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Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives, Jeff James, has been appointed President of the Forum of National Archivists (FAN), the international forum for national archivists. Jeff will also join the International Council on Archives’ (ICA) Executive Board and its Programme Commission, where he will represent the views of national archivists. The National Archives […] The post Jeff James…
A ceremony to celebrate the inclusion of 90 Shakespeare documents in UNESCO’s International Memory of the World register has been held in London. Documents created during the lifetime of William Shakespeare and relating to the playwright’s life events, business dealings and legal actions now form part of the register of culturally and historically significant items, artefacts […] The post…
We are delighted to announce that Wellcome Collection will be the headline sponsor for DCDC18: Memory and Transformation. Delivered jointly by The National Archives and Research Libraries UK, the Discovering Collections Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference brings together speakers from across the heritage, cultural, and academic sectors to share their experiences and thoughts on topics…
The National Archives has today launched a workforce development strategy for the archive sector. Independent research consultancy Pye Tait was commissioned to create the strategy, which was further developed with the support of Archives Unlocked. The strategy draws upon extensive dialogue with people from across the archive sector, as well as with a range of […] The post Workforce development for…
The Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) and The National Archives have agreed that, going forward, the Explore Your Archive campaign, as it is now mature and well established as a sector-owned campaign, should be guided solely by the Archives and Records Association in future. The National Archives will continue to give the campaign strong […] The post Explore Your Archive, 2018 and…
The National Archives Education online team have today added to their resources with the publication of the new two part themed document collection called ‘1920s Britain: Decade of Conflict, realignment and change?’. 1920s Britain is an option taught as part of the A level history syllabus for key stage 5. The National Archives as the […] The post New ‘1920s Britain’ education resource appeared…
The National Archives today has published a new set of guidelines for archiving personal data. The rules for handling information about living people in archives and records intended for transfer to archive services changed on 25 May 2018. The Data Protection Act 1998 was replaced by The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). This is as a […] The post New guidelines for archiving personal data…
The National Archives has published a revised version of our Statement of Public Task. Statements of Public Task are a key part of the transparency requirement on public bodies under the law governing the re-use of public sector information. It is good practice for organisations to regularly review their Statement of Public Task. It is […] The post Updating our Statement of Public Task appeared…
The first five successful applicants to the Archives Revealed Scoping Grants programme have been announced. The scheme, which is supported by The National Archives, The Pilgrim Trust, the Wolfson Foundation and the Foyle Foundation, has awarded grants of up to £3,000 to five archives across the UK. Val Johnson, Director of Research and Collections at […] The post Archives Revealed awards first…
We will be carrying out essential maintenance work from 08:00 to 12:00 on Sunday 5 August. We anticipate that all our online and web services will be disrupted during this time. We expect the work to be completed by 12:00, when all our online services are scheduled to be available once more. We apologise for […] The post Maintenance work on our website, Sunday 5 August 08:00-12:00 appeared first…
