Manufacturing Pasts - 16th June 2012

• 1. Manufacturing Pasts: learning about industrial change in twentieth century Britain JS_Byford_01 Tania Rowlett - Project Manager Terese Bird Learning Technologist RO_C8_3.JPGwww.le.ac.uk/library

2. Manufacturing Pasts what? JISC funded project Partnership between, University of Leicesterand Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland RecordOffice Digitise archival material Joan Skinner archive Create Open Educational Resources (OERs) Release all content under open licence 3. Manufacturing Pasts what? Four themes: Social Life of the Factory Conservation and Regeneration Deindustrialisation Ecology of the Industrial Town or City Dr Rebecca Madgin 4. JS_Corah_06Manufacturing Pasts why? Opening up hard to reach materials Reaching new audiences Encouragement and facilitation of research onLeicestershire history Enhancing University profile Further publicity for MyLeicestershire History 5. MyLeicestershire History Previous JISC funded project Ghost sign for Parkinsons Pills on the corner of Lorne Road and Avenue Road Extension . Local partnerships Diverse collection of information relating tolocal history Community engagement Manufacturing Pasts is an additional collection 6. Manufacturing Pasts current status Almost halfway through Digitised resources becoming available viaMyLeicestershire for first two themes Photographs, maps, company publications, letters, newspaper & journal articles, architectural plans Digitisation underway for selected material forlatter two themes, focus on Frog Island & WestEnd RO_L1_1_L.JPG 7. Manufacturing Pasts current status Open Educational Resources (OERs) Teaching and learning materials freelyavailable online for everyone to use Produced in collaboration with academicstaff Available in a variety of formats Focus on Corah and Liberty factories Available via MyLeicestershire site RO_L1_1_R.JPG 8. Manufacturing Pasts Future aims Add digitised materials for latter two themes toMyLeicestershire Develop further OERs (approx 20) Add resources to Jorum repository Evaluate resources JS_BYFORD_01JS_BYFORD_03 9. Manufacturing Pasts on MyLeicestershire History Corah factory Social Life of the FactoryJS_Corah_06 Hosiery, gloves, jersey wear Watling Street/St John Street 1954 map Corah factory with extension dates Corah OERJS_Corah_07 10. Manufacturing Pasts on MyLeicestershire HistoryJS_LIBERTY_04 Liberty factory Conservation & Regeneration Boot & shoe manufacturers Eastern Boulevard and Walnut Street Liberty in its prime Liberty OERJS_LIBERTY_04 11. Manufacturing Pasts on MyLeicestershire History Demonstration 12. Manufacturing Pasts on MyLeicestershire HistoryType in www.myleicestershire.org.uk/ OR Google MyLeicestershire History 13. A historical record of N.Corah & Sons Ltd. / byC.W. Webb (1949)Website: www.le.ac.uk/manufacturingpastsBlog: http://manufacturingpasts.wordpress.com/Twitter: #manufacturingpastsE-mail: [email protected]: 0116 229 7434All images are used under an England and Wales Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-Commercial licence, apart from Fox(clipart licence terms), all logos and the Parkinson Pills image.