Third Sector Knowledge Portal- Peter Lambert, Introduced the Third Sector Knowledge Portal which was launched in October 2011 and aims to bring together research and information on the voluntary and community sector

1. Introduce myself

2. Quote from Peter Wanless
“There is no shortage of information, but it is
often fragmented and hard to access.
Organisations re-invent wheels and start from
scratch because they are not aware of
resources already available.”
Peter Wanless
Chief Executive
Big Lottery Fund

3. Introduce the Portal concept
Third Sector
Knowledge Portal
A destination site
for research on the third sector
www.tsrc.ac.uk

4. Project Partners

5. Target Audience
Target Audience
• Third Sector
• Government
• Academics / Researchers
Anyone interested in research into the sector

6. Types of Content
• Reports from third sector
organisations
• Academic journal articles (£)
• Government reports & guidance
• Books (and their chapters)
• Archives
• Audio/visual
• Any electronic/online resources

7. The Key – The Thesaurus

8. Preservation of ‘Knowledge at Risk’
Thesaurus
The Key to the Portal
• Standardises terminology
• Hierarchical structure
• Leads users to content of interest
• Adapting – a live document
• Built into the software

9. Preservation of ‘Knowledge at Risk’
Preservation of
‘Knowledge at Risk’
• Short term project funding
• Staff departure
• Political agenda shifts
• Changing terminology

10. Information whirlpool
Preservation of
‘Knowledge at Risk’

11. Title page
Third Sector
Knowledge Portal
A destination site
for research on the third sector
www.tsrc.ac.uk