Recent years have seen much greater co-operation between the key
national organisations with an interest in the development of English
SMRs: RCHME, English Heritage, ALGAO, who signed a 'Co-operation
Statement' containing agreed key principles governing SMR development
(RCHME, English Heritage, ALGAO,
1998). The partners to this statement share a vision of a national
network of heritage records maintained to common standards and
accessible to a wide variety of users. Since 1998, this partnership
has underpinned a number of projects, including the recent SMR
assessment and preparation of a framework document for the Heritage
Lottery Fund to guide bids from SMRs for funding. The challenge for
the future is not merely for the partnership to continue but whether
it can successfully influence both national and local government to
provide greater stability, if not increased resources, to support the
development of SMRs.
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