Services include:
Strategic advice:
"How do we look after our archive?"
“We know our records are a fantastic resource, but how do we make them accessible to people?”
“There is so much work to do with our collection, we’re not sure where to start?”
“I know that other people in the organisation have ideas on how to use the archive, I just don’t have the time to ask them”
If any of these questions or statements sounds familiar, then I can help you. By investigating the collection, relevant policies, and talking to staff, I can bring together a review of the current service and suggest future recommendations.
Research and evaluation
Would you like to know more about your users, or potential users?
Are you working on a project, and would like to measure its effectiveness?
I can undertake research work to help you shape your service, or a particular project. I can also provide an evaluation of aspects of your service, or particular projects.
Facilitation and coaching:
Often the solutions that you are looking for are within your own organisation. I use a range of techniques to untap creative thinking, increase confidence and improve problem solving. These techniques include running focus groups, facilitating meetings, providing coaching for key staff and supporting action learning.
Cataloguing
Do you have a collection that you want professionally catalogued?
Perhaps you do not have the capacity to employ an archivist on your staff, but have a small collection that you would like to make available.
Or you are a larger service that would like an extra pair of hands to help complete a project, then employing a freelance may be your solution.
I am happy to discuss the particular needs of your organisation to provide a tailored solution.
"How do we look after our archive?"
“We know our records are a fantastic resource, but how do we make them accessible to people?”
“There is so much work to do with our collection, we’re not sure where to start?”
“I know that other people in the organisation have ideas on how to use the archive, I just don’t have the time to ask them”
If any of these questions or statements sounds familiar, then I can help you. By investigating the collection, relevant policies, and talking to staff, I can bring together a review of the current service and suggest future recommendations.
Research and evaluation
Would you like to know more about your users, or potential users?
Are you working on a project, and would like to measure its effectiveness?
I can undertake research work to help you shape your service, or a particular project. I can also provide an evaluation of aspects of your service, or particular projects.
Facilitation and coaching:
Often the solutions that you are looking for are within your own organisation. I use a range of techniques to untap creative thinking, increase confidence and improve problem solving. These techniques include running focus groups, facilitating meetings, providing coaching for key staff and supporting action learning.
Cataloguing
Do you have a collection that you want professionally catalogued?
Perhaps you do not have the capacity to employ an archivist on your staff, but have a small collection that you would like to make available.
Or you are a larger service that would like an extra pair of hands to help complete a project, then employing a freelance may be your solution.
I am happy to discuss the particular needs of your organisation to provide a tailored solution.