The North East Heritage Library is a community driven initiative to get the stories of people from the North East recorded, to make them accessible, engaging, inclusive and educational to all. They aim to make local history engaging, accessible and inclusive. Local history groups and websites are mostly grassroots and community driven. This is critical in keeping our local heritage alive, but it is just as vital to accomodate people who aren’t just interested in reading essays and sifting the internet for various sources. As a result, they want to make the site visually interesting, using maps, pictures and interactive tools to make local history exciting and compact. They are growing at a solid pace, and have built up a substantial library of resources for the people of the North East to get their teeth into. However going forwards, they want the site to expand on its mission statement and appeal to those they haven’t quite reached yet. As a result, they are reaching out to amateur writers and historians across the region to come to them with their specific niche. That could be anything from LGBT history in Newcastle, to the history of theatres or poetry in the North East. If they got to this point, they will be well on the way to being a fully inclusive and all-encompassing local history site.
Find North East Heritage Library online:
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