tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251882845290458552024-03-14T16:40:40.430+00:00Web Watching For ArchivistsKiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-75766748143381191242011-12-13T11:45:00.001+00:002011-12-13T11:52:33.033+00:00Archive Advent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A brief return to blog about the lovely advent calendars that lots of archives have put together this year.</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/advent/">House of Fraser Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/">Glasgow University Archive Services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbs_archives/with/6400229777/">RBS Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.rbs.com/about-rbs/g2/heritage.ashx">Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/adventcalendar/">University of Nottingham Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/index.aspx">Manuscripts and Special Collections Department</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/advent/">University of Stirling Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/spcoll/index.php">University of Stirling Special Collections</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_DX-657_2_5/">Wolverhampton Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/libraries/archives">Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pc072027.lib.liv.ac.uk/advent-1/#">University of Liverpool Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/">Special Collections & Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/advent/">Maritime Archives and Library Advent Calendar</a> from <a href="http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/">Merseyside Maritime Museum</a></li>
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</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-31409357585527029702011-06-24T16:19:00.000+01:002011-06-24T16:19:23.953+01:00Your paintingsLove this! Not really archives but a great use of tagging and sharing of collections.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvpnxt_or2cia1ZM-RS3t4NoE1zuodNKMURQBlNrUJASx1J5tR" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvpnxt_or2cia1ZM-RS3t4NoE1zuodNKMURQBlNrUJASx1J5tR" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/">Your Paintings</a> is a joint project between the <a href="http://www.thepcf.org.uk/">Public Catalogue Foundation</a> and the BBC with participation from organisations across the UK.<br />
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The project is:<br />
<blockquote>A website which aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see them for real. It is made up of paintings from thousands of museums and other public institutions around the country.</blockquote>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-78329453201660128352011-06-09T09:41:00.000+01:002011-06-09T09:41:02.119+01:00Ask Archivists Day 9th June<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23AskArchivists">Ask Archivists</a> day has kicked off.<br />
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You can see a snazzy visualisation of the questions being asked via this <a href="http://thefounta.in/LbySp">twitter fountain</a><br />
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<script src="http://www.twitterfountain.com/embed/twitterfountain.js?fv_twitterkeyword=%23AskArchivists,fv_imagekeyword=,fv_parseimagelinks=true,fv_messagespeed=8,fv_messageinterval=6,fv_messageanimation=0,fv_messagescale=2,fv_showbox=true,fv_imagespeed=6,fv_coloreffect=true,fv_imageanimation=0,fv_imagesource=0,fv_updateinterval=5,fv_hidesettingsbutton=false,fv_showtitle=true,fv_titlemessage=%23AskArchivists%20June%209,fv_backcolor=00cccc,fv_frontcolor=990000,fv_logoimage=http%3A//www.twitterfountain.com/images/logo_titlebar.png,fv_bgimage=,fv_loadkanji=true,width=510,height=410" type="text/javascript">
</script>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-48488868111253226382011-06-07T14:26:00.000+01:002011-06-07T14:26:38.403+01:00Ask Archivists DayThis Thursday (9 June 2011) is <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23AskArchivists">Ask Archivists Day</a> on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>!!<br />
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The aim of the day is that:<br />
<blockquote>On that day everybody can ask questions to archivists in the world on Twitter. The main goal of the Twitter event #AskArchivists is to get more attention for archives and their collections and to know what archivists like about their profession. And ofcourse that archivists and people on Twitter can get directly into contact with eachother. Through Twitter, archivists inform their followers about events, new collections, publications and other things worth knowing. They also keep in touch with their colleagues about their profession. People on Twitter can ask questions, give tips and can retweet interesting archive tweets.</blockquote>Its been organised by Ask Archivists who have a <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AskArchivists">twitter</a> account (naturally) and a <a href="http://askarchivists.wordpress.com/">blog</a> where you can find out more. There are also some great <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Arkivformidling">youtube videos</a> and presentations on <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Arkivformidling">slideshare</a> including this one:<br />
<div id="__ss_8206051" style="width: 425px;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Arkivformidling/ideas-on-how-to-promote-askarchivists" title="Ideas on how to promote #AskArchivists">Ideas on how to promote #AskArchivists</a></strong> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/8206051" width="425"></iframe> <br />
<div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Arkivformidling">Arkivformidling</a> </div></div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-53611936794236230262011-06-03T12:57:00.000+01:002011-06-03T12:57:28.686+01:0023 Things for ArchivistsI discovered <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/">this blog</a> thanks to a listserv email from Peter K and its great. Put together by the <a href="http://www.archivists.org/">SAA</a>'s <a href="http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/rao/index.asp">Reference, Access and Outreach</a> section (who incidentally have their own <a href="http://raonews.blogspot.com/">blog</a>)<br />
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</div><a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/">23 Things for Archivists</a> is "an online program designed to help archivists learn about some of the most commonly used social media (or Web 2.0) tools."<br />
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There are 23 things aimed at beginners which include <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/beginning-things-1-23/thing-1/">blogging</a>, <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/beginning-things-1-23/thing-14">facebook apps</a>, <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/beginning-things-1-23/thing-19/">online timelines</a> and <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/beginning-things-1-23/thing-12">creative commons</a>. But there are also <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/intermediate-things-24-46/">Things 24-46</a> for intermediate type things and a section for the future <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/advanced-things-47/">Things 47+</a>.<br />
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This is a really great way for Archivists to take control of their own knowledge about these tools, keep up to date with advances in technology (I'm off to check out some of the <a href="http://23thingsforarchivists.wordpress.com/beginning-things-1-23/thing-19/">online timeline</a> tools) in a clear and organised way. Each thing has a post which gives an overview, examples, resources and tasks to try yourself.Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-54897626814576096502011-05-23T16:58:00.000+01:002011-05-23T16:58:21.111+01:00RCAHMS and Canmore<a href="http://projects.beyondtext.ac.uk/video.php">Beyond Text</a> have interviewed Rebecca Bailey (Head of Education and Outreach, <a href="http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/">RCAHMS</a>) and Michela Clari (Researcher, <a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/education/about-us/people/research-students?person_id=181&cw_xml=profile.php">Edinburgh University</a>) about the potential impact of social media on archives with a focus on <a href="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/">Canmore</a> which was opened up in 2009 to allow public contributions either as new images or comments on existing images.<br />
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Read more about it on <a href="http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/social-media-in-archives.html">RCAHMS</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GwA4CHGSF3c" width="425"></iframe>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-84807026161032985742011-05-14T22:59:00.001+01:002011-05-14T22:59:58.820+01:00One Day Diary event for Mass Observation ArchiveToday (Thursday 12th May*) is the day that the <a href="http://www.massobs.org.uk/">Mass Observation Archive</a> are asking for people across the UK to keep a diary of their day and donate it to the archive. Read about it on their website <a href="http://www.massobs.org.uk/12may2011.html">here</a>.<br />
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Thanks for Kathryn at <a href="http://archivesandauteurs.blogspot.com/">Archives and Auteurs</a> for the info about <a href="http://archivesandauteurs.blogspot.com/2011/05/keep-one-day-diary-day.html">this</a> and the tweets from <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MassObsArchive">MassObsArchive</a> on twitter for reminding me about it and prompting this post.<br />
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Incidentally <a href="http://www.faber.co.uk/">Faber</a> has a series of <a href="http://www.faber.co.uk/list/mass-observation-series/">Mass Observation books</a>, including one on the May 12th 1937 diary day.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* Due to blogger breaking this post was delayed :(</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-75137372864444683292011-03-11T15:23:00.002+00:002011-03-11T15:26:21.501+00:00UKAD ForumGrea summary from Kathryn over at <a href="http://archivesandauteurs.blogspot.com/">Archives and Auteurs</a> on the UK Archives Discovery Network (<a href="http://www.ukad.org/">UKAD</a>) forum meeting held last week. Go read it <a href="http://archivesandauteurs.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-thoughts-on-uk-archives-discovery.html">here</a> now, there's links to presentations and everything.Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-53378244881471090642010-12-08T10:17:00.002+00:002010-12-08T10:20:25.845+00:00Public Records (Scotland) BillLive streaming now from Holyrood of the first panel session for the Public Records (Scotland) Bill. Today the panel is hearing from the Keeper of the Records of Scotland and members of the Public Records Bill Team who are giving evidence. View the session <a href="http://www.holyrood.tv/popup.asp?stream=http://vr-bng.lbwa.verio.net/committee3">here</a>.Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-83625503756520975362010-11-10T16:20:00.004+00:002010-11-10T16:48:07.011+00:00Follow an archive dayFriday 12th November is follow an archive day on twitter so what to do about it?<div><br /></div><div>As ever <a href="http://www.archivesnext.com/">ArchivesNext</a> has it all covered <a href="http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=1699">here</a> along with some interesting information about how successful it was for libraries last year. Make sure if you are on twitter and you're going to tweet about archives to use the #followanarchive hashtag</div><div><br /></div><div>Check out the f<a href="http://followanarchive.blogspot.com/p/list.html">ollowanarchive list</a> for new archives to follow and take a look at the promo videos for the day on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/followanarchive">youtube</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>This slideshow is a great guide for getting started on twitter ahead of the day:<br /><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4970753"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Arkivformidling/followanarchive" title="Followanarchive">Followanarchive</a></strong><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4970753"><br /></div><object id="__sse4970753" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=followanarchive-100814144618-phpapp01&stripped_title=followanarchive&userName=Arkivformidling"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse4970753" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=followanarchive-100814144618-phpapp01&stripped_title=followanarchive&userName=Arkivformidling" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4970753"><br /></div><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4970753"></div><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kkingaling">I'm</a> definitely more of a listener than a tweeter on twitter but it is very useful for finding out about what different archives are doing and keeping up to date with things. My top 5 recommendations are:</div><div><ol><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/OrkneyLibrary">@OrkneyLibrary</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/UkNatArchives">@UKNatArchives</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/archivesnext">@archivesnext</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/archivesireland">@archivesireland</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/postalheritage">@postalheritage</a></li></ol></div><script src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js?c1=7&c2=7400849&c3=1&c4=&c5=&c6="></script>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-3263784686882971042010-10-17T20:32:00.004+01:002010-10-17T21:01:38.071+01:00Round upI've been a bit busy planning a wedding to post here at all really, but this week I spotted lots of good stuff so thought a quick round up would be appropriate.<div><br /></div><div>A <a href="http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/web2.0-use.pdf">report</a> from <a href="http://www.archives.gov/">NARA</a> on the federal use of Web 2.0.</div><div><br /></div><div>A global study into online behaviour from <a href="http://discoverdigitallife.com/">Digital Life</a>.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of new UK archive blogs</div><ul><li><a href="http://dnaandsocialresponsibility.blogspot.com/">DNA & Social Responsibility Project</a> at King's College London</li><li><a href="http://blytonsevenstories.wordpress.com/">Enid Blyton Collection</a> at Seven Stories</li><li><a href="http://nuigarchives.blogspot.com/">NUI Galway Theatre Archive</a></li><li><a href="http://blogs.zooniverse.org/oldweather/">Old Weather</a> project</li><li><a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/jisc-bgdp/2010/10/11/case-study-archiving-the-jisc-powr-blog/">Archiving a blog</a></li></ul><div>The 2010 state of the blogosphere report is due out on the 3 November <a href="http://technorati.com/state-of-the-blogosphere/">here</a> so keep your eyes peeled for that.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Some crowdsourcing from <a href="http://www.oldweather.org/">old weather</a> which is a <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/10/weather.aspx">JISC project</a> that is asking members of the public to help transcribe information from Royal Navy logbooks. This will make information about past climate and historical events widely accessible.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jmsedgwick/let-me-tell-you-about-my-grandpa-a-content-analysis-of-user-annotations-to-online-archival-collections">Analysis of user contributions to archives</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do we need index names terms? A discussion from <a href="http://archiveshub.ac.uk/blog/?p=2445">archiveshub</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-29216199577740024842010-09-17T10:00:00.002+01:002010-09-17T10:02:21.774+01:00Behind the scenes at the University of Glasgow<div>The <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/">University of Glasgow Archive Services</a> have put together <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/aboutus/behind-the-scenestour/">this great video</a> about their collections. It includes information about their collections and shows lots of footage of their 3 miles of shelving and storage facilities.</div><div><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2Rn8MauZPk?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2Rn8MauZPk?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-91742987398740477712010-09-03T14:43:00.002+01:002010-09-03T14:57:23.804+01:00SOA conferenceThe <a href="http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/conference2010.html">SOA conference</a> has been happening all this week, I really wanted to go and hear Paul Sillitoe talk about his work with technical records but couldn't make it.<div><br /></div><div>If you also couldn't make it then you can check the programme <a href="http://www.archives.org.uk/resources/SoA%202010_17%20August.pdf">here</a> to see what you missed and keep track on twitter via the <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23soa10">#soa</a> tag for what's happening.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah Wickham has also been blogging about it <a href="http://msarahwickham.wordpress.com/">here</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-3925909937375171582010-09-03T11:59:00.001+01:002010-09-03T12:02:10.416+01:00Guest postAnother guest post for the UKLON <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage">Digital Curation blog</a>, this time on how to make time to do web 2.0 in your working day.<div><br /></div><div>Read it <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/2010/08/30/making-time-for-web-2-0/">here</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-51470416695038008202010-08-23T10:18:00.001+01:002010-08-23T10:23:10.622+01:00Guest postI'm guest posting today over at the <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/">UKLON Cultural Heritage blog</a> about the benefits of using web 2.0 in your archive.<div><br /></div><div>Read it <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/2010/08/23/the-benefits-of-using-web-2-0-tools-in-your-archive/">here</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-42271193197172288262010-08-13T17:15:00.004+01:002010-08-13T17:19:46.127+01:00Old skool storageNot really web 2.0 but there are some great pictures on the <a href="http://ht.ly/2p7dr">Guardian</a> today of the storage facilities at <a href="http://www.deepstore.com/">DeepStore</a> in a former salt mine in Winsford.<div><br /></div><div>The site is a 200 million cubic metre underground salt mine which holds 30km worth of records for the National Archives. You can read a short case study about their work with TNA <a href="http://www.deepstore.com/national-archive.aspx">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>(Thanks to Gary Collins for the link to this on the listserve.)</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-90165312325137925852010-08-05T11:20:00.002+01:002010-08-05T11:48:57.242+01:00Personal archivingThe <a href="http://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a> has produced a series of guidance on preserving personal collections of digital material like photographs, videos, emails, documents and websites. <div><br /></div><div>The guidance comes in a <a href="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/you/docs/PA_All_brochure.pdf">pdf version</a> which can also be viewed as individual web pages for each topic with some of them having podcasts as well as part of the '<a href="http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/digitalpreservation/index.html">conversations about digital preservation</a>' series.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-88486519799923281302010-08-02T22:27:00.002+01:002010-08-02T22:30:34.388+01:00Winners of 2010 Best Archives on the Web<a href="http://www.archivesnext.com/">ArchivesNext</a> has announced the winners of the 2010 best archives on the web awards <a href="http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=1512">here</a>. The three categories were:<br /><ul><li>Best re-purposing of descriptive data</li><li>Best use of crowdsourcing for description</li><li>Most innovative archives on the Web</li></ul><div>Go <a href="http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=1512">check it out</a> to see who won what?</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-39337850723553758112010-07-30T12:11:00.003+01:002010-07-30T14:03:25.188+01:00UK legislation online<div style="text-align: left;">New from the <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/">Ministry of Justice</a> and the <a href="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/">TNA</a> a website that "brings together every single piece of UK legislation from the magna carta to the present day".</div><div><br /></div><div>The site is called <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/">legislation.gov.uk</a> and its a great resource, very easy to navigate around and identify what changes have been made to legislation. Because it goes back to the 13th century it also makes if very easy to view historical Acts of Parliament, for example the <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/7/contents">Act of Union in 1707</a>, <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/53/introduction">the Libraries Offences Act 1898</a> and <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/49/42/contents">the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1809</a></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbUfyz4naDVOBHywsvtsMjObC4HS9kJKs7nxoZQWqttZcpWDT-MGPxanY3B6dpFTvTJcEMxTuQEG-RkN_SSYwucOIZqr6uwkVqhB9rhygL0CcxYRQ-qFiQMDIi-pmXKVOvJP3N9InakI/s320/legislation.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499684052988364274" /><div><br /></div><div>According to the <a href="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/478.htm">press release</a> the site now contains 6.5 million pdf documents and will be updated every day at 2.30 pm with the latest changes to legislation. And you can hear Lord McNally (Minister of State for the MofJ) talking about it on the BBC <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8866000/8866445.stm">here</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-62266725952180927202010-07-28T10:56:00.005+01:002010-07-28T11:46:34.948+01:00London Lives<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Is a </span><a href="http://www.londonlives.org/static/Project.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">project</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> that has been f</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">unded by the </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ESRC</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, and implemented by the </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Humanities Research Institute</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> at the University of Sheffield and the </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Higher Education Digitisation Service</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> at the University of Hertfordshire.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The </span></span><a href="http://www.londonlives.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">London Lives</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> website has brought together </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">240,000 manuscripts</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> from 14</span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> archives</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">giving access to </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3.35 million names. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It provides access to documents from parish registers, criminal records, coroners' records and hospital records. There are also plans for a wiki to be launched in the future.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If you register with the site it allows you to save documents in your own personal workspace. The site has a </span><a href="http://www.londonlives.org/static/Lives.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">lives</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> page that contains information about individuals, some with some brilliant names like </span><a href="http://www.londonlives.org/static/HedgesRepentance1720-30.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Repentance Hedges</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> and </span><a href="http://www.londonlives.org/static/ArnoldQuilt1687-1726.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Quilt Arnold</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There was a good write up about it in the </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jun/27/london-history-online-archive"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">guardian</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> if you want to know more.</span></span></div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-7428516287116197752010-07-09T21:49:00.002+01:002010-07-09T21:55:17.503+01:00NARA gets a wiki<div>The <a href="http://www.archives.gov/">National Archives</a> in American have launched their own wiki called <a href="http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net/">Our Archives</a></div><div><br /></div>From their <a href="http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2010/nr10-117.html">press release</a> the wiki:<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.7em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">“Our Archives” provides a collaborative space for members of the public, researchers, and staff to share knowledge about National Archives records, resources and research. The wiki is an opportunity for researchers, historians, archivists, and citizen archivists to work together to create pages on specific records or topics as well as to share information and resources to connect with other researchers.</p><p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.7em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Users may participate in the wiki in the following ways:</p><ul style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 1em; "><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Create new pages and edit pre-existing pages about historical subjects and records held by the National Archives;</li><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Expand upon a description in the National Archives online catalog;</li><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Publish a transcription of a document;</li><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Add information to build upon other resources;</li><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Collaborate with other users working on similar subjects or to work together on research projects;</li><li style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Join in the discussions for various pages</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-16547070984704665022010-07-02T15:35:00.006+01:002010-08-25T14:04:15.330+01:00Is there an app for that?<div style="text-align: left;">While I don't personally have an iphone, (I went android instead) there loads of fun apps for the iphone from archives and museums. There a list of apps <a href="http://archives2point0.wetpaint.com/page/Apps">here</a> but these are some of my favourites:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The <a href="http://www.nls.uk/murray-app/">John Murray Archive app</a> (for iphone) from the <a href="http://www.nls.uk/">NLS</a></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mGc1IP8Fnq8dapDH3HNSeJG4xDdmjUCW9ey7_hJIh2bWKL1jxPsqhGdN1IJ8V2OJirSSYtrt41IEso7PyKy8fI9LX0NaS3ee5gQzRaoRuGPe85vvsQZzrPOnC3W7TAYDwPNlh40RLos/s320/app.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489318029243613490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This app gives you information about the 7 generations of the publishing dynasty and "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">includes audio-visual introductions, zoomable images, audio descriptions and collection galleries so you can discover and enjoy just some of the hundreds of thousands of items in this unique collection."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.walkingthroughtime.co.uk/">Walking through time app</a> (for iphone & android) by <a href="http://www.eca.ac.uk/">Edinburgh College of Art</a> and <a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/home">Edinburgh University</a>.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48FagABK9oHHjoCzzvAynPC7OFIZr0LSwt0QI9emBCPZXX_DunSIDDjqoh-Zo-BoJvtYfOYuApXAG_EkWrt3rKYTLWynAIT0q5_7qHF8ivN9A-wGsu4weEIukUtGprRmouPCzj_CbkpU/s320/eca+app.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489323772558055138" /><div>This isn't publicly available yet but the idea is to allow users to view historical maps of their real-time location on their smartphone.</div><div><br /></div><div>**Update** This is now available for public download and its free through the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/walking-through-time-edinburgh/id381528712?mt=8">itunes store</a>. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329966613&mt=8&ign-impt=clickRef%3Dcom.apple.jingle.app.store.xml.MXAutoSourcedGenrePage-US-Lockup_r6c1">TNA app</a> (for iphone)</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc2dT_3BNlfKyK4moxh2l7ewgSKo5EE18uNNELDXf5-HHhH1Ty0MyP4ukwigo3ZekCG-ETg7UPB2-03hePCACbrDN-xN1USE_b2nPobH5lynbR78oZ9SyemDXmtFxnjhnOVZ4jAYEk_Q/s320/tna+app.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489322559173555106" /><div>This app from <a href="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/">the national archives</a> gives users a selection of images from the archives with the option to order prints of them as well as some background information and historical context.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-85142480770135188792010-06-28T11:51:00.003+01:002010-06-28T11:55:14.239+01:00UKOLN guest postI've a <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/2010/06/28/archives-2-0/">guest pos</a>t all about this blog and archives 2.0 over on the <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage">UKOLN Cultural Heritage blog</a> today.<div><br /></div><div>So head over <a href="http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/2010/06/28/archives-2-0/">there</a> to read it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Incidentally, I've written about <a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/">UKOLN</a> before <a href="http://webwatchingforarchivists.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-20-guidance.html">here</a> and the excellent range of briefing documents they have on all things web 2.0 <a href="http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/documents/">here</a>.</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-54770188161177326642010-06-25T13:19:00.005+01:002010-06-25T13:51:34.127+01:00Historypin<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUt201rFkCNUWAsKAFMqXPeN6vg9EyzFcGKQ5F6qBcsaxdKB-AEedSnX02nwrWED4K2n8kin5vmxXvtNvDTX8z_zFOiw1bPABH_Z1SwJqIA5ErpJuzhsmnkTWSsJj5bmX_kqeIgMrer0/s320/Historypin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486691291303567698" /><div><a href="http://www.historypin.com/">Historypin</a> is a project launched this month by <a href="http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/">we are what we do</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/">google</a> that "aims to get people from different generations to spend more time together."</div><div><br /></div><div>It allows you to view photographs of a street scene using google maps technology. Try it out <a href="http://www.historypin.com/photos/">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>So far images have been uploaded by individuals as well as archives and other organisations like Marks & Spencer, Biggleswade History Society and Arsenal football club. As an archive you can arrange to do a <a href="http://www.historypin.com/faq/#Im_an_archive_can_I_do_a_bulk_upload">bulk upload</a> of your pictures to the site.</div><div><br /></div>This video from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Historypin">Historypin</a> youtube channel gives a fuller overview:<br /><br /><object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FdT3eKdto4w&hl=en_GB&fs=1&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FdT3eKdto4w&hl=en_GB&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225188284529045855.post-74807002618844429462010-06-21T17:08:00.001+01:002010-06-21T19:07:29.227+01:00TNA does it again<div>The National Archives (TNA) have consistently been a leading user and developer of web 2.0 technologies, and with their latest venture they are pushing ahead again. They have created the <a href="http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/">National Archives Labs</a> which is a section of their website "where you are invited to test prototypes, provide feedback and help us to develop further our ideas for exciting online resources."</div><div><br /></div><div>At the moment they have the following tools in development</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/04/valuation-office-map-finder/">Valuation Office Map Finder</a> - you can identify and order maps of England and Wales from 1910 to 1915.</div><div><a href="http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/04/test/">Person Search</a> - allows you to search across a number of their name rich databases at once.</div><div><a href="http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/uk-history-photo-finder/">UK History Photo Finder</a> - allows you to search and view digitised photographs of the UK and Ireland.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think the number of comments they have already received for these tools shows what a strong user base they have and how well it works to open up the floor to your users and ask them what they think. Big thumbs up to TNA!</div>Kiarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17593039520898376870noreply@blogger.com0