Dear all
Please find below details of the Society of Archivists West Midlands
regional meeting on 22 October. In addition to the business meeting we have
a training session on authority records and indexing. Please contact Charles
Fonge before 15 October if you would like to attend.
Jo
West Midlands Regional Secretary
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Joanna Terry (Miss)
Records Manager IT/IS
Modern Records Unit
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Tel: 01905 728544/766694
Fax: 01905 766698
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http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/records
Date of Meeting: 22 October 2002
Venue: Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Programme:
1:00 - 1:45 Business meeting
1:45 - 2:30 Double standards: authority records and indexing - the new
challenges for archivists, Dick Sargent (HMC) 'Authority records: a new
ISAAR for the networking era'?
2:30 - 3:15 Discussion and working on examples. Please bring some examples
of catalogues/lists with good introductions or contextual information to
work into ISAAR records. MRC's Authority Records will be demonstrated.
3:15 - 3:30 tea break
3:30 - 4:15 Louise Craven (PRO) 'The UNESCO Thesaurus and subject indexing
in the archival community'
4:15 - 4:30 James King (MRC) 'Use of LCSH by archivists'
4:30 - 5:00 discussion
Contact: Please contact Charles Fonge before 15 October
Charles Fonge
Assistant Archivist
Modern Records Centre
University of Warwick Library
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Tel: 024 7652 4219
Fax: 024 7657 2988
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Directions
Map enclosed has details/check website:
http://modernrecords.warwick.ac.uk/travel.shtml. Allow 40 minutes by bus
from Coventry Station. Try Car park 8 or 15 (parking fee is £1.20 per day)
Lunch is available on campus at a wide variety of locations and prices. We
suggest the Arts Centre bar, EAT (in the Arts Centre) or VIVA (Rootes Social
Building, sandwiches, soup, salads)
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