The 2018 Conference will be at High Leigh, Hertfordshire from 21st to 23rd May and will contain the following sessions:
Session 1: ‘Douai 450th: September 29th 1568 William Allen takes possession and founds the English College’, Fr Peter Harris, English College, Valladolid and St Edmunds College, Ware, Archives.
Session 2 Interest groups to include: Securing the future of our archives led by Margaret Harcourt-Williams and Clare Walsh and Religious archivists and the cause process led by Paul Shaw.
Session 3: ‘Mercy Oral Archive Experience: Challenges and learnings from an oral history project in the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Ireland’, Marianne Cosgrave, Mercy Congregational Archives, Dublin
Session 4: ‘Archives for Impact: preservation solutions for mixed collections and exhibiting on a budget’, Victoria Stevens ACR, freelance library and archive conservator and preservation consultant
Session 5: Annual General Meeting
Session 6: ‘Data Protection Act (GDPR) – Practical challenges and advice for Archivists and Records Managers’, Jon Elliott, Head of Public Affairs The National Archives
Session 7: Open Forum (including feedback from interest groups)
There will also be an excursion to St Albans Cathedral.
To download the full programme and booking form please click on the links below.
The closing date for bookings is 1st May.
