Planned Closures
The office will be closed/part closed on the following days in August:
- Bank/Public Holidays
Please do contact us us during planned closures and we will will endeavour to respond to all messages/enquiries upon our return to the office
SWiB Statistics
| Total images catalogued / all collections (available via onsite search room or external request) | 40,885 |
| Total images scanned / all collections (available via onsite search room or external request) | 25,400 |
| Total images available on website | 7,267 |
| User statistics - on site (Feb 2008 - Feb 2010) | 1,902 |
SWiB News in Brief - August 2010
OUTREACH NEWS
In March 2010, SWiB announced a successfull round 1 pass in our application for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
We were at that time given a development fund grant from the HLF to produce a more detailed second round application for our project to improve access to and interpretation of the regions visual heritage. If approved, full funding will be released to us for a period of two years to relocate the archive to a more suitable site in the City and to develop a comprehensive programme of outreach delivery which will be coordinated by a newly created full-time outreach officer post.
We are about to complete our development work and will be looking to submit our round 2 application in August 2010.
For progress on our application see the specially created project page here.
UPDATES TO ONLINE GALLERIES
Visit our online galleries page for access to over 7000 images from our completed collections (further collections to follow monthly).
Following public demand, we are currently working with an IT consultant to allow for image based searches to be undertaken from the SWiB website. This will allow online visitors to search for specific images in addition to browsing all our collection based galleries.
Looking ahead
The Plymouth Barbican Association is wholly committed to the continuation of their anniversary initiative SWiB. We will continue working on our growing collections with our two core objectives very much at the forefront of our minds, that being the preservation of the region's visual heritage and to continue providing for access to the collections. Additional funding will be sought which will allow us to maintain the high quality of our public service delivery and to embark upon several outreach projects.
We will continue to work on our Heritage Lottery Fund project bid to improve access to the regions visual heritage. Following a round one pass (in March 2010), we aim to submit our second round application in August 2010. If this is approved, full project delivery will commence Nov/Dec 2010 for a period of two years.
We are working with an IT consultant to improve the search facility on the website. This will mean that people will be able to perform searches for archive image content.
New aquisitions
All collections offered to SWiB will be appraised by our Archivist in accordance with our Collection and Acquisition Policy.
SWiB will only accept material if it is of a complementary nature to existing collections, where copyright is known or does not apply, or where it is the express intention of the depositing body to transfer custody to SWiB.
Where material does not conform to these conditions, transfer to another archival institution i.e. the record office, library, museum or film and television archive will be encouraged.
Similarily, 'official' public records will not be accepted; under the terms of the Public Records Act [1958] these records should be transferred to the public record office. If unsure, please do contact the SWiB Archivist who can advise on the appropriate place of deposit for records.
For a list of current accessions, visit our About our other collections page.
Further Links
How can you contribute?
Western Morning News Project
Acquisition and Preservation
About our other collections
Outreach Activities
