Spring School in New Media

5 - 7 March 2002


This March the Department of Museum Studies at the University of
Leicester, in partnership with mda and supported by Resource, will be
running a three-day course providing new media training for museum
professionals.

Recent research, commissioned by the University of Leicester into the
training and development needs of the sector, identified a growing need
for opportunities for museum and gallery professionals to both engage
with ideas around new media and develop practical skills in ICT.  This
initiative is especially timely given the flurry of funded digitisation
and Web-based projects beginning (and continuing) this year across the
country.

Responding to this need, drawing upon the expertise and resources of mda
and University of Leicester, as well as the experiences of new media
companies, the Spring School in New Media will be characterised by its
relevant, high quality and ideas-led content.  With a mix of practical
workshops, seminar discussions and lectures, the syllabus for 2002 will
provide introductions to areas such as image capture/manipulation,
intellectual property rights, information management, project
management, working with external partners, consultants and new media
companies, and evaluation processes, with particular emphasis given to
accessible Web site design and development.  Rather than providing
training in one particular piece of software, or one specific aspect of
ICT, the syllabus is designed to provide an opportunity for museum
professionals to use productively (and think critically about) a variety
of multimedia and database management approaches commonly used in
museums.

Ross Parry, Spring School co-ordinator at the University of Leicester
comments,

"Our aim is to help professionals to identify the potential, the
limitations and the trajectory of current new media initiatives, and -
importantly - to provide them with the means to impart this knowledge to
others.  Moreover, with its affordable cost, and provision for assisted
places, the School is also striving to provide opportunities for museum
professionals for whom such training has frequently been inaccessible."

Future training developments

Responding to the rapidly changing needs of the sector, the Spring
School in New Media 2002 will be the first in a series of new training
initiatives in ICT provided by mda and the University of Leicester.

Costs

The cost of the three-day course is:

Non-residential delegate £195.
Residential delegate £265
(Includes dinner, bed and breakfast in University accommodation from
evening of 4 March to breakfast of 7 March).

A number of assisted places are available at a cost of £45
(non-residential) and £115 (residential) through mda's NGfL funding from
Resource. These are available to employees of independent museums and
smaller local authority museums and priority will be given to
individuals working within AMC regions that have not previously
benefited from mda's NGfL funding.  All applications for assisted places
must be made to the Department of Museum Studies by 1 February 2002.

The Spring School organisers are also grateful to mwr Ltd for their
input into the programme and for their sponsorship of study materials to
accompany the school.

Further details

Please note that the total number of places on the Spring School is
limited to 18 participants.

Latest news on the School can be found at www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/

For further information and a booking form or to reserve a place please
contact:

Spring School in New Media
Department of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
105 Princess Road East
Leicester
LE1 7LG

Telephone: 0116 252 3963
Email: [log in to unmask]

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