Creating Partnerships for Libraries, Museums and
the Arts
Thursday, 7th November 2002
Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
"Books Connect is an exciting initiative that actively promotes reader
development to a variety of sectors and I would like to take this opportunity
to wish you every success with the project in the future."
Baroness Blackstone, Minister for the Arts
The Books Connect national conference focuses on planning
and sustaining creative partnerships between arts, libraries and
museums. The conference showcased a range of ground breaking reading
inspired partnership models drawn from Books Connect, a flagship
East Midlands action research project.
The conference aims were to:
Who came?
This was a conference for artists, arts administrators,
librarians and museum and galleries professionals with responsibility
for planning, developing and funding creative initiatives with strategic
outreach and access potential.
Conference Programme - Outline
9.45 Registration / coffee
10.30 Opening address - The Value of Cross Sectoral Creative Partnerships
Kim Evans, Executive Director of Arts, Arts Council of England
10.45 The Creative Value of Books and Reading - Berlie Doherty, writer
11.05 The Books Connect Project - An Introduction
11.40 Showcase - A Multi-Artform Presentation of Books Connect Projects
12.40 Lunch
1.30 Workshops:
