers of London has been communicated to at least additional 5 local borough archivists/ community groups who were unable to attend the workshop or who require further information to take the project forward. Record of
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