Whether an individual collector or part of an organisation, new to archiving or with some experience, these sessions will provide the tools you need to safeguard and share your records. The Mills Archive Trust is an accredited Archive and award-winning educational charity dedicated to caring for the history of mills and milling. We care for records ranging from centuries-old manuscripts to digital files. Our professional archivist, along with our archival volunteers, will help you do the same in two sessions:
Part 1: Overview, Arrangement, Description
Saturday, 23 November, 2:00–4:00 pm GMT.
This workshop gives an overview of how and why to organise records and archives. It covers key questions: What material should be kept? How should records be described, listed and catalogued to ensure their information is not lost? We then look in more detail at the decisions that need to be made when preserving records for the future.
Part 2: Preservation and Access
Saturday, 30 November, 2:00–4:00 pm GMT.
This workshop examines the issues of preserving and providing access to records. Papers and documents need to be preserved from threats including damp and mould, pests, pollution, poor handling and disasters. Digital records must be protected from equally devastating threats.
Joining the webinars
The next Caring for Your Collection webinars will be held on the 23rd and 30th of November between 2:00 and 4:00 pm GMT. The price of the complete training is £50. Each workshop is £35 separately. Heritage Partners can send one delegate for free to both workshops. If you cannot attend either of these dates, let us know and we will make recordings available to you. We will provide you with a reference guide to accompany the talks. Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent to your email address before the sessions.
To purchase the webinars, follow the links below.
We want to help more of you along your archiving journey and protect your invaluable records. We look forward to seeing you there. Please share this link with people that would be interested. For more information, please email us at friends@millsarchive.org or call 0118 950 2052.
Attendees to our previous webinars wrote:
“My colleague volunteers have been re-enthused as we aim to make the archive more available.”
“I joined to learn how to look after a small collection of family papers. I now feel confident that I could volunteer to help with our local history group archive.”
“It’s really a great place to go if you want to know how to start dealing with archives.”