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RESOURCE ARCHIVES TASK FORCE E-BULLETIN 3 Archives Task Force: report of third meeting Commissioned by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the Archives Task Force is Resource's major archives project for 2002/2003.The Archives Task Force will report to the DCMS in autumn 2003. The third meeting of the Task Force was held on 25th March at Gloucestershire Record Office and the venue provided a useful opportunity for Archive Task Force members to see an archive service in operation and meet with users, staff and stakeholders. The Task Force considered papers on the following topics: * Investing in the future: training and development; * Building on success: developing centres of expertise; * Specialist Archives: hinterland and seedbed. Papers presented to the meeting and minutes of previous meetings are available on the Resource website. To view these pages please see www.resource.gov.uk <http://www.resource.gov.uk/> and follow the links to "Archives Task Force" from the "action" drop-down menu. A Step Change: Creating the Vision for archives and their users At this meeting Task Force members considered the 'Emerging Viewpoints' in the wider context of the Vision that the report is hoping to achieve for archives and their users. This proposes that: * users, their requirements, and the evidence of them, are of paramount importance; * archives should reach out to and become more relevant to more people; The vision is based on a step change in the purpose and nature of archives, combining the traditional role of preservation and access with new ideas of public access, and ways of working. Consultation phase The consultation process with archivists, users and stakeholders is on-going and the 'step change' proposed by the Task Force will be tested at the meetings in the English regions and in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A number of regional events have already taken place and have been attended by a wide range of people interested in the archive domain. A report on the outcomes of the consultation meetings will feed into the on-going deliberations of the Archive Task Force and will appear on the Resource website in due course. The following events are still to take place: South West: 9 April, Exeter For more information contact: Rachael Pringle - [log in to unmask] East Midlands: 10 April, Leicester For more information contact: Jerry Weber - [log in to unmask] East of England: 11 April, Bury St Edmonds For more information contact: Gordon Chancellor - [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> London: 1 May, London For more information contact: Emma Halsall - [log in to unmask] West Midlands: 10 May, Worcester For more information contact: Phillip Kiberd - [log in to unmask] South East: 20 May, Winchester For more information contact: Simon Bennett [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Events outside England: Scotland: 25 April, Edinburgh Consultation in Scotland is being organised by the Scottish Council on Archives and the National Archives of Scotland. For more information contact Ian Hill - [log in to unmask] Northern Ireland: Consultation in Northern Ireland is being organised by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. For more information contact Valerie Adams - [log in to unmask] Wales: 19 May, Builth Wells Consultation in Wales is being co-ordinated by the Archives Council Wales. For more information contact Eluned Jones, Archive Development Officer for Wales - [log in to unmask] Resource and the members of the Archives Task Force are extremely grateful to all colleagues in the English regions and in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who are working with us to plan and organise these key events. If you are unable to attend one of the regional or national events, the meetings will be supported by an extensive written consultation exercise that the will offer individuals, institutions and groups the opportunity to respond directly to the Archive Task Force. Letters and copies of the Archive Task Force leaflet will shortly be sent to the profession, users, national, regional and local government and funders. Emma Halsall Archive Development Officer for the Regions Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries 16 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AA Direct line: 020 7273 1421 Email: [log in to unmask] www.resource.gov.uk The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. It is intended solely for the addressee. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments from the system.