east lothian’s heritage online
TRANSCRIPT
HELOHeritage East Lothian Online
www.johngraycentre.org
Kate Maynard, Team Manager – Museums
Dr David Anderson, Heritage Resource Development Officer
The John Gray Centre
• Located in Haddington
• East Lothian’s Local History Centre & Archive, Museum, Haddington Library & shared activity space
• Opened in April 2012
• Funding – ELC capital budget, HLF, HS
• HLF funding – capital and activity programme including 2 activity and resource focused Development Officer posts and a website, www.johngraycentre.org
www.johngraycentre.org
Background
• Service experience
• Strategic commitment and groundwork
• Community consultation and support
• Opportunity to link to a larger project
Service experience
• Early adopters of all things digital
• East of Scotland Museums Partnership project, Digital Resource Development Team
• Commitment to digital work streams being mainstream
Strategic commitment
• Heritage Strategy
• HLF Business Plan
• Community involvement
• Capital project
Challenges
• Finance
• Engagement
• Corporate support
• Several different databases
• Capacity
Intended and actual outcomes
• Collections
• Learning
• Involvement and engagement
• Skills development
• Resource development
• Working practices
• The future...
www.johngraycentre.org
Kate Maynard
Team Manager – Museums
01620 820604 or [email protected]
Dr David Anderson
Heritage Resource Development Officer
01620 820670 or [email protected]
James Grimster
Orangeleaf