Hi all,

Apologies for the glitches in the pages when viewed in Internet Explorer. Should all be fixed now. 

I've had a few nice emails back from archivists saying they will point students to this resource, which is great. If you feel there is anything that needs adding for your students, do let me know. 

all the best,
Jane




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> From: Jane Stevenson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: A Guide to using archives for the inexperienced
> Date: 20 February 2013 11:55:08 GMT
> To: "[log in to unmask] Archives-nra list" <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Many thanks for all the discussion about working with students new to archives. 
> 
> I've done my best to read through everything and I have created a suite of pages: 
> 
> http://archiveshub.ac.uk/guides/usingarchives/
> 
> I'd appreciate any feedback anyone would like to give. 
> 
> Please note:
> 
> - I know that there is much more than could be said, but I wanted to keep it reasonably brief. But suggestions for important questions that you think I've left out would be appreciated. 
> - I've used some of your advice pretty much verbatim, which I hope is OK. I've also used images which I think is fine in this context, but let me know if anyone objects!
> - I appreciate the comments around the importance of other types of researchers, but the Archives Hub is funded by Jisc, so my priority has to be students and academic researchers. But I think most of the advice applies quite broadly
> - I'd like to add to the list of resources, if anyone has any good suggestions
> - Just in case anyone notices, I'm having problems with my footer! So you might see an error message right at the bottom. 
> 
> I found it particularly difficult using the term 'archives' and the term 'archive' for a repository. I think it does confuse people that you can "archive an archive, which is held in an archive" kind of thing. 
> 
> …and i've just spotted a typo…it hasn't been properly proof read yet, but I wanted to ask for feedback before doing the final read through and linking it into the site.
> 
> cheers,
> Jane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jane Stevenson
> The Archives Hub
> Mimas, The University of Manchester
> Devonshire House, Oxford Road
> Manchester M13 9QH
> 
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> tel: 0161 275 6055
> website: archiveshub.ac.uk
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