Our first keynote, Alistair Brown acbrown511 from National Lottery Heritage Fund covered a lot of ground! This is one important takeaway: Archives Need to set out the challenges they face, evidence the need & opportunity & demonstrate how archives make a difference #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Our first keynote, Alistair Brown acbrown511 from National Lottery Heritage Fund covered a lot of ground! This is one important takeaway: Archives Need to set out the challenges they face, evidence the need & opportunity & demonstrate how archives make a difference #ARA2024
Lorraine Finch (tomorrow's keynote) got a big plug for her book from today's keynote. She has five copies for sale here or you can buy ebook/print on demand from most online booksellers #ARA2024
August 29, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Lorraine Finch (tomorrow's keynote) got a big plug for her book from today's keynote. She has five copies for sale here or you can buy ebook/print on demand from most online booksellers #ARA2024
An absolute pleasure to talk at #ARA2024 yesterday, with Judy and Lucy, about our Places, Plants and People Archive Network. Super proud of our network and what we’ve achieved! (And yes, Lucy and I accidentally wore matching dresses!)
August 30, 2024 at 4:23 PM
An absolute pleasure to talk at #ARA2024 yesterday, with Judy and Lucy, about our Places, Plants and People Archive Network. Super proud of our network and what we’ve achieved! (And yes, Lucy and I accidentally wore matching dresses!)
Some thought provoking stuff in AWM led session. Key Qs for orgs:
Who identifies need for change in diversity, inclusion, belonging matters?
Who implements change?
How far does org recognise need for & support change? #ARA2024
Who identifies need for change in diversity, inclusion, belonging matters?
Who implements change?
How far does org recognise need for & support change? #ARA2024
August 29, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Some thought provoking stuff in AWM led session. Key Qs for orgs:
Who identifies need for change in diversity, inclusion, belonging matters?
Who implements change?
How far does org recognise need for & support change? #ARA2024
Who identifies need for change in diversity, inclusion, belonging matters?
Who implements change?
How far does org recognise need for & support change? #ARA2024
A ringing endorsement from one of our bursarians, Izzy, "I had an amazing time listening to these gorgeous speakers Rachel MacGregor, David Jenkins and Gareth Aitken, session D3. Feeling inspired to participate in the next digitalcleanupday 15th March 2025 with my organisation!" #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
A ringing endorsement from one of our bursarians, Izzy, "I had an amazing time listening to these gorgeous speakers Rachel MacGregor, David Jenkins and Gareth Aitken, session D3. Feeling inspired to participate in the next digitalcleanupday 15th March 2025 with my organisation!" #ARA2024
#ThrowbackThursday to our first keynote at #ARA2024, by Alistair Brown from National Lottery Heritage Fund! He outlined how archives can set out the challenges they face & demonstrate how archives make a difference when writing a bid... a discussion which will hopefully continue at #ARA2025!
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to our first keynote at #ARA2024, by Alistair Brown from National Lottery Heritage Fund! He outlined how archives can set out the challenges they face & demonstrate how archives make a difference when writing a bid... a discussion which will hopefully continue at #ARA2025!
This feels an appropriate moment to link to the Arts Green Book artsgreenbook.com - collaborative work to identify strategies that cultural bodies can take around premises. Well worth your time if you're at #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 10:19 AM
This feels an appropriate moment to link to the Arts Green Book artsgreenbook.com - collaborative work to identify strategies that cultural bodies can take around premises. Well worth your time if you're at #ARA2024
Session on Lessons Learnt from Transforming an Existing Building into an archive provoked lively discussion on the priorities for archive buildings #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Session on Lessons Learnt from Transforming an Existing Building into an archive provoked lively discussion on the priorities for archive buildings #ARA2024
Fab session from Heather Forbes, Caroline Williamson & Michaela Hart. A lot of focus on holistic solutions but powerful stuff from MH from Australian perspective: we are "an age of catastrophe, but also an age equipped" seeking out that equipment and the tools we need is what #ARA2024 is all about!
August 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Fab session from Heather Forbes, Caroline Williamson & Michaela Hart. A lot of focus on holistic solutions but powerful stuff from MH from Australian perspective: we are "an age of catastrophe, but also an age equipped" seeking out that equipment and the tools we need is what #ARA2024 is all about!
Chunk of today preparing the launch of the forthcoming toolkit on #digitalpreservation and community-generated digital content. Launch due 7th November aka World Digital Preservation Day. Will interest folks at #ara2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Chunk of today preparing the launch of the forthcoming toolkit on #digitalpreservation and community-generated digital content. Launch due 7th November aka World Digital Preservation Day. Will interest folks at #ara2024
Sounds like Julie Bon from National Library of Scotland blew some minds with her session on Harnessing the Power of AI - from Bursarian Shirley: "Mind blowing equations and AI in the conservation session, how game theory and AI can help us manage and predict collections environments" #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Sounds like Julie Bon from National Library of Scotland blew some minds with her session on Harnessing the Power of AI - from Bursarian Shirley: "Mind blowing equations and AI in the conservation session, how game theory and AI can help us manage and predict collections environments" #ARA2024
When it’s a bank holiday weekend so you have the time to make yourself a new notebook (with improvised “keep closed” mechanism) to use at #ARA2024
August 26, 2024 at 9:34 AM
When it’s a bank holiday weekend so you have the time to make yourself a new notebook (with improvised “keep closed” mechanism) to use at #ARA2024
Sharing this great pic of our ARA Excellence Award winners: ARA Excellence Award winners: Rachael Muir, Richard Aitken (for Highland Archive Service), James Ranahan and Tom Bennett and Nicole Hartman (Nicole not pictured) #ARA2024 (photo by Simon O'Connor)
August 30, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Sharing this great pic of our ARA Excellence Award winners: ARA Excellence Award winners: Rachael Muir, Richard Aitken (for Highland Archive Service), James Ranahan and Tom Bennett and Nicole Hartman (Nicole not pictured) #ARA2024 (photo by Simon O'Connor)
Birmingham! #ara2024. Not sure if Ozzy here is very demure or very mindful but maybe that’s not what we need for talking climate change and archives!
August 28, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Birmingham! #ara2024. Not sure if Ozzy here is very demure or very mindful but maybe that’s not what we need for talking climate change and archives!
Great to see so many people already here in Birmingham for ARA2024
Enjoying informal drinks- meeting old friends and getting to know new people
Enjoying informal drinks- meeting old friends and getting to know new people
August 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Great to see so many people already here in Birmingham for ARA2024
Enjoying informal drinks- meeting old friends and getting to know new people
Enjoying informal drinks- meeting old friends and getting to know new people
Look out for posts from the Archives and Records Associationg conference #ARA2024 this week.
I’ve added this to the list of Library conferences on BlueSky (which is for any event of reference to people working for or interested in libraries and related institutions
I’ve added this to the list of Library conferences on BlueSky (which is for any event of reference to people working for or interested in libraries and related institutions
August 27, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Look out for posts from the Archives and Records Associationg conference #ARA2024 this week.
I’ve added this to the list of Library conferences on BlueSky (which is for any event of reference to people working for or interested in libraries and related institutions
I’ve added this to the list of Library conferences on BlueSky (which is for any event of reference to people working for or interested in libraries and related institutions
Great to hear from my sometime collaborator Laura Peaurt talk about making data driven decisions about storage to improve sustainable practice #ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Great to hear from my sometime collaborator Laura Peaurt talk about making data driven decisions about storage to improve sustainable practice #ARA2024
Session on Personal Digital Archiving. Very interesting discussion about memorialisation vs collecting, ethical and legal implications of personal digital archiving and dealing with creating of depositor agreement and right to be forgotten ARA2024
August 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Session on Personal Digital Archiving. Very interesting discussion about memorialisation vs collecting, ethical and legal implications of personal digital archiving and dealing with creating of depositor agreement and right to be forgotten ARA2024