Recently some students from the Cultural Heritage Management programme at University of York carried out a cataloguing project with the Bar Convent Archives. This involved sorting, listing, cataloguing and boxing the papers of Sr Gregory Kirkus (d. 2007). Sr Gregory will be a familiar name to many members of the CAS - even though most … Continue reading Cataloguing Sr Gregory Kirkus’ papers
Job: Part-time Archivist
The Daughters of Wisdom are seeking a part-time qualified Archivist to take over from their current archivist to look after and develop the archive collection housed in Romsey, Hampshire and manage the records management aspects of the organisation/business. Starting salary: £23,000 pro rata Closing date & time: Sunday 3 December 2017 @ 23:59 For a … Continue reading Job: Part-time Archivist
Job ad: Archivist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced qualified archivist at the Convent of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in Oxford. This is a full-time post involving managing and organising all aspects of the archive for the Order, and is for an initial period of three years, including a six-month probationary period. The … Continue reading Job ad: Archivist
Historic Libraries Forum conference
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
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