Society of Archivists Conference 2010 "We are what we keep"

Society of Archivists
Conference 2010
"We are what we keep"


1st - 3rd September 2010, Ramada Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester



The conference 2010 theme, "We are what we keep", challenged us to rethink our approaches to appraisal and acquisition. A strong line-up of international and home-grown speakers explored these key professional issues. We all face financial pressures to justify the scale of our operations but we must balance this with a clear vision about what information it is necessary to preserve in all media and communicate that vision to our paymasters and to society more widely.





A selection of the presentations and papers featured during the Conference are available below to download:



* doc Acquisition and appraisal: a museum perspective

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Judith Phillips, Archivist at The Bowes Museum
* doc Manchester Chinese Archive

Notes for a presentation from Conference 2010 by Jane Speller, Project Leader, and Jenny Wong, Director.
* doc Manchester Chinese Archive

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Jane Speller, Project Leader, and Jenny Wong, Director.
* doc Making Digital Curation Manageable: Finding our way through the labyrinth step by step

A paper to accompany a presentation from Conference 2010 by Sharon McMeekin of RCAHMS
* doc Making Digital Curation Manageable: Finding our way through the labyrinth step by step

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Sharon McMeekin of RCAHMS.
* doc Our History! Collecting Community Archives: Challenges and Opportunities

A presentation with notes from Conference 2010 by Larysa Bolton of Tameside Local Studies and Archives.
* doc A review of de-acidification practice

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Dr. Barry Knight, Head of Conservation Research at the British Library
* doc Challenges and opportunities of managing digital records

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Julia Stocken, Head of the IMP Department at The National Archives
* doc Opening address by Oliver Morley CEO of The National Archives

A speech by Oliver Morley, CEO of TNA, delivered at the opening of Conference 2010
* doc Digitisation and digital preservation of records: issues & problems

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Dr. Meena Gautam, National Archives of India
* doc Digitisation and digital preservation of records: issues & problems

A paper to accompany a presentation by Dr. Meena Gautam, National Archives of India, from Conference 2010
* doc Campaign! Make an Impact: using archives to change the world

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Alison Bodley, Programme Manager.
* doc Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) - Paper

Paper to accompany a presentation from Conference 2010 by Lynda Barraclough, EAP Curator
* doc UK Archives Discovery Network: Impertinent Questions Session!

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Alexandra Eveleigh, Dr Melinda Haunton and Jane Stevenson, The National Archives
* doc Acquisition & Appraisal in Specialist Repositories: Creating a More Inclusive Archive

Paper to accompany a presentation from Conference 2010 by Daniel Scott-Davies, secretary of the Specialist Repositories Group
* doc Appraisal issues: Local Authority deposited building plans

A paper to accompany a presntation from Conference 2010 by Chris Pickford, Consultant Archivist
* doc Ascribing archival ‘value’: some new perspectives arising from current research at UCL

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Elizabeth Shepherd and Andrew Flinn
* doc Integrated Archives and Manuscripts Project – IAMS

Paper to accompany a presentation at Conference 2010 by Bill Stockting of The British Library
* doc The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP)

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Lynda Barraclough of The British Library
* doc New ways of understanding technical drawings - presentation

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Paul J Sillitoe, University of Liverpool
* doc New ways of understanding technical drawings

Paper to accompany a presentation from Conference 2010 by Paul J Sillitoe, University of Liverpool
* doc Are we archivists too? Conservation documentation in the 21st century

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Shirley Jones of West Yorkshire Archive Service
* doc “Not just oral history. In fact, not just history”

A paper by Martin Astell of Essex Record Office for Conference 2010 on the acquisition of sound archives in specialist and non-specialist repositories
* doc The work of the Preservation Advisory Centre

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Caroline Peach, Head of the Preservation Advisory Service
* doc Local Authority Building Plans: Appraisal Issues

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Chris Pickford, Consultant Archivist
* doc Reaching out, bringing in: community outreach and the impact on collection development

A presentation from Conference 2010 by members of the Greater Manchester Archivists Group
* doc Integrating and developing services in a digital world: appraisal, acquisition and access at the British Library

A presentation from Conference 2010 by Lynda Barraclough, Jeremy Leighton John and Bill Stockting
* doc Acquisition & Appraisal in Specialist Repositories: Creating a More Inclusive Archive

A presentation by Daniel Scott-Davies, secretary of the Specialist Repositories Group



In addition:



* A presentation entitled The Colloidian Collection and accompanying notes by John Brewer can be downloaded here. These files must not be distributed separately.
* A presentation entitled Working in the continuum: new approaches to appraisal & acquisition by Sarah Wickham, University of Huddersfield can be downloaded here