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Unlocking the archives:
tracing the development of citizenship in UK society
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Dear Colleague(s),
We would like to announce the launch of Citizenship Past,
a consortium digitizing over a half a million historical
papers and images in order to open up access to archival
and government papers in the following areas:
- Unlocking Key British Government Publications,
1801-1995: Full Text Digital Library, led by BOPCRIS,
Hartley Library, University of Southampton
- Hidden Lives Revealed: A Virtual Archive,
led by the Children's Society, London
- From History to Her Story: Yorkshire Women's Lives
On-line, 1100 to the present, led by the West Yorkshire
Archive Service
Date: 12 June 2002
Time: 12.30pm-4pm
Venue: Methodist International Conference Centre
81-103 Euston Street, London. NW1 2EZ.
http://www.micentre.com/
Cost: No charge. Lunch and refreshments will be provided
The launch will be of interest to all those involved in
education, private researchers and information professionals
working in the arts, humanities and social sciences. If you
would like to attend, please fill in the registration form
at the end of this message, and please feel free to circulate
the information to others who might be interested.
Programme:
12.30-1.30pm: Lunch and Registration
1.30-1.45pm: Introduction and welcome
Chris Anderson, Head of Programmes,
New Opportunities Fund
1.45-2.05pm: "Unlocking the archives: gender and citizenship"
Dr Jill Liddington, Reader in Gender History,
School of Continuing Education, University of Leeds
2.05-2.25pm: "Making the past live: poverty, families, and
social action"
Dr Susan Mumm, Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies,
Open University
2.25-2.45pm: "Official publications and unofficial lives:
tracing social history in British Parliamentary Papers"
Professor Miles Taylor, Department of History,
University of Southampton
2.45-3.10pm: Coffee
3.10-3.20pm: "From History to Her Story: Yorkshire Women's
Lives On-line, 1100 to the present"
Ruth Sharpe, Project Co-ordinator, From History
to Her Story, West Yorkshire Archives Service
3.20-3.30pm: "Hidden Lives Revealed: A Virtual Archive (drawn
from the archives of The Children's Society)"
Lincoln Woods, Project Manager, Hidden Lives
Revealed Digitisation Project, The Children's Society
3.30-3.40pm: "BOPCRIS: Unlocking key British government
information, 1801-1995"
Simon Brackenbury and Janette Cochrane,
BOPCRIS (British Official Publications Collaborative
Reader Information Service), University of Southampton
3.40-4pm: Discussion
This event is organised by the project teams of the above
projects funded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF):
BOPCRIS: Unlocking key British government information, 1801-1995
http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/
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British Official Publications (government and parliamentary
reports) constitute an immense body of material on the development
of British society. BOPCRIS aims to save users time and effort
in finding relevant publications by enabling them, from any PC,
to: (a) search and browse a Web-based finding tool containing
details of over 23,000 key documents (b) read abstracts, and
view detailed consistent subject indexing (c) read the full-text
version of key documents.
Hidden Lives Revealed: A Virtual Archive
http://www.the-childrens-society.org.uk
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The key aim of the project is to provide first hand
information on the lives of the children who were cared
for by the Waifs and Strays Society, which later became
the present day Children's Society. Documents from
approximately 300-400 case files from 1882 to 1917 will
be digitised and made available, as will photographs,
oral histories and a digitised version of an in-house
supporter magazine. This material provides a fascinating
insight into family life amongst the poorest members of
community of this period, and into the way social support
charities operated within the community.
It is also hoped that the site will provide an insight
into the way researchers use original documents to
construct histories, and that visitors to the site will
be stimulated to carry out further social and local
history research on the period and subjects covered.
>From History to Her Story: Yorkshire Women's Lives
On-line, 1100 to the present
http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/nof.htm
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As a major and unique project in women's history,
'From History to Her Story' will make accessible
to all, via the web, archive material relating to
Yorkshire women through the ages. Using the diaries,
letters, and records by and about Yorkshire women,
the project will uncover Anne Lister's lesbian love
affairs through selected transcripts of her diaries;
highlight little known facts about the Brontė sisters;
live the life of Amabel Yorke, Countess de Grey;
discover why women were locked up in the West Riding
lunatic asylum; and hear the testimonies of local
women working in the mills in the early 20th century -
and this is only a fraction of the material which will
be available.
'From History to Her Story' will, over the next 18
months, bring together around 85,000 images on a
purpose-built website, thus creating a major learning
resource and unlocking new learning opportunities
for all, from academic researcher to schoolchild.
For further information please contact:
o Simon Brackenbury for BOPCRIS ([log in to unmask])
o Lincoln Woods for the Children's Society ([log in to unmask])
o Ruth Sharpe for WYAS ([log in to unmask])
To register, please fill in the form below and send it
to Catherine Moran (see details below), preferably by
e-mail ([log in to unmask]), by Friday 31 May 2002:
REGISTRATION FORM
Surname: ................................... (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms)
First Name: ..................................................
Department: .......................................................
Institution: ...................................................
Address: .......................................................
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Telephone: ...................................................
Fax:...............................................................
E-mail: ..........................................................
Catherine Moran
Project Support Officer
WYAS - Calderdale
Calderdale Central Library
Northgate House
Northgate
Halifax HX1 1UN
Tel.: 01422 392624
Fax: 01422 341083
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Many thanks for your support.
