Some essential background for delegates:
http://www.officemuseum.com/paper_clips.htm
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Vivienne Aldous <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Perhaps our fellow professionals in the Museums sector might also like to
> join in a fringe event on the 18th - 19th century hand-made pin?
>
> Vivienne Aldous
> Freelance Archivist and Researcher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Simon Hennimore
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 12:06 PM
> Subject: FDPFR Conference on paperclips and the user
>
> ‘Re-clipping the archive’: a reassessment of the archival continuum
> parallels of the paperclip and its relationship to the ‘hidden record’
>
> FDPFR are proud to announce this groundbreaking symposium exploring the
> themes of paper connectivity through the use of brass implements. It looks
> at clipping throughout the ages and the challenges this presents.
>
> · How do we understand the archival dynamics between clip and
> record?
>
> · How do we discover user impartiality when assessing the
> dislocation of memory and identity through inadequate clipping?
>
> · What does the future hold for the paperclip, as an abstract
> concept, in the digital age?
>
> This conference will aim to answer all of these questions and fifteen more!
> Top speakers from the world of records, archives, and papyrclipology gather
> to address the key issues.
>
> Programme for day 1:
>
> 09.45: Coffee, sandwiches, registration and networking
>
> 11.50: What is a paperclip and what are its functions?, a formal
> introductory address by Dr. Edwin Jones-Heverthorpe
>
> 12.00: Lunch, coffee and networking
>
> 13.00: Seminar: Paper, clips and paperclips: who rules the roost?
>
> 15.00: Questions (with opportunities for networking)
>
> 15.45: Are paperclips compliant with ISAD(G): no they aren't - a discussion,
> chaired by Hugh H. Hankshaw
>
> 16.00: Coffee
>
> 17.00: End/Coffee
>
> Programme for day 2:
>
> 09.15: Breakfast and networking
>
> 09.30: Volunteers and paperclips: what do they have in common?, Mr. Edward T
>
> 11.00: Paperclip or ‘paper-trip’: the challenges of clipping in the modern
> world, Simon Q. Franks
>
> 12.00: Paperclips and outreach: how do your clipping solutions help you to
> attract your
>
> optimum user group into an informal structured environment?, Miranda
> Polymorph (Professional Outreach Guru)
>
> 13.00: Lunch
>
> 13.05: Who is the paperclip and what does he need: a delve through the
> postmodern
>
> interaction between user, archive and paperclip, Dr. Francois Soiree
>
> 14.00: Michelet, Derrida, Foucault and the paperclip: contested sites of
> power in paperclip
>
> theory, Tony L. Blanc
>
> 15.00: Paperclips and the ‘computer’: the role of the paperclip in the
> ‘digital age’, Sir Richard Mulberry-Town
>
> 16.00: ‘Clipped’ ‘Voices’ ‘in’ ‘the’ ‘Archive’, Jennifer Half
>
> 17.00: ‘Clip fever’, or, 'Why I am so wise', Prof. Howard Bravado
>
> 17.30: Towards a new solution for comparative paperclip control, closing
> address by Houlis Smith
>
> 18.00: Close (no coffee)
>
> Date: 9th – 10th May 2011
>
> Location: London
>
> Cost: £500 for two days / £460 for one day (neither includes lunch or
> coffee)
>
> To book your place please contact:
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>
> Bursaries are available. If you would like to apply for a bursary please
> send a 1,000 word publishable-quality article on what the correlation of
> paperclip dynamics and their postmodern functions means to you in your
> professional role (to the email address given above). A total of three
> bursaries are available (entitling the bearer to 15% off the cost of the two
> day attendance fee).
>
> For more information on the conference and the issues presented please
> contact Paul Simon Hennimore at:
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