The Archives and Records Association (ARA) is holding its annual conference from 29 to 31 August at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The theme is 'People make Records'. There are sessions on representation, community archives, oral history and sound, innovative ways of increasing access and engagement, records management, the latest techniques and challenges in conservation, … Continue reading ARA Conference 2018
TNA Collections Development
The National Archives has just published Collections Development: Frameworks and Guidance on its website. This is a new modular guide which describes both the theory and practice of collections development: * the first section provides a theoretical framework for understanding why collections development is important with examples of different approaches and methodologies; … Continue reading TNA Collections Development
York Catholic History day
Please see the poster below about the York Catholic History day which is taking place on 2 June 2018 at the Bar Convent, York. catholic+history+day+poster+2018
CFP: Catholic Record Society
The Call for Papers is now open for the Catholic Record Society 2018 conference. Proposals are welcomed for 20 minute papers relating to Reformation and Post-Reformation Catholic History in the British Isles. The keynote lectures will be given by Professor Eamon Duffy; Dr Susan O'Brien; Dr Caroline Bowden; Professor Maurice Whitehead and Rev Dr James … Continue reading CFP: Catholic Record Society
Job ad: Records Management Assistant
Vacancy: Records Management Assistant, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark Location: Archdiocesan Finance Office, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark One vacancy: 21 hours per week, fixed term with possibility of extension. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark is looking to recruit a Records Management Assistant to work with the Archdiocesan Archivist in reviewing and processing the Finance … Continue reading Job ad: Records Management Assistant
Training opportunities
The following training opportunities may be of interest to members of Catholic Archives Society. Please note that these events are provided by external organisations and we are merely sharing information of them in case this is of interest to our members. As we become aware of other potentially relevant training events these will be shared … Continue reading Training opportunities
Training review
Lucy, Archives Assistant at the Jesuits in Britain Archives, has written about attending a Catholic Archives Society training day as well as an in-house training session. To read this blog visit: https://www.jesuit.org.uk/blog/archives-what-do-when-disaster-strikes
Booking deadline
If you wish to attend the annual Catholic Archives Society conference you have one week before the booking deadline on 1 May 2018. Details for the conference including booking form can be found here. If your booking is likely to be delayed please contact Sr Benignus as soon as possible to advise her of this … Continue reading Booking deadline
Manage your collections
Manage Your Collections, launched in 2017, allows archive services the opportunity to contribute full catalogue descriptions to Discovery, The National Archives aggregator for UK archival collections, or to update content previously contributed through the Access to Archives project. Discovery contains catalogue data from over 400 archives, also providing high-level information about records held in another … Continue reading Manage your collections
CFP Missionaries, Modernity and Education
Call for Proposals Missionaries, Modernity and Education (MiMoRA), Leuven, 13-21 September 2018 Over the past years, the history and impact of missionary movements have become of interest to diverse disciplines within the humanities, including anthropology, theology, architecture and heritage studies, history, and educational sciences. However, this interdisciplinary booming of the field has also led to … Continue reading CFP Missionaries, Modernity and Education
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