Cynefin: Mapping Wales's sense of place

Descriptions

Archive services in Wales are delivered through a combination of local authority and university funded services, and national institutions. There are 21 institutions across Wales that provide access to archives and are members of Archives and Records Council Wales (the Client), operating out of 23 service points as follows:Local Authority Services: Anglesey Archive Service; Carmarthenshire Archive Service; Ceredigion Archives; Conwy Archive Service; Denbighshire Record Office; Flintshire Record Office; Glamorgan Archives (providing a joint service to the local authorities of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and the Vale of Glamorgan); Gwent Record Office (providing a joint service to the local authorities of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen); Gwynedd Archives – Caernarfon Record Office; Gwynedd Archives – Meirionnydd Record Office; Pembrokeshire Record Office; Powys County Archives Office; West Glamorgan Archive Service (providing a joint service to the local authorities of Neath Port Talbot and Swansea); West Glamorgan Archive Service – Neath Antiquarian Society Archives; Wrexham Archives and Local Studies. Higher Education Services: Aberystwyth University Archives; Bangor University Archives and Special Collections; Cardiff University, Special Collections and Archives; Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University; University of Wales Trinity St David, Roderic Bowen Library and Archives. National Institutions: National Library of Wales; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; National Museum Wales. The Cynefin project can be summarised as the digitisation, geo-coding and web-mounting of the tithe maps of Wales as one seamless online map, with associated community and volunteer sub-projects focussing on the sense of place and identity (‘cynefin’) which is evoked by the maps. This summary is expanded in the attached specification.This project aims to address barriers to accessing the archival heritage through an innovative mix of the virtual and physical. By digitising the tithe maps and presenting these online with associated guidance and interpretation materials, geographical and physical restrictions on access will be addressed, helping a greater number and wider range of people to learn about their heritage through these resources.The main objective for this piece of work is that the consultant will develop and write the Stage Two HLF application and required accompanying documents on behalf of and in consultation with the Client. The timescale for this work is to be agreed by Client and consultant, but it is envisaged that the Stage Two application will be ready for submission by 30 November 2012.