Dear all,
* Over 270 events have now been registered for Archive Awareness
Campaign and can be viewed by the public at www.archiveawareness.com - the
new website which is now up and running! Events are varied and are going on
right through the autumn. If you still haven't registered your event now is
the time to do so!
* Archive Awareness Campaign has teamed up with the BBC to support
their ten-week family history series which is to be broadcast throughout the
autumn. To encourage more people to do their family history, and as a
climax to the series, the BBC are organising a National Family History
Weekend on 4-5 December at different venues across the UK. Regional BBC
radio stations are invited to organise a major event in their area. The
stations will be responsible for sourcing a suitable venue and will be
offered a "menu" of activities by the BBC central team that they can choose
from to build up the content of their event. Regional Archive Development
Officers will be distributing a form which will enable you to express an
interest in being involved in National Family History Weekend. This can be
returned to the central AAC team and we will pass on the information to the
BBC. The form will also be available at www.archiveawareness.com shortly.
* The BBC expect this series to generate an increased number of
archive users beyond visitors to the National Family History Weekend. The
first Restoration series broadcast on BBC2 had a significant impact on
membership of The National Trust and English Heritage and we think that
public interest in family history will soar in a similar way as a result of
the series. Archives will probably receive more visitors and more enquiries
about family history throughout the autumn.
* We are still looking for stories for "On This Day" to feature in
Metro in November. We need social history stories related to a particular
date in November (weekdays only). An example from last year: 22nd September
1955 saw the launch of independent television as ITV started broadcasting in
the London area, 19 years after the launch of the BBC. Please send
suggestions to [log in to unmask]
* www.archiveawareness.com is now live and it would be great if you
could add the URL to your email signatures so the number of hits to the
website increases.
If you have any queries about Archive Awareness Campaign please
contact me on 020 8392 5237 or email [log in to unmask]
Thanks,
Lucy Fulton
Lucy Fulton
Archive Awareness Campaign Officer
The National Archives
Tel: 020 8392 5237
Fax: 020 8392 5295
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.archiveawareness.com
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