Free Workshops to help you put your Collections on the Map
Does your organisation hold historic collections relating to your area? Do you want to make these more publicly accessible online?
Map your collections onto Know Your Place with confidence, at a FREE workshop organised by the Know Your Place – West of England project team.
Map your collection onto Know Your Place
Discover how to use Know Your Place as a digital resource for your research.
Learn how it will work for you in providing an online platform for your collections material.
Leave the day with a clear plan of action for mapping your collections onto Know Your Place.
Free Workshops in June-July 2017:
Places are limited and advanced booking is required
Salisbury Mapping Workshop, Wiltshire
CANCELLED – Wednesday 28th June
Yeovil Mapping Workshop, Somerset
Friday 30th June – 10am-12.30pm – Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. Book your place here.
Kingswood Mapping Workshop, South Gloucestershire
Friday 7th July – 10am-12.30pm – Kingswood Heritage Museum, Warmley. Book your place here.
Swindon Mapping Workshop, Wiltshire
Wednesday 12th July – 10.30am-12.30pm – Swindon Central Library. This event is being run by the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre and has a £3pp charge. Read more and book your place here or email localstudies@swindon.gov.u
Booking Information
This training is intended for organisations and individual researchers committed to becoming partners to the Know Your Place project by mapping collections and heritage data onto Know Your Place.
Spaces are restricted to one per organisation, to allow as many groups as possible to attend. The intention is that attendees share what they learn with their respective colleagues. Attendees should have IT skills, a basic experience of digitising collections, and have enjoyed exploring Know Your Place already.