Two archive professionals hold up a laminated photograph for a male visitor to see. They have a cardboard box with more laminated photographs and documents open in front of them.

The online application system for Archive Service Accreditation has now re-opened!

The revised application form reflects changes implemented as part of the 2023-2025 accreditation review.

Explore the revised standard and instructions for applying here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

📣 Funded PhD Opportunity 📣
With the Design Archives, @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy & @cultinformatics.bsky.social
Deadline 31st May, more info here: www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

Call for Papers: Archival Practice in Complex Systems: Risk, Ethics, Infrastructure, and Evolving Institutional Roles, Collaboration, and Governance. @araukie.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mr45nf35

#Archives #RecordsManagement #CallForPapers #Libraries #DigitalPreservation #OpenAccess

We're delighted to continue our support for the #N2KH programme! This new online course offers archive professionals a valuable resource to strengthen advocacy and make a lasting impact within their organisations! #DigitalPreservation #Advocacy

Archives Sound Processing Survey Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

One of my MLitt students is doing their thesis on potential applications for AI based noise reduction of archival recordings of speech. If this is your area of interest, there is a survey here they’d be grateful for contributions to app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/sou...
#archives #oralhistory

Two volunteers sit at a table reading through a book of magistrate records. They also have laptops set up in front of them.

Here’s our regular reminder of upcoming events with spaces still available!

These events cover community and volunteer engagement, support for filling in the UK archive sector survey, the new Inclusive Archival Practice Network and more!

Sign up here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Two school children sit at a table studying an old landscape photograph.

We’re delighted to share the Government’s vision for archives in England: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Baroness Twycross, Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister, officially launched the new vision at the M&S Archive at University of Leeds on Friday (1/3)

Where St George had his tête-à-tête with the mythical dragon; Dragon Hill above Uffington in Oxfordshire.

4 PhD funded positions at Swansea University on history, heritage, archives and museums.
#PublicHistory #Museums #Archives #Heritage

www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

I'm fairly sure I'm wrong, but, Brighton??

A reminder that we did this.

(And had to pay Mirror Group Newspapers for the copyright of the text, one of the finest rights payments I’ve ever approved.)

Could someone fetch @SampsCaroline the smelling salts, please?

Oooh, that's a *LOVELY* set of boxes #LoveYourBoxes

37 black and white photographs are tiled into one composite image. Photos include designed objects like phones, cameras, glasses, cutlery, cars, toilets, textiles, clothing, packaging and more.

We’re excited to share a funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership w/us & The National Archives; ‘Surfacing & sharing visual design records through AI-driven datasets’ @cultinformatics.bsky.social

More information:
www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

Photos from @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

University of Exeter and University of Cambridge Libraries & Archives - Collections Connections Communities

Fantastic PhD studentship opportunity - Spitting Image: political satire in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Working across @exeter.ac.uk and @theul.bsky.social in partnership with the @camglamresearch.bsky.social and drawing on the Roger Law archive.

#PhDsky

15-20 people gathered around a long table in a large library/study space, listening to a presentation being delivered. A large pull-up screen displays a presentation.

Just 20 tickets left for our Leadership skills event next month! If you’re travelling from outside the host city of Birmingham, this week is your last chance to apply for a travel bursary!

📆 Tuesday 5 May (10am-2.30pm)

Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership... (1/2)

A woman, wearing an apron, operates a hand press machine in a conservation studio.

Skills bursaries and records at risk grants are open to applications on a rolling basis, with funds available for rapid distribution!
Records at risk grants support urgent interventions to save significant records facing immediate peril in the UK: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/2)

A researcher stands over a table studying a large, foxed document laid down with bag weights.

Our record specialists are running a series of Wednesday lunch webinars (May-March) introducing recordkeepers to common pre-modern document types found in archives, including charters and deeds, seals, manorial records, and wills.

Book sessions here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/identifyi...

A person wearing glasses and a puffer jacket stands in a large exhibition space pressing their fingers against a touchscreen display. They hold an armoured cable headphone, that is attached to the screen, against their ear. In the background, the words 'Central Library Cafe' are displayed on the wall.

Have you filled out the UK Archive Sector Survey?
If not, join our online surgery session on 28 April (12pm) where you can ask for support – How do I calculate cubic metres? What measurements should I use for visitors or retrievals? All questions are welcome!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-archive...

Amy and Joel fangirling every time Kumail leaves the room is a particular highlight

Oh, it's a belter

Wedding invite? Congratulations, that's lovely news

A record keeper, wearing a rainbow lanyard and glasses, stands inside a strongroom repository removing a vinyl sleeve from a cardboard box.

Applications for this round of Seed Corn Grants, from Spaces, Places and Belonging, will close next Friday: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu...

Perfect for community groups, museums, libraries, galleries or archives looking to test concepts, build partnerships, or pilot activities!

A man stands in the middle of a large exhibition space lined with glass cabinets filled with books. He looks at a wide open book displayed inside its own separate glass cabinet.

The British Film Institute are running a Cool Off in Culture campaign: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

This allows cultural spaces across the UK to sign up and get their venue on a digital map of venues that can offer cool spaces in hot weather!

Making very good use of my day off

Close up of red and yellow parrot tulips in a pot

#TulipBrag

Wittenham Clumps sunrise with a "steam train" of blossom.

I'm rewatching Succession. Am currently enjoying the Worst Wedding Party Ever

Make that 2 aiaiai's
😬

The Pitt: Series 2, Episode 2 -
Ewwwwwwww count: 1
Aiaiai count: 1
... so far