Archives for Education and Learning Group Conference

Engage, Share, Participate: Widening Learning and Access to Archives through Social Media - Monday 13 June 2011

The National Records of Scotland, HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY

This conference is intended for archivists, librarians and other heritage sector professionals charged with using their collections to support education programmes. Speakers from the archives and museums and galleries sector will share their first-hand experience of using social media to enhance users’ participation and engage with communities.

Presenters will include:

• Alan Muirden, Education and Outreach Operational Manager, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

• Ruth Honeybone, Conservator, and Laura Brouard, Assistant Archivist, Lothian Health Services Archives, University of Edinburgh

• Dr Jan Merchant, Assistant Archivist, Perth and Kinross Council Archives

• Gary Brannan, Archivist, and Catherine Taylor, E-services, West Yorkshire Archives, Wakefield

• Gail Durbin, Head of V&A Online, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

• Jo Pugh, Education Technical Officer, The National Archives, London

The day will consist of a mixture of presentations and will give you the opportunity to share ideas and interact with colleagues.

Cost: £65 members, £80 non-members, including tea/coffee and buffet lunch

Please visit www.archives.org.uk for bookings.

Thanks

Emma

Emma Peattie

Archives and Records Centre

West Lothian Council

9 Dunlop Square

Deans Industrial Estate

Livingston

EH54 8SB

Tel: 01506 773772

Summer Event

Following the recent meeting of the national SoA council a drinks reception was held at the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh. This was an opportunity for members to meet their national representatives and have discussions in a relaxed environment. The event was attended by both members and students and a good time was had by all! (Pictured are Society President Alan Cameron, Honorary Secretary Jenny Moran and Chairman Peter Emmerson.)

Juline Baird,
Secretary, Society of Archivists, Scotland

National Strategy for Business Archives - Focus Group

A focus group session for archivists and records managers in Scotland who work with or care for business archives is being held at the National Archives of Scotland on Thursday 24 September 2009 from 1030 until 1230.

This focus group is your chance to feed your ideas and thoughts into a National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland. The focus group is an opportunity to:

- find out the purpose of the proposed strategy in a UK context
- help identify the issues that you feel affect your custodianship of business archives
- identify links and partnerships that could be created to raise the profile of business archives
- identify actions that could be undertaken to ensure business archives are captured, preserved and made accessible to as wide an audience as possible

As you may be aware a National Strategy for Business Archives has been published for England & Wales. This strategy aims to "raise the profile of business archives, ensuring they are utilised by business and research alike and that future collection are more representative of the UK's diverse economic activity."

With the support of the National Archives of Scotland and the Scottish Council on Archives, the Business Archives Council of Scotland and the Ballast Trust are working to create a similar strategy for Scotland that reflects our national context. Similar focus groups will be taking place in September aimed at users, academics and non-archivists who care for records.

Following the focus group sessions a draft strategy will be formulated and put out to wider consultation with the aim of a final version being agreed in the new year.

If you would be interested in attending, please contact David Powell
(d.powell@archives.gla.ac.uk) on 0141 330 4159 or Kiara King at k.king@archives.gla.ac.uk

Further information about the strategy's development and planned events will also be available at our blog

Kiara King
Assistant Archivist (Ballast Trust)

Fife Council Archives Centre Drop in Days

Fife Council Archives are hosting the following drop in days during 2009. For more information please see the Fife Council Archives' website.

Thursday 30 April 10am-5pm
Mrs Brand’s Lodging House in Methil, 1916-31

Wednesday 27 May 10am-5pm
Alexander Swan and the Managers of the Burgh of Kinghorn

Tuesday 23 June 10am-5pm
Andrew Young, photographer in Burntisland

Thursday 28 July 10am-7pm
Some records of the Burgh of Leslie

Wednesday 19 August to be announced

Tuesday 29 September 10am-5pm
Fife Education Television Service

Thursday 29 October 10am-7pm
Archives Awareness Event

Wednesday 25 November 10am-5pm
Rat Week

Perth & Kinross Family History Fair

Perth & Kinross Council Archive is taking part in the Perth & Kinross Family History Fair on Saturday, 23 August 2008 between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. Events are spread across a number of Perth venues this year - details of the full programme are available on Perth and Kincross Council’s website. There is even a vintage bus to get everyone around Perth in style!