CFP: Social History Curators Group
Call for Papers
The Social History Curators Group
Annual Conference
Birmingham, 8-10 July 2010
More for Less: Big Impacts with Small Resources
Museum professionals are experts at utilising creativity, verve and imagination to overcome the potential limitations of small resources. At different times we are all likely to face the difficulties of shrinking budgets, limited funding options and overburdened resources.
This year's conference tackles these problems head on, and shows you how you can rise to the challenge and provide high quality and engaging experiences for your visitors. Topics covered will include proven strategies from previous times of economic difficulty and recent case studies that have demonstrated innovation and inspiration despite various restrictions
SHCG are pleased to invite proposals from across the museum profession, for presentations which address one or more of the core conference themes
Survival stories; how museums have coped with resource cuts and limitations
Engaging and increasing your audiences without increasing your costs
Creative ways of working with small budgets; examples relating to collections, interpretation, partnerships, learning and marketing
Minimising the environmental cost; sustainability and recycling
Developing partnerships with libraries, archives and children's centres
Digital technologies; new solutions for age-old problems
Please email proposals for presentations to Hannah Crowdy, by 1st February 2010.
Proposals for a 30 minute presentation should include a 200 word summary of the presentation, contact details and institutional affiliation (if any).
The Social History Curators Group
Annual Conference
Birmingham, 8-10 July 2010
More for Less: Big Impacts with Small Resources
Museum professionals are experts at utilising creativity, verve and imagination to overcome the potential limitations of small resources. At different times we are all likely to face the difficulties of shrinking budgets, limited funding options and overburdened resources.
This year's conference tackles these problems head on, and shows you how you can rise to the challenge and provide high quality and engaging experiences for your visitors. Topics covered will include proven strategies from previous times of economic difficulty and recent case studies that have demonstrated innovation and inspiration despite various restrictions
SHCG are pleased to invite proposals from across the museum profession, for presentations which address one or more of the core conference themes
Survival stories; how museums have coped with resource cuts and limitations
Engaging and increasing your audiences without increasing your costs
Creative ways of working with small budgets; examples relating to collections, interpretation, partnerships, learning and marketing
Minimising the environmental cost; sustainability and recycling
Developing partnerships with libraries, archives and children's centres
Digital technologies; new solutions for age-old problems
Please email proposals for presentations to Hannah Crowdy, by 1st February 2010.
Proposals for a 30 minute presentation should include a 200 word summary of the presentation, contact details and institutional affiliation (if any).
Speakers’ travel and subsistence costs can be reimbursed (travel reimbursed at standard rail fare rate) and there will be no attendance fee on the day of speaking.
The Social History Curators Group was formed to improve the status and provision of social history in museums and the standards of collections, research, display and interpretation. The group acts as a forum for sharing ideas and practical experience with others involved in social and local history in museums.
Best wishes,
Jim
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Jim Roberts Hon FMA
Webmaster
University of Leicester
School of Museum Studies
http://www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies
+44 (0)116 252 3961
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