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New Professionals @aranewprofs.bsky.social · 1d

Back in July, we were delighted to host @sharonmcmeekin.bsky.social of @preservetogether.bluesky.social sharing experience from their nearly 20 years in #digitalpreservation for #archives. Check out our write-up - and resource list - here:

19.5 years in Digital Preservation

On Wednesday 23rd July, the ARA Section for New Professionals were joined by Sharon McMeekin to discuss her experiences and lessons learned from two decades in Digital Preservation – or 19 ½ years …

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

This week, join Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle for a conversation on the past, present & future of the Web.

📅 Thurs Oct 9, 7:30 PM PT
🎟️ In-person
➡️ blog.archive.org/event/buildi...

Headshots of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Brewster Kahle.

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 1d

🎓Join us for our Careers Open Day - a chance to explore exciting roles, meet the team and discover how to enter these professions.

📅What's on📅
👤Chat with staff!
📚Book a Library tour!
🕰Enjoy our collections!
🤝Meet professional bodies and learn about the wider sector!
🎶Explore our current exhibition

Picture of the reading room with yellow text over the top, reading Lambeth Palace Library Career Open Day, for ages 16-18 plus undergrads and career changers, 30th October opening times 10am-4pm, 15 Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7JT

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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 23h

We cordially invite contributions to the Design History Society Annual Conference 2026 – Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️

For submission guidelines and more details: buff.ly/vGoiQth

#designuncertain #dhsconference2026

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant! Thanks so very much!

University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant, thank you!

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 2d

When was that, do you know? We like to keep track of the various bands that played the Basement Club since our offices are where the Basement Club was. Thanks!

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 2d

For a glimpse into university life in the late 19th century, this complaint letter from May 26 1893 from the Brighton School of Art archive. Needless to say campus life in Brighton has come a long way since then!

A typed letter that reads, 'May 26 1893, Dear Sir, I have if you will remember complained more than once of the great nuisance caused by the childrens playing on the school steps, & throwing rubbish, dead cats & fish etc. down the front area: the caretaker has just called my attention again to the state of the area; there are at present six heads of mack[erel] with a quantity of other fish refuse on the ground together with a rotten herring on one of the window panes, & a quantity of entrails hanging from the brickwork of the other win[dow]. Cannot this state of things, constantly re curring be put an end to? or would it be advisable [to] write to the Watch Committee about the same. Yours faithfully

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Historians, archivists, librarians and historians working in the field of labour history. A starter pack to get you going…
go.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

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British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social · 2d

🎟️ Book your ticket for our conference 'Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk' on November 4th in London.
Join us for insights from academics, funders, and representatives from The National Archives and British Council.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguardi...

Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk

Join the BRA as we examine past, present and future risk to UK archives and discuss preservation strategies for the 21st century

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 7d

Design, October 1955
Symbol for The Design Centre by Hans Schleger
@designcouncil.bsky.social archive

blue journal cover with the word Design written at the top in black, with a large white diamond in the middle. Inside the white diamond is an arrow pointing right made out of black lines, and inside that is the shape of an eye, in red.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 9d

How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️

Changing The Record

How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 9d

A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/

British Library

Explore British Library’s 1,073,564 photos on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 8d

Today's the day! Join us on Zoom at 3pm: peoplespapers.eventbrite.co.uk
@cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10d

'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation now open bit.ly/4pITZrs

HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Image of historical map with text: Call for papers: History and Archives in Practice, 16 April 2026, University of Sheffield. In partnership with the University of Sheffield Library.

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 12d

A look a some of the material taken out for a special visit from the attendees of the Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS) Conference 2025 including material from the FHK Henrion, Alison Settle, Dorrit Dekk, HA Rothholz, Vokins, and @designcouncil.bsky.social archives

metal mid-century sewing machine designed by FHK Henrion

Table with archival material laid out including photo albums, advertisements, books, draft artwork, textiles, newspaper clippings, photographs and magazines

two pages of a book of textile samples. Each swatch is a rectangle and has an ID number of some sort printed or stamped next to it. On the left-hand page are black, green, red and yellow plaid fabric swatches, on the right are multicoloured striped swatches

A selection of Council of Industrial Design / Design Council award winning fabrics from 1958 and 1960 including (top to bottom) 'Adam' furnishing fabric designed by Keith Vaughn which is olive green, black and white, a cream lace curtain, and 4 colourways - black, yellow, blue and pink - of the print Le Bosquet designed by Shirley Craven

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

We have published a new Policy Paper by @jmoss88.bsky.social & @emilyrobinson.bsky.social. They argue that Mass Observation @massobsarchive.bsky.social should be revived with state funding to help us understand the reasons behind contemporary voter apathy. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 13d

We've been having a look through some of the photographs from when the papers from Mass Observation arrived at @sussex.ac.uk! We won't lie, it makes very glad we're working with the materials now that they're boxed up and catalogued...

A black and white photograph taken in the early 1970s. There are shelves to the left of the photo. They reach from the floor to the ceiling and are filled with stacks and stacks and stacks of paper....To the right a white man in shirt and tie (Tom Harrisson) is stood at a table looking at something.

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 14d

There's still time to see 'VE Day 80: Lisburn, War, and Victory, 1939-45' at the Lisburn Museum, Irish Linen Centre featuring this picture of the Farm & Factory exhibition from the Festival of Britain, 1951
www.lisburnmuseum.com/events/ve-da...

@designcouncil.bsky.social Archive
DCA-30-1-FOB-FF-2

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 15d

Are you interested in digital collections, policy management,, outreach & training? Then you could be our next Digital Preservation Officer!

Digital Preservation Officer (Maternity Cover). Closes 26 Sept 12:00.
Apply: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs.

bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 15d

Last chance to sign up for our webinar w/ Dr Christine De Matos TODAY at 10am BST. Christine will be discussing the role of women as occupiers post-WWII & exploring the requisitioned & constructed homes of occupier families as spaces of occupation. Sign up: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Sign up now for our next seminar with Dr Christine De Matos

Wednesday, 24 September 2025, at 10am BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan Women are often ov…

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · 15d

Escape to Epping Forest in our archives! 🌳

Get hands-on with the history of London's largest open space at our free event. Explore original maps, vintage photos, and fascinating documents that tell the story of this ancient woodland.

All tickets are FREE.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-o...

Archives on Show: Epping Forest

Join us in this free drop-in session to explore the archives of Epping Forest.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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History of Advertising Trust @historyofads.bsky.social · 14d

70 years of ITV: the early days of the UK’s first commercial channel www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...

70 years of ITV: the early days of the UK’s first commercial channel

Amid intense debate and anticipation, the UK got its second ever TV channel 70 years ago – a rival to the BBC. Curator Lisa Kerrigan looks back at ITV’s busy launch and the early programmes that shape...

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Sainsbury Archive @sainsburyarchive.bsky.social · 14d

It’s National Day of Arts in Care Homes, so we’re sharing ways to reminisce creatively with the Sainsbury Archive. This year’s theme is ‘Going Green’, so we hope you enjoy our lush and verdant video!

Find our ‘Food for Talk’ dementia-friendly resources at
napa-activities.co.uk/food-for-tal...

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 15d

How They Fly, written and illustrated by James Gardner, 1939.
A gift from our new archive assistant to join the James Gardner archive.

Book cover with an illustration of a moth, plane and duck flying in the sky, surrounded by clouds. The title is written in yellow and black at the top.

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