Partnerships, pitfalls and politics Jill Barber Head of Heritage Services Herts CC

Is Local Studies a Sustainable Community? How can we survive? The 3 ‘Ps’ Partnership Politics / Priorities Promotion What might our service look like in the future? Beyond the silos of the LAMs

How can we survive?

The 3 ‘Ps’

Partnership

Politics / Priorities

Promotion

What might our service look like in the future?

Beyond the silos of the LAMs

What is our USP? LS traditional offer Sources Specialist knowledge Indexing Specialist repository Google generation Ancestry, FMP Wikipedia, Google Search engines www (whatever, whenever, wherever)

LS traditional offer

Sources

Specialist knowledge

Indexing

Specialist repository

Google generation

Ancestry, FMP

Wikipedia, Google

Search engines

www (whatever, whenever, wherever)

Everyone has one … Who Do You Think You Are? (family history) The People’s War (reminiscence/oral history) Past, present & future Face Book, My Space (community archives) Community Time Team, Discovering Britain (local history) Place to live House Detectives (house history) Home Family

Partnerships: why bother? Stronger together Revenue savings Target audience Marketing Funding Customer experience

Stronger together

Revenue savings

Target audience

Marketing

Funding

Customer experience

Who are our potential partners? Museums, Libraries and Archives Arts and Theatre Local and Family History Societies Community Groups Local Businesses Schools and Colleges Other Council Departments

Museums, Libraries and Archives

Arts and Theatre

Local and Family History Societies

Community Groups

Local Businesses

Schools and Colleges

Other Council Departments

Collaboration or Competition? Vision Ownership Responsibility Appreciation of partners’ contexts/ agendas Communication

Vision

Ownership

Responsibility

Appreciation of partners’ contexts/ agendas

Communication

Archive Adventures

Making Memories

The Golden Thread Local Strategic Partnership Sustainable Community Strategy Corporate Plan Local Area Agreement (LAA) Departmental Plan Local Studies Plan

LAA Priorities Children & Young People Safer and Stronger Communities Economic Development Healthier Communities Older People

Children & Young People

Safer and Stronger Communities

Economic Development

Healthier Communities

Older People

Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) Intro Apr 2009 Involving Communities How well do local priorities reflect community needs? How well do we engage our communities? How well do we understand the needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups?

Intro Apr 2009

Involving Communities

How well do local priorities reflect community needs?

How well do we engage our communities?

How well do we understand the needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups?

Promote your case studies

Beyond the Silos of the LAMs A short history of libraries, archives and museums …

One for All: ‘cabinets of curiosity’

One for Each: Libraries, Archives and Museums

One for All (Again)

Digital Partnerships

Facing our Fears Loss of control Loss of income Lack of visibility

Loss of control

Loss of income

Lack of visibility

That’s what I call a real Library

Back to the Future? The worth and importance of the institution is not to be estimated by what it accumulates within the walls of its building, but by what it sends forth to the world. (Smithsonian Annual Report, 1852)

The worth and importance of the institution is not to be estimated by what it accumulates within the walls of its building, but by what it sends forth to the world.

(Smithsonian Annual Report, 1852)