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Clore your way up the leadership ladder
Being a good leader can seem a dark art or something you dare not contemplate. However, Clore is here to help. The Clore Duffield Foundation is a charitable foundation that has spent the last 20 years providing training and support to develop leadership in the cultural sector. It is famed for its Clore Fellowship Programme. I had always wanted to go on the Clore Fellowship but children and work had always made the intensive Fellowship Programme i...
Case for the Ordinary - reviewing a collaborative project
Saturday 12th January 2022 saw the launch of the ‘Case for the Ordinary’ exhibition which concludes a 3-year collaborative project, funded by Wellcome, about the patient experience of mental health care at Staffordshire’s three County Asylums. The event was attended by those who have been involved in the project as partners, volunteers or staff. This was an opportunity to look back at the aims of the project and to reflect on its outcomes. Last y...
Success of digital copyright masterclass
The feedback from the digital copyright masterclass has demonstrated the value of the training and the regionally coordinated training provided by AWM. Thank you to everyone who attended the course and took the time to provide us with feedback. Why people attended To develop knowledge and to feel more confident in a core professional skill and in so doing support ‘an efficient and robust service’. Several people highlighted how necessary copyrigh...
Adapting to Covid-19 at Cadbury Research Library
Like all other archive services, the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham closed in March 2020 due to Covid-19. Some staff were furloughed, whilst others quickly got used to working from home. The library reopen in September 2020 with staff working one week on-site, one week from home. Since then, our Save the Children Project Team have busily adapted to this blended working. Although, whilst at home, we have no access to the...
Benchmarking digital preservation - a workshop
To kick off AWM’s Digital Progress Programme for 2022, Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan hosted a workshop on benchmarking digital preservation activity for AWM members. Colleagues from a range of services worked through the assessment tool for the NDSA’s Levels of Digital Preservation and the Digital Preservation’s Rapid Assessment Model with its visualisation facility. Although it looked like a tall order to complete both of these in two hours that’s wh...
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Pat Kiernan (1946-2020)
Last year AWM lost a dear friend and valued trustee. The below has been reproduced with the kind permission of the Friends of Shropshire Archives. This year the Friends of Shropshire Archives lost a great friend, founder member, and supporter as well as the person who had been our treasurer since 1994. Pat housed a large personality in a small frame. She was always a significant presence at Friends events ensuring subscriptions and fees were coll...
Introducing Jess, our ‘No Barriers’ Phase 2 trainee
We are delighted to welcome Jess Whitfield as our second ‘No Barriers’ trainee, initially hosted by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT), later by Wolverhampton City Archives. Jess’ introduction follows this reminder about the project. Colleagues may remember Hannah Adereti, our Phase 1 trainee. Hannah has now decided to pursue further academic studies and we wish them well for the future. We are pleased that Hannah wishes to remain in touch wi...
Novice to Know-How training - an introduction to digital preservation
The National Archives is offering access to free online digital preservation training called Novice to Know-How, developed by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC). With priority given to the UK archive sector and DPC member institutions. You can register for free access at Novice to Know-How. About Novice to Know-How Novice to Know-How is part of The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, ‘Plugged In, Powered Up.’ Researched,...
Reopening Suspended Services
Archive services across the West Midlands have started to reopen after suspending services at the end of March. On Tuesday 30th June 2020 AWM held a virtual workshop to support member services with their planning and to share best practice. Safe and Sound Unsurprisingly, much of the discussion focussed on ensuring we welcome public back in a way that is safe for them and our staff. Some of the solutions, such as asking people to wash their hands...
Diversity training – a useful first course
AWM Trustee, Elizabeth Oxborrow Cowan shares her experience of completing diversity and inclusion training and becoming a Diversity Ally. 2020 has been a turbulent year in the long-running debate around diversity and the archives profession has had its fair share of that turbulence. Whilst the Archives and Records Association (ARA) and the National Archives are working to encourage change it is up to individual services and archive professionals...
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This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website. What information do we collect about you? We collect information about you when you add a comment or upload content to the website (e.g. add text and photos). The information we collect is your name and e-mail address. How will we use the information about you? We collect information about you so that our website editors can contact yo...
Book in for your AWM Archive Service Health Check
July 5, 2022
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The last two years have been bruising for archive services. Covid closed many services for months, changed working practices, forced new service delivery models and led to changes in workforces. Underneath this are long-term needs such as adapting to digital technologies, radically improving diversity and inclusivity, funding cuts and leveraging diverse new opportunities. Meanwhile the core functions of identifying, managing and providing access...
Digital Preservation Coalition’s Rapid Assessment Model workshop
On the 9th March 2021, AWM were delighted to host a Digital Preservation Coalition workshop for AWM members. The Digital Preservation Coalition’s Rapid Assessment Model (DPC RAM) is a quick way for any organization to assess its digital preservation maturity. The results should be used to inform planning. The DPC recommends preferably a risk based approach to planning using The National Archives DiAGRAM – the Digital Archives Graphical Risk Asses...
No Barriers in action: Supporting ‘Proud Shakespeare’ at SBT
An early action identified by both Hannah and Jessica, respectively our Phase 1 and Phase 2 trainees, was to consider the barriers to engagement with archives by members of the LGBTQ+ community. A particular focus was to be how the LGBTQ+ lived experiences (both historic and contemporary) were reflected in the holdings of archive services, how they were described in finding aids and the extent to which LGBTQ+ people knew about and were prepared t...
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service
Addressing "Bad Language": Inclusive cataloguing and Wellbeing in Archives
June 24, 2022
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
‘Bad’ or offensive language in archives and their finding aids is unfortunately common and is a barrier to engagement by marginalised communities. Join us to hear about the ‘No Barriers’ experience of, and approach to tackling such language, as well as maintaining personal wellbeing in light of distress caused by exposure to offensive language. Our approach is evolving and is informed by dialogue with professionals and community members alike. W...
Applying the DPC Rapid Assessment Model in your archive service
On Tuesday 9th March 2021, 10am – 12pm, AWM will be hosting an online workshop exploring the Rapid Assessment Model. The Rapid Assessment Model was launched by the Digital Preservation Coalition in late 2020. It’s aim is to provide a simple tool by which an organization can quickly assess the status of its digital preservation across all aspects – organizational, technical and functional – measured against a set of maturity levels. This online wo...
Make some digital progress in 2021
AWM is committed to supporting its members and the archive sector to implement sustainable digital preservation. So AWM is pleased to announce its outline programme for this year’s Digital Progress Programme. As usual the focus is on providing our members with practical advice that they can directly implement in their work, and giving them opportunities to share and learn from each other. Here’s this year’s outline programme – firm dates will be...
Archives West Midlands Annual Review 2020–2021
We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest Annual Review. As with our previous reviews, it contains an overview of the work of Archives West Midlands and the exciting and dynamic work our members have completed in the last year. The review provides an insight to the fabulous work archives across the West Midlands are doing and how robust and creative member services have been in responding to the challenges posed by the pandemic....
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Archives West Midlands Annual Review 2019–2020
We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest Annual Review. As with our previous reviews, it contains an overview of the work of Archives West Midlands and the exciting and innovative work our members have completed in the last year. The review provides an insight to the fabulous work archives across the West Midlands are doing and the importance of Friends and volunteers in achieving the successes we do. Please download the attachm...
"Thy Life is a Miracle": Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday in Testing Times
The COVID-19 crisis has curtailed plans to celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday in the usual manner. The traditional parade through Stratford-upon-Avon and the associated civic and cultural events have been abandoned in the interests of public health. However, a massive social media campaign is planned for 23rd April 2020 – #SaluteToStratford. Undertaken by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and partners, including Archives West Midlands, this will cel...
Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
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