An Archive in the palm of your hand:An Archive in the palm of your hand:The John Murray Archive AppThe John Murray Archive App

Emma Faragher, National Library of ScotlandEmma Faragher, National Library of Scotland

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU READ THINGS IN BOOKS OR HEAR ABOUT THEM. IT’S GOOD TO SEE THINGS FIRST HAND – ITS EVIDENCE THAT

IT REALLY HAPPENED

YOU WOULD GET THE FEELING OF BEING IN THE

ROOM AT THAT TIME, WHETHER THEY WERE

HAVING CONVERSATIONS OR DOING THEIR WRITING OR

WHATEVER

IF THE THINGS IN THE PAST RELATE TO YOUR LIFE AT THE MOMENT, ESPECIALLY THAT

POLITICAL STUFF. THAT STRUGGLE STILL GOING ON

FROM MAYBE 200 YEARS AGO, THE SAME STRUGGLE GOING

ON TODAY

I’M NOT VERY GOOD AT READING, SO IT WOULD NEED TO NARRATED IN SOME WAY, LIKE ANNIE MACLEOD AT LANARK

Why Develop?

?? What to put???

Emma Faragher

Learning and Public Engagement

National Library of Scotland

e.faragher@nls.uk

0131 6233846

See also:

Museums Galleries Scotland Case Study: http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/case-studies/

Cultural Heritage blog guest post on app: http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/2010/09/27/an-archive-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/