Basic Archive Skills Training Day (London)
Date: Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Venue: London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS
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COURSE FULL
The Basic Archive Skills Training Day has been delivered by Margaret Crockett and Janet Foster for 15 years now. During this time they have revised and developed the one day course to ensure it remains relevant and is responding to the workforce development needs of the museum, library and archives sector. The course is consistently fully booked and many corporate clients routinely send new employees as part of their induction and training. We have reviewed and revised the Basic Archive Skills Training Day for autumn 2007 to focus solely on archives management. The course combines presentations, facilitated discussion and workshops to ensure an interesting and relaxed learning environment.
The Basic Archive Skills Training Day is aimed at people working with archives and records without formal recordkeeping qualifications, and who feel that they would benefit from some basic training in the principles of managing records and archives. It is suitable for:
- Archives and records assistants
- Managers of archive staff
- Librarians and information managers responsible for archives and records
- IT professionals seeking an overview of the aims of archives and records management
- Anyone else who has responsibility for managing archives and records
The day consists of four core sessions focusing on the main areas of preservation, collecting, appraisal and description differing in length as appropriate. Sessions will include ample time for questions and a high level of participation is encouraged.
A course handbook will be provided, which will contain:
- supporting notes for the sessions;
- a select bibliography;
- the BASTD glossary of archive and records management terms;
- useful contacts;
- info-bytes on related topics;
- participants list;
- information about other TASC training opportunities
Participants are encouraged to prepare for the course by formulating questions or issues that have arisen in the course of their work, for consideration by the speakers and the class as a whole.
The course fee of £129.25 (incl. VAT) includes the course handbook with supporting notes and useful sources for further information. The fee also includes lunch (with vegetarian option; please let the directors know if you have any other special dietary needs) and tea and coffee.
Programme
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.45 | What are Archives? Terminology and concepts (facilitated discussion) |
| 10.30 | Overview of preservation management for archives (presentation) Speaker: TBC |
| 11.30 | Digital archives management info-shot (presentation) |
| 11.45 | Coffee |
| 12.00 | Collecting policies and accessions (presentation and workshop) |
| 1.15 | Lunch |
| 2.00 | Appraising records for archival value (presentation and exercise) |
| 2.45 | Archival Processing, Arrangement and Description (presentation) Speaker: TBC |
| 3.45 | Tea |
| 4.00 | Providing access to archives (group brainstorm) |
| 4.30 | Close |
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Articulate the concepts and principles that underpin archives management
- Explain the differences between managing archives, books and objects
- Begin to develop an effective preservation management strategy for archives in all media
- Identify the main elements of an archive acquisition/collecting policy
- Develop archive accessioning documentation
- Understand the main principles of archival appraisal
- Undertake basic archive processing activity
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