| Briefing
for Colloquium:
Source Documents for Breakout Sessions
The
following information and references might be of use in preparing
for the Colloquium discussions.
The
1999 workshop agreed upon the following top priorities for training
in the heritage sector:
- Inter-institutional
partnerships within South Africa.
- Student
and staff exchanges (internship/mentoring/shadowing programs –
both short and long term).
- Training
and workshops in both countries
- Workshops
in the US, especially to train the trainers
- Workshops
in S.Africa, especially in partnership with international
and national organizations as appropriate (including SAMA,
etc.). Can be topical.
- Short
courses, in-service training, life-long learning, continuing
education.
- Need
for management and marketing training.
- Forums
for exchange of ideas and information
- i.
Face-to-face forums in variety of physical, international
locations.
- ii.
Electronic forums to create and strengthen these partnerships
and exchanges.
- iii.
National forum to identify issues (such as seeking international
assistance with electronic communications).
- iv.
Establish repositories for museum, archival and library information
(perhaps regional).
- v.
Establish a listserv of participants in this workshop.
- vi.
Organize a committee that cuts across the different bodies,
and that will work to establish a structure to coordinate
exchange of ideas and information.
-
Twinning (Pairing South African and US institutions with similar
aims over sustained period.)
-
Development of centers of excellence within South African institutions
(e.g.. regional conservation centers)
- Joint
publications on issues pertaining to heritage
-
Outreach: Bringing heritage to the people
- Traveling
small-scale exhibits.
-
Exploiting nontraditional spaces where people gather: hotel
lobbies, malls, etc.
- Virtual
exhibits: Internet.
- Radio:
exploit S. Africa’s powerful and large listening audience.
- Festivals
and local markets.
- Project-based
learning: (Existing model: Mellon digitization project which incorporates
training as well as sustainable capacity.)
-
Oral history projects: Collection, digitization, and delivery,
including rural areas.
- Annual
festival of the arts: e.g., Venda, where a formal festival
was surrounded by local, informal market in crafts.
- Multi-purpose
centers with networked computers.
- Curricular
projects that deploy students and field experts in independent
electronic publishing of materials that will be usable in
schools.
Please
see:
Needs
Assessment
Documentation, Collection Care,
& Collection Development
Access and Delivery
Project Management/Program Management
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