Planned Closures
The office will be closed on the following days:
- Wednesday 10th March - Tuesday 16th March 2010
- 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) | 40,885 |
| Total images available on website | 7,267 |
| User statistics - on site (Feb 2008 - Jan 2010) | 1,902 |
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 are currently planning for a project with local photographer Simon Gomery and FOTONOW to create a Devonport Living Archive. Simon will be appealing for the assistance of Devonport residents (past and present) to contribute images/memories towards a final exhibition, images will then be deposited at SWiB for safekeeping and continued public access or scanned and returned to the desositor as required.
We are also looking to set up a subscription based 'Friends of SWiB' group to help raise the public profile of the image bank. Friends of SWiB will receive complementary discounts on copy orders and feature-based newsletters highlighting our ongoing work.
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
