Major Archive Projects Learning Exchange
The Major Archive Projects Learning Exchange (MAPLE) was set up in Autumn 2007. The aim of the group is to help support organisations currently planning or managing large archive projects, primarily capital developments.
Current membership includes:
Archives & Musem - Bethlem Royal Hospital, Ayrshire Archives, Balliol College, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Birmingham City Archives, Bishopsgate Institution, Black Cultural Archives, Bolton Museum and Archive Service, Borthwick Institute, British Postal Museum & Archive, Britten-Pears Foundation, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies (+ Culture Milton Keynes), Ceredigian Archives, Cumbria Archive Service, Devon Record Office, Dudley Archives and Local History Service, East Sussex Record Office, East Lothian Council, Flintshire Archive Service, Glamorgan Record Office, Gloucestershire Archives, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Gwent Record Office, Hackney Archives, Highland Archives, Herefordshire Record Office, Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives/University of Hull), Isle of Wight Record Office, Liverpool City Council, Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, National Maritime Museum, National Monuments Record, Norfolk Record Office, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Nottinghamshire Archives, Oxford Conservation Consortium, Plymouth and West Devon Archive Service, Portsmouth City Council, Rotherham Council, Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, Royal Opera House, St Anthony’s College, Oxford, Sandwell Archives, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Society of Antiquaries of London, Society of Archivists, Somerset Record Office, The National Archives, Tower Hamlets Local Studies, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, University of Exeter, The Waterways Trust, Weiner Library, West Yorkshire Archive Service, Worcestershire Record Office, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies, City of York Council
The group provides a forum for organisations to share their experiences, knowledge and plans via an email list and through sharing documentation. In addition the group aims to meet a couple of times a year to discuss the progress of projects and explore common issues.
If you are planning a large-scale project, or are willing to contribute your own experience of managing a capital project involving archive provision, then you may be interested in this group. Many of these organisations have received, or are seeking lottery funding to support their projects, but this is not a requirement of membership.
The next meeting of the group will take place on 2nd June 2010 at Hull History Centre.
If you would like to join the group or find out more please contact Louise Ray
