'Archives and Society' seminar series, 2011-2012 Reminder - tomorrow's seminar 'The Impact of Digitisation and its Implications for the Future Direction of Archives and Special Collections' (speaker: Richard Ovenden) will take place at 5:30pm. More details below. Meetings start at 5.30 in Stewart House: http://ies.sas.ac.uk/about/stewarthouse.htm . Everyone welcome - there is no charge. Date Speaker Subject Chair Spring 2012 24 January Richard Ovenden Bodleian Library, Oxford The Impact of Digitisation and its Implications for the Future Direction of Archives and Special Collections JH 7 February Julian Pooley Surrey History Centre Private Minds, Public Collections: Exploring the Public Use of Mental Health Records JH 21 February Cathy Williams The National Archives The Olympics, Documentation Strategy and the Minnesota Method VJ 6 March Simon Wilson Hull History Centre Born-Digital Archives at Hull: Early Steps & Early Lessons JB 20 March Alexandra Eveleigh University College, London "Success is down to the Participants": the Online Participatory Archive tbc Summer 2012 8 May Marie Owens Association and Records Association Advocacy for the Archive Sector VJ For information and enquiries, please contact: Valerie Johnson, The National Archives on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Seminar convenors: Jenny Bunn, University College, London Alan Crookham, The National Gallery Elizabeth Danbury, University College, London Valerie Johnson, The National Archives Jenny Haynes, The Wellcome Trust ........................ Ruth Roberts Research and Academic Liaison Advisor Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 5330 (ext 2625) The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU nationalarchives.gov.uk Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to The National Archives. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra