Revealed! How to catalogue your hidden archives

November 9, 2017

“An archive without a catalogue is like a room without a door”: inaccessible, unusable, and the cause of much frustration. …

Beware of the Swans, or, Collecting in Tough Times

September 12, 2015

Let me take you back to a baking hot day earlier this year – yes, we had a summer and …

March 9, 2015

The National Archives have produced two really useful bits of guidance recently: Deaccessioning and disposal: guidance for archive services will …

November 5, 2014

Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities, a joint effort by RLUK and The National Archives, is fast becoming a must-attend conference for …

October 28, 2013

Back in September (20th to be exact) I went along to a workshop on archives accreditation. Though I’ve been following …

July 4, 2013

Exciting news for archives managers! A new standard can help you improve your services and highlight your excellence. Find out …

May 21, 2013

No!!!!! The cry rose up from record offices and other archives across the land and emails and tweets flew, as …