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The application deadline for the £3,000 BAC cataloguing grant for business collections is this 26th June 2015! In support of the National Strategy for Business Archives, the Business Archives Council (BAC) is delighted to announce that it is once again offering a cataloguing grant for business collections. Furthermore, the grant this year has been increased to £3000. The aims of the grant, in funding the cataloguing of a business collection in either the private or public sector, are to; • Provide financial support for institutions/businesses that manage business archives • Reach collections that have not yet been prioritised but have potential academic or socio-historical value • Create opportunities for archivists or para-professionals/volunteers to gain experience in listing business collections • Make more business collections accessible We envisage that the grant of £3000 is used over the equivalent of a six-week period to fund an archive intern or temporary staff member (under professional supervision) to catalogue a discrete collection of business records. This can either be a detailed catalogue of a small collection or a top-level catalogue of a more substantial collection. Grant recipients should provide the BAC with a final report and catalogue, and the catalogue should be made available to The National Archives’ DISCOVERY database. Previous applicants are welcome to re-apply. Please note that the BAC would not normally award a grant to the same institution within three years. The Cataloguing Grant for Business Archives (2015) deadline for applications is 26th June 2015. For more information criteria and application form see the BAC’s website at http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/. Any questions about the grant should be addressed to Adam Hillhouse, Administrator, Business Archives Council Cataloguing Grant (2015) at: Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 7239 2566 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