Archive for September, 2009

Jainpedia – heritage, museums and exhibitions… work, challenges, ideas!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Hello Readers! I am Rajiv Anand and I work as the museum/heritage consultant on the Jainpedia project. I have been involved since April 2009 and will see this part of the project through till April 2012.

I am glad to state that the project is going from strength to strength and developing further its professional links and contacts. It’s now a familiar brand with its major heritage partners, which are the V&A, British Library, Bodleian Library (University of Oxford) and Wellcome Library.

There will be a series of exhibitions and displays at these institutions, which house some of the most important Jain collections outside the Indian subcontinent. (more…)

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Want to get involved in JAINpedia?

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

We are now beginning to recruit people to support the outreach activity that will be part of JAINpedia.

On Saturday 3rd October 2009 we will be holding our first sign-up session at the JVB Sayer Centre in London. A training session will take place in the afternoon. Light refreshment will be provided.

The morning session will be an informal ‘find out more about the project’ session, where you will get the chance to ask questions and see how you can be involved. Anyone can go to this general session.

The afternoon session will be a formal INSET training session. It is only for those who want to get involved in the education part of the outreach programme.

Although the majority of the work will be delivered in 2010, we urgently need volunteers with the following skills as soon as possible:

  • good IT/research skills
  • a teaching background

If you would like to be a volunteer with JAINpedia then please get in touch now.

Spaces on the day are limited so to find out more information and register your interest, please email: chetna.kapacee@jainpedia.org or call 0208 997 2300.

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