Record the past, archive for the future
This blog post is part of an assignment to appraise some of our photo’s using the stages of appraisal we have discussed in our digital curation lectures. As part of this assignment, I picked seven images I have taken and then cut these images sown to three images and analyze why these may or may not be … Continue reading Appraising photographs
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.
When you enter The Glasgow School of Art website, you encounter a biography of The Mackintosh Building. (1) This gives a glimpse into the historical significance of The Mackintosh Building. The School was founded in January 1845 as Glasgow’s Government School of Design. Forty years later in 1885, Francis Newbery became the headmaster. Under his … Continue reading Were lessons learned from the first Glasgow School of Art fire?
Imps in the archive 