Are you contemplating using barcodes to help manage your collections? Or have you
already barcoded for a specific purpose like a collections move and are wondering what other options this could open up?
If you are interested in hearing about colleagues’ experiences of barcoding, why not
join us at the next MAPLE event to find out more. Bookings are now open at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maple-at-kent-archives-tickets-54752014750
Lunch and refreshments will be provided; please make any dietary requirements clear when completing your
booking.
Directions to the Archives can be found here: https://www.kentarchives.org.uk/visiting-the-archives/address-and-opening-hours/
Demand for this topic is high so we will be running a second event on the same subject at West Yorkshire Archive Service: Calderdale on Monday
11th November 2019. Details of this second event will follow later in the year.
If you aren’t already a member of MAPLE, please join now, free of charge at
https://khub.net/welcome . Sign up for an account then search for MAPLE and join that specific group.
MAPLE meeting
Date: Tuesday 26th February, 2019
Venue:
Kent History and Library Centre,
James Whatman Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LQ
Telephone Number if required: +44
3000 414943
Venue host: Sarah Stanley, Service Manager
TNA host and meeting chair: Caroline Sampson
Contact for the event: any problems on the day, please contact Caroline Sampson
[log in to unmask] or
+44 7966 423736
AGENDA
10.00 Registration with refreshments
10.30 Introduction and aims of the day with TNA Facilitator – Caroline Sampson
10.35 Tour (split into 2 groups)
11:45 Sarah Stanley: Barcoding at Kent Archives – an overview of how and why
12.05 David Myers, Systems Officer, The Keep:
Barcodes for archives, it’s all about the container
12:25 Nicky Hilton, Senior Archivist, Parliamentary Archives:
Transforming the Archives Service: it starts with a barcode...
12.45 Questions to the panel
13:00 Lunch (provided)
14:00 Updates / questions / requests for advice from MAPLE members
15:00 Ends
Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Sampson | Development Manager: National and Networks | Archives Sector Development
+44 (0)20 8876 3444 x2983 / 07966 423736
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU