{"id":3393,"date":"2022-11-21T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2022-12-08T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:29:15","slug":"tell-us-what-you-think-of-dorset-history-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2022\/11\/21\/tell-us-what-you-think-of-dorset-history-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell us what you think of Dorset History Centre!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset History Centre (DHC) was constructed in 1991.\u00a0 Since then, it has provided an excellent, purpose-built home for the county\u2019s archival and local studies resources \u2013 with records spanning well over 1000 years.\u00a0 The service manages a wealth of material in a wide variety of formats both physical and digital which provide evidence of our past as well as lessons from history for current and future generations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Strongrooms-25.7.17-Bay-1-scaled-e1669022750899-1294x1536.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 31 years\u2019 of occupancy, the repository areas of the building \u2013 the spaces in which we hold the collections in environmentally controlled conditions \u2013 are nearly full.\u00a0 With 55,000 boxes spaces, the archives need to be carefully managed, but there is still a lot of paper and parchment material that continues to be transferred for permanent preservation.\u00a0 Therefore, the service is developing a project which will form the basis of a future application to the National Heritage Lottery Fund.\u00a0 The project has three strands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The provision of 30 years\u2019 of additional low-energy storage for physical archives<\/li>\n<li>Improved and re-purposed public spaces at DHC<\/li>\n<li>A large programme of public engagement \u2013 encouraging greater use of Dorset\u2019s rich archival heritage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a Dorchester-based county-wide service, we are conscious that we need to serve all Dorset\u2019s communities and identifying digital solutions to assist with this whilst ensuring that physical access to records is maintained lies at the heart of the project.<\/p>\n<p>In designing any project of this kind, it is really important that we consider the views of stakeholders, users and non-users of DHC.\u00a0 As a publicly funded service, we are very dependent on the support and feedback we receive from users and from a wide range of external partnerships.\u00a0 It is well known that project design is iterative, often changing and developing after feedback, comment and taking into account the views of people who use or may decide to use the service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3396\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Unloading-archives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Unloading-archives.jpg 428w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/Unloading-archives-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Archives arriving at DHC, September 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Therefore, we\u2019d like to invite you to share your thoughts on DHC so that we can feed these views into our project planning and thereby develop proposals with the best, strongest outcomes for all.\u00a0 What do you like or like less about the service and what might we do differently?\u00a0 Information will be collected anonymously although there is an option to submit your details into a prize draw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3397\" src=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12.png 1640w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/files\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-12-720x405.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/DorsetHC2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can access the survey here.<\/a>\u00a0 Please take part \u2013 your views really do count!<\/p>\n<p>By way of an introduction to the project, we have created a short film narrated by a friend of the service Kate Adie.\u00a0 You can view it <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EUy_pyKaBCs\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Please note that this survey closes on Friday 9 December 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Thank-you in advance for your time!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset History Centre (DHC) was constructed in 1991.\u00a0 Since then, it has provided an excellent, purpose-built home for the county\u2019s archival and local studies resources \u2013 with records spanning well over 1000 years.\u00a0 The service manages a wealth of material in a wide variety of formats both physical and digital which provide evidence of our&hellip; <span class=\"kuorinka-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2022\/11\/21\/tell-us-what-you-think-of-dorset-history-centre\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tell us what you think of Dorset History 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