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What is ABM Resurs?
ABM – or MLA in English – usually stands for
the collaboration between museums, libraries and
archives, and as for ABM Resurs Västernorrland,
collaboration is exactly what we strive to achieve!
Behind ABM Resurs are the Swedish National Archives, the Regional State Archives in Härnösand,
the Västernorrland County Library, Murberget
Västernorrland County Museum, and Västernorrland County Council.
The ABM Resurs working group consists of representatives from the cooperating organizations working part-time (approx. 25%/organization), and a
coordinator working full-time. The representatives
are Bengt Wittgren and Christian Bajomi from the
Museum, Lina Marklund from the Regional State
Archives, and Per-Erik Wik from the County Library. In our office, we have Märta Molin.
Our task
The aim of ABM Resurs, initiated in the early
2000’s, is above all to encourage collaboration
between archives, libraries, museums, societies
etc. within the county. During the first years of
ABM Resurs, we investigated the present needs.
The following directions then appeared as extra
important, and still do:
• Joint further education
• Building of networks
• Information on projects and activities of interest
within the MLA field
• Growth and IT issues
The work is carried out by the working group together with an executive group consisting of the
executive director of each organization.
The portal Kulturarv Västernorrland
www.kulturarvvasternorrland.se
The portal Kulturarv Västernorrland (in English,
cultural heritage of Västernorrland) is owned and
run by ABM Resurs. Within the portal, you will
find a lot of the digitalized culture heritage of the
county; texts, pictures, links, etc. The material derives mostly from smaller activities and individuals. The portal was established during the project
Accessprojektet: http://abmresurs.se/access.html
In September 2011, the two-year project Kulturarv
Västernorrland started. This project is primarily
financed by the Swedish Arts Council. Within the
project, we aim to improve the colour and form of
the portal, and to try implementing a web based database solution (http://collectiveaccess.org/), and
in doing so offer societies and others the possibility
of long-term material saving and displaying their
material in the portal. There is also a possibility of
eventually delivering the material to Europeana.
ABM Resurs is part of a national portal network,
where the cooperation includes digitalization, accessibility and collaboration.
http://abmresurs.se/portalnatverk/
ABM Kulturarv
In Västernorrland, we have the network ABM Kulturarv (in English, MLA cultural heritage) with representatives from the municipalities of the county, the County Administrative Board, the County
Council, MLA institutions, cultural heritage companies, the tourist trade, etc. The network assembles 3–5 times/year, and is an important reference
group to ABM Resurs.
http://abmresurs.se/natverk.html
Web site – abmresurs.se
Our web site is important, as a means of telling
people about future activities, as well as providing
information and tips of different kinds. The web
site has a mailing list with hundreds of subscribers.
It is easy to sign up through: http://abmresurs.se/
epostlista.html. Please, note that for the time being
our web site is only available in Swedish!
EuropeanaLocal – www.europeanalocal.se
In 2009–2011, ABM Resurs was the only Swedish
region to take part in the EU project EuropeanaLocal. The aim was to improve the transnational use
of digital sources, and to increase the amount of
local and regional cultural heritage material in the
portal Europeana. Approximately 30 European regions cooperated, and we delivered material from
different MLA activities in the county. During the
project period, we became members of the Europeana Network, an open network for organizations
and activities providing Europeana with data:
http://pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/network
This works as an inspiration and a source of knowledge to us in the county. The Europeana portal
can be found here:
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
ut näyttää tältä 500 eKr. Länsi-Norlannissa on runsaasti suuria
n hautoja. Sundsvallin lähellä olevasta Högomin kummusta
hakoristeet ja kultaiset agraffinapit. Tämän lisäksi haudassa
ssa oli 36 nuolta, hevoskaluja, miekka sekä runsaasti muita
a, joista on löydetty tekstiilien jäänteitä, on myös Parassa ja
uilla alueilla, kuten Frånossa ja Njurundassa
Would you like to know more
about our work? Please contact us!
ABM Resurs
Murberget Länsmuseet Västernorrland
Box 34
871 21 Härnösand
Sweden
Phone, operator: +46 (0)611 - 886 oo
Phone, direct: +46 (0)611 - 886 59
Mobile phone: +46 (0)70 - 388 86 59
Fax: +46 (0)611 - 187 30
E-mail: [email protected]
Landsarkivet i Härnösand
rberget i Härnösand 1 december 2012 till 27 oktober 2013.
- cultural heritage in development