The National Archives and the Museums Libraries & Archives Council (MLA) held a series of workshops for culture and archives colleagues called 'Archives for 21st Century in your region' in York, Birmingham and at Kew in June and July 2010.
Exploring how we can work together on 'Archives in 21st Century' and the challenges we are facing in the archive sector to turn the policy into a reality for local services was part of our discussion on 'developing bigger, better and more sustainable services'. Presentations by guest speakers opened up debate between staff and delegates on how we can develop governance and strategic partnerships to deliver core services.
Tell us what you think
Please fill in the post event feedback form and email it to asd@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk to tell us more about you and your service, and what you found useful on the day. It'll only take a few minutes and will make all the difference to the development of our plans for engaging with the sector in the future.
Post event feedback form (Word 830KB)
See and hear the presentations
To see or download the audio and video clips, please visit the National Archives website.
To find out what they had to say and download their slides to share with your colleagues, please check below:
Oliver Morley (Acting Chief Executive, The National Archives)
Oliver talks about Archives for the 21st Century
David Ruse (Director of Libraries and Culture, Westminster City Council)
David offers ideas about how to take forward Archives for 21st Century in your organisation.
David's slides (PDF 177KB)
Stephen Rowley (Head of Support Services, Wirral Council)
Stephen talks about his experience of bringing together the Archives and Records Management Service at Wirral Council.
Stephen's slides (PDF 599KB)
Sue Wilkinson (Director of Policy and Sustainability, MLA)
Sue talks about the challenges and opportunities for archives and sharper investment.
Sue's slides (PDF 109KB)
Nick Kingsley (Head of Archives Sector Development, The National Archives)
Nick presents on collaboration and partnership working.
Nick's slides (PDF 33KB)
Jo Woolley (Policy Adviser, MLA)
Jo explains what is devolved governance? Why devolve? Models of devolution: their risks and opportunities.
Jo's slides (PDF 463KB)
Information packs
The following documents address themes covered in the workshops and were given out to delegates.
Collections Development Policies For Archives (Word 110KB)
Feedback questions about the Collections Development Policies (Word 70KB)
Sharper Investment for changing times (PDF 3.71Mb)
Devolved Governance (PDF 470KB)
Big Society (Word 60KB)
Leadership audit (Word 340KB)
Improvement support (Word 120KB)
Best practice events (Word 1.25Mb)
Archive Pace Setters Award
Led by the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) in partnership with MLA, The National Archives, the Scottish Council on Archives, and the Welsh Assembly Government, this scheme has been set up to encourage innovative projects within the UK archive sector, and to give these national recognition through the Archive Pace Setters Award.
The scheme runs from October 2009 to April 2013 and applications are welcomed from a range of archive services, both big and small, and from all parts of the archive sector. For further information go to:
http://www.archives.org.uk/campaigns/aps-more-information.html