NatSCA conference: "Use It or Lose It: Unlocking Potential"

Submitted by Dave Roberts on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:58

NatSCA conference

The theme for next March's conference is "Use It or Lose It:
Unlocking Potential", on 29th and 30th March 2012 in London at the
Horniman Museum and Gardens and the Grant Museum of Zoology, with
additional tours on 28th and 31st.

Call for papers

We are seeking proposals for papers at the conference covering the following topics:

  • Unlocking potential – recognising what we have, what we do and who might want to use it.
  • Collections as a resource – research, Higher Education, Health & Wellbeing, Arts, Schools, Community, Service Provision
  • Resources for collections – Collections review, Partnerships,
    Access, Creative approaches, Expertise as a commodity, Funding sources,
    Successful grant-writing

We are looking for practical sessions as well as traditional presentations. The aim of the conference is to provide guidance. Please bear this in mind when proposing papers. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words by 30th September 2011 to Jack Ashby at  j.ashby@ucl.ac.uk