The Historic Libraries Forum is holding their 2017 conference "Keeping the glass half full: strategies for the future" at Lambeth Palace Library on Monday 13 November. Speakers will include Melinda Haunton on "Archive Service Accreditation and service development" and Duncan Chappell on recovering from the Glasgow School of Art fire. The event will also feature … Continue reading Historic Libraries Forum conference
Paper Conservation Training Event
THE CATHOLIC ARCHIVES SOCIETY Training afternoon, Friday 16th February 2018 Topic Paper Conservation following a Disaster Trainer Sue Hourigan, Senior Conservator, Berkshire Record Office Place Berkshire Record Office, 9 Coley Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6AF Time 1pm to 5pm Cost £35 members. £37 non-members Booking Please send a cheque made out to the Catholic Archives … Continue reading Paper Conservation Training Event
Job ad: Archivist
ARCHIVES OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM APPOINTMENT OF A FIXED TERM/PART TIME ARCHIVIST £25,000 - £27,000 per annum/pro-rata The Archive of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham was established in the 1950s, and was one of the first Catholic collections to be listed by the National Register of Archives. Since then it has been developed … Continue reading Job ad: Archivist
Conference 2018
The CAS 2018 Conference will be at High Leigh, Hertfordshire from 21st to 23rd May. More details will follow later in the year.
2017 Conference report
A short report of this years CAS conference can now be read by clicking here.
Seeking a new treasurer
The CAS will need a new treasurer from May 2018 as Sr Benignus is retiring. We can't function without a treasurer so if anyone feels able to take on this role, please speak to Sr Benignus, benignus.ob@gmail.com , Judith Smeaton Judith.smeaton@btinternet.com or Margaret Harcourt Williams mm@harcourtwilliams.me.uk
Upcoming training day in October
Catholic Archives Society Training Herefordshire Archives and Record Centre Monday 30 October 2017 1pm – 5pm March’s successful training afternoon is being repeated in October. As before, Richard Wade, HARC archivist, will speak about how to approach sorting, cataloguing and conservation. He will cover preliminary sorting and listing, preparing a more detailed catalogue and basic … Continue reading Upcoming training day in October
Catholic History Day, Bar Convent, York
Catholic Record Society/Postgate Society/English Catholic History Association CATHOLIC HISTORY DAY The Bar Convent, York Saturday 3 June 2017 PROGRAMME 10.00 Arrivals and coffee 10.30 Welcome and introduction to the day 10.35 Dr. James Kelly: Rendering unto Caesar? The secular, the sacred and the formation of an English Catholic identity c.1558 - 1829 11.40 Break 11.50 … Continue reading Catholic History Day, Bar Convent, York
Report of an archives training event at Hereford Archives and Record Centre (HARC), 13th March 2017
Richard Wade is one of the four archivists at HARC who has worked with many different types of archives. He gave a very useful general introduction on archives in an afternoon session organised by the Catholic Archives Society at HARC. We had submitted questions in advance which he used to plan the talk. He covered … Continue reading Report of an archives training event at Hereford Archives and Record Centre (HARC), 13th March 2017
Religious Archives Group, Conference 2017
A reminder that there are still places for this year’s Religious Archives Group Conference, 2017. The conference will be held at Our Lady of Mercy in Bermondsey, London on Friday May 5th, 2017 and this year’s theme is Women in Religious Archives. Further details and the booking form can be found here: https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk/conferences/conferences/ If you would like to attend, please return your form … Continue reading Religious Archives Group, Conference 2017
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