I think in general this is a good idea and I like the idea of uniting all of
us who work with business archives in both public and private sectors.

How denuded would the SRG be if all the business archivists left to join a
new group? Would the new group have a majority of members in London to the
detriment of those further away? (I am thinking of travel to meetings, etc.)

Helen Osborn
Archivist & Records Manager
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
The Ram Brewery, Wandsworth, London SW18 4JD
e:mail - [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 20 8875 7000 Fax: +44 20 8875 7100
Reg. No. 32763 England
Web site (including map): http://www.youngs.co.uk/






> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeannette Strickland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A Business Archives SIG for the Society of Archivists?
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As business archivists we feel that we constitute a distinct and growing
> community within the Society of Archivists whose views are currently
> under-represented. Until now, archivists such as ourselves may have
> attempted to find a voice within the Society through either the SRG or
> RMG, both of which do sterling work within their specialised areas.
> Neither, however, was originally set up to encompass business archives
> and, as a result, our influence has been unfocused and muted.
>
> We further believe that there are sufficient issues specific to any
> professionals who care for business archives, including those in the
> public sector, such that there is a need for a Specialist Interest Group
> within the Society. In this way we can have an input into matters that
> directly affect us and ensure that the problems and needs of our sector
> are fully understood. This message, therefore, is a means of sounding out
> likeminded colleagues.
>
> This proposal is not intended as a criticism of the Business Archives
> Council or the Business Archives Council of Scotland. These bodies do a
> splendid job for business archives in general and their owners, users and
> practitioners as a group. However, they do not provide a suitable forum
> in which business archivists can meet to discuss their problems and
> concerns, and neither should they. Such a forum should surely be within
> our professional association, not an external body.
>
> The proposed group should be seen as complimenting the work of the BACs
> and other specialist interest groups in the Society, whilst providing a
> vital plank in the development of the Society of Archivists and the
> profession in general. It would provide a forum for all professionals who
> have business archives in their care, and thus unite archivists from local
> and central government, museums and universities, with core business
> archivists.
>
> Please publish expressions of interest or contributions on list, or send
> to one of the following:
>
> Jessie Campbell, Barclays Group Archives (e-mail
> <[log in to unmask]>)
> Helen Ford, BG Group (e-mail <[log in to unmask]>)
> David Hay, BT Archives (e-mail <[log in to unmask]>)
> Nigel Hardman, Alliance & Leicester Group Archives (Fax: 0151-966 2831)
> Jeannette Strickland, Unilever Archives (e-mail
> <[log in to unmask]>)
>
>
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