How can you prevent mould in your collections?
Our new online guidance explains what you need to know about mould from the conditions that encourage its growth to the health and safety measures needed to combat it.
Read more here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch… (1/2)
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#MapMonday 1848-49 plan showing the #Dundee and #Perth Railway's route south of Magdalen Yard Road (now partly Roseangle) and Magdalen Green. The #railway was built on an embankment through the shore of the #Tay, pushing the shoreline further south #Archives#DundeeUniCulture
ALT Colour plan. At the bottom a railway runs through an area in blue. In the middle a road runs roughly parallel connecting with Perth Road on the right. At the bottom left is a green area Magdalen Yard Green. At the the top there is text explaining this is a plan of the railway embankment at Magdalen Yard Green and the date 1848
Happy World Digital Preservation Day! #WDPD2024
A perfect reminder to check out our guidance on digital preservation workflows: nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch… (1/2)
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Map of Castle Hall, belonging to John Howell, by John Karlow in 1769.
Map o Castle Hall, eiddo John Howell, gan John Karlow ym 1769.
#MapMonday#Pembrokeshire
Join us online for our festive seminar on 21st Nov! Our guest speakers are The John Lewis Heritage Centre and the Marks and Spencer's Archive! They will be sharing a small part of their Xmas related collections! For more info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas…
Spaces are filling fast for the Carbon Literacy training for archives, delivered by @conserve_lfcp!
We still have spaces left for the final session on Tuesday 4 February 2025. Book soon to avoid disappointment!
Learn more and sign up here: eventbrite.com/cc/carbon-lit…
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Delighted to announce the publication of @nat_collection commissioned report on data management, documentation and archiving practices in digital cultural heritage projects: ‘Data Matters’. Thanks to @amsichani for a brilliant collaboration! doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14006…
Are you planning to build a new repository or redevelop an existing building?
This guidance takes you through all the elements you’ll need to consider, supporting you to safely preserve archive collections and make them more accessible:
nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch…
ALT Multiple rows of shelves filled with boxes containing photographic negatives.
#DyddLlunyMap#MapMonday
"A survey of Lady Stanley's estate in the several parishes of Holyhead, Rhoscolyn, Llaniestyn, Aberffraw, Trewalchmai, Llangefni, Llantrisant and Llanfaes in the county of Anglesey, by R. Owen, 1805" Comprising 38 coloured maps.
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Surveyor Thomas Atkinson included the finest details in his plan of Charles Turner's estate at Kirkleatham (1774) - such as George Suggett's house and a windmill #MapMonday
[ref:- ZMI]
Looking to gather information about your digital content and manage its preservation more effectively?
Our online toolkit can help you create and maintain a digital asset register for your archive.
Learn more and download the resources here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch… (1/2)
ALT A person with glasses enters data on to a spreadsheet through a laptop. They are sat at a desk referring to black and white photographs and an open folder of papers.
Do you have a digital project in mind that you’d like support with?
Apply for this year’s peer mentoring programme for the chance to work with an archive professional on a project of your choosing.
Deadline: 14 November
Sign up here: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ON7Y8M/ (1/2)
Wow! What better way to kick off the #ISAD2024 commute than to catch this brilliant board - thank you @allontheboard - "we should be able to give you all the time you need, to complete what you want to say" is exactly what we'd love to hear from every org: stamma.org/about-us/campaign…
ALT Stammering & Stuttering
Having words in your heart or mind
That you find difficult to utter
Because of a condition
That makes your stammer or stutter
Is an uphill struggle
That so many people have every day;
What you have to say is worth repeating
You deserve to be heard,
So don't feel defeated,
We should be able
To give you all the time you need
To complete what you want to say.
@allontheboard
Applications are now open for our digital peer mentoring programme!
If you have a digital project in mind that would benefit from a mentor’s support, fill out this expression of interest form by 14 November:
live-www.nationalarchives.go… (1/2)
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Just two days left to apply for a research and innovation grant of up to £10,000!⏳
Archivists or heritage professionals working with archival collections in England or Wales can apply until Friday 18 October!
Find guidance and our application form here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/arch…
ALT One person delicately places a large book on to cushion laid out on a table. Another person is sat at the table ready to read the book. There are shelves with more books behind them.
At times like this, you just have to hope the area you are researching isn't where the hole is! 😅 #ArchiveProblems#InTheSearchroom 📸 : D/EPB/P1 - Map of Coleshill, 1666.
For #MapMonday today we're showing the village of #Yearby, just south of #Kirkleatham, from a plan of the Manor of Kirkleatham surveyed in 1774 [ref:- ZMI]
ALT Cropped close -up of historic map showing houses in red