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Managing work around EDI – the AWM Self Assessment Tool workshop
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) are vast and potentially overwhelming issues for service development. The AWM’s EDIB Self Assessment Tool (the EDIB SAT) provides a method for assessing the EDIB work of an archive service in a coherent and organised but simple approach.
Fixed term vacancy with Warwickshire County Record Office
Having secured a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Heritage & Culture Warwickshire are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Engagement Officer to lead an exciting and innovative project working with communities across Warwickshire. The successful candidate will be supported by members of the archivist team, including the Engagement Archivist, recently the recipient of Warwickshire County Council’s Star Award for Diversity & Inclusion, and the Senior Archivist, who will line manage the position.
Healthy Minds and Active Bodies: cataloguing the YMCA and YHA Archives
In 2020 the Cadbury Research Library was successful in our application for funding from the Wellcome Trust to catalogue the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Youth Hostel Association (YHA) archive collections.
Opportunity to become an AWM Trustee
Archives West Midlands (AWM) is seeking to appoint a Trustee to our Board. We are an independent strategic partnership of archive services, our organisation is subscription based and we were formally launched as a Charity in June 2016.
Archives West Midlands Annual Review 2022–2023
We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest Annual Review.
Archives West Midlands launches its Self-Assessment Tool for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
After months of developing and piloting AWM was delighted to launch its EDIB Self-Assessment Tool at its AGM on 27th September 2023.
Wolverhampton City Archives Express & Star volunteer project
Wolverhampton City Archives are working in partnership with the Express & Star newspaper and the University of Wolverhampton. The Express & Star is a daily evening newspaper, based in Wolverhampton, which covers a wide geographical area.
Write blocker workshop presentation is now available to AWM members
Ever wondered what a write blocker is and how to use it? Wonder no further. Following on from a very successful ...
Volunteering with Staffordshire Archives & Heritage
The volunteering programme at Staffordshire Archives and Heritage had been in place for many years but it wasn’t until May 2021 that the service had a permanent volunteer coordinator to manage the groups and projects.
Remote Volunteering with Warwickshire County Record Office
Since March 2020, WCRO has offered an opportunity for anyone with a PC or laptop and an internet connection to get involved with volunteering, be that from home, their local library, community centre or even internet café.
Indexing Salop Fire Office policies
For the last few years Shropshire Archives has been running a virtual volunteering project which set out to create an electronic index of all the policies issued by the Salop Fire Office between 1780 and 1889 (reference 4791/1/1).
Volunteering at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
Volunteers at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service can get up to all sorts of interesting tasks. Here, David Everett tells us what he has been working on recently as part of the St. Nicholas Project.
Consultancy Opportunity
Staffordshire Archives & Heritage , one of our member services, are looking to appoint a consultant to evaluate the Staffordshire History Centre project between 2023 and 2026.
AWM - the next five years!
Having made huge strides thanks to the delivery of its first ever five year strategy, AWM is drafting its next five year strategy to ensure it continues to support its members and deliver high quality results for archives across the West Midlands.
An introduction to Zooniverse - using citizen research to open up archive collections
You may have heard of Zooniverse. It’s the world’s the largest platform for engaging volunteers in research.
Hereford Cathedral Escape Rooms
This year, Hereford Cathedral launched a new visitor offer: an Escape Room.
Archives West Midlands Annual Review 2021–2022
We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest Annual Review.
AWM Service Health Check Workshop July 2022
11 attendees representing 7 West Midlands archive services took part in a post-Covid archive service health-check workshop, to help services identify the strengths and weaknesses facing them now and in the next 5 years.
Megabytes and maps
Archives look after a vast array or records in a variety of formats and Shropshire Archives is no different. Shropshire Archives ...
Worcestershire's milestone
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service has reached, and celebrated, a significant milestone. Worcestershire County Council appointed its first County Archivist, Harry Sargeant, in April 1947.
Commonwealth Connections
The Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham holds the National Athletics Archive, a sizeable collection charting the history of UK athletics throughout the 20th century.
Opportunity to lead Archives West Midlands
Archives West Midlands(AWM) is seeking to appoint a new Chair to our Board of Trustees. We are an independent strategic partnership of archive services , our organisation is subscription based and we were formally launched as a charity in June 2016.
Opportunity to join Archives West Midlands
Archives West Midlands(AWM) is seeking to appoint 2 Trustees to our Board. We are an independent strategic partnership of archive services, our organisation is subscription based and we were formally launched as a Charity in June 2016.
Keele University Work Placement Module for Humanities Postgraduates
In 2021, faced with the challenges posed by covid lockdown restrictions, archives work placement student Ashleigh Coffey successfully navigated working collaboratively as well as independently via Teams.
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