As part of my MA in information management & preservation at Glasgow University, it requires us to take part in a 2-week work placement. The aim of the placement is to catalogue part of an archival collection. For this, I was sent to The Ballast Trust, a repository for family business archives which have been … Continue reading The Knox Family Collection.
Month: Nov 2018
Exposition at the WYHC
Is exposition just for museums? This post looks at a few of the methods the West Yorkshire History Centre use to promote their collections.
Curtains Up! Cataloguing Theatre Papers at the WYHC
Recently I spent two weeks at the West Yorkshire History Centre, a fantastic archive in Wakefield, England.
Falkirk Council Archives: Cataloguing the Records of the Soroptimist International of Falkirk
Set within the beautiful grounds of Callendar House and Park, I have recently completed my cataloguing placement at Falkirk Council Archives, run by Falkirk Community Trust. This was a two week placement which forms part of my course requirements in our Description, Cataloguing and Navigation classes. The house itself dates from the 14th century, set … Continue reading Falkirk Council Archives: Cataloguing the Records of the Soroptimist International of Falkirk
How to do a grand jeté in an archive
The answer is don't - any part of your body could hit anything. Cataloguing video cassettes is something more sensible to do, and so it is what this blogpost is about.
Sounds at Strathclyde
I quickly discovered that a USB stick can contain as many treasures as a box of old documents!
Imps in the archive 