Gerald Aylmer Seminar 2019 Digital and the archive: Preservation, research and engagement
22 February 2019 The National Archives, Kew
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@UKNatArcRes | @IHR_History | @RoyalHistSoc 09:15 Registration and refreshments
09:45 Welcome and Introductions Jo Fox (Institute of Historical Research) and Valerie Johnson (The National Archives)
10:00 Chair: Pip Willcox (The National Archives) Keynote conversation PAST: Alice Prochaska (Somerville College, Oxford) Past, present and future of digital and PRESENT: Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study, the archive University of London)
FUTURE: John Sheridan (The National Archives)
11:00 Break
11:15 Chair: Valerie Johnson (The National Archives) Panel session 1 Jenny Mitcham (Digital Preservation Coalition) Preservation Embracing the hybrid archive: some reflections on the journey so far
James Newman (Bath Spa University) Mario is Missing! Playing, not playing and preserving videogames
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Chair: Alexandra Eveleigh (Wellcome Collection) Panel session 2 Ruth Ahnert (Queen Mary, University of London) Reconstructing networks in the State Papers Archive Research Rachel Foss (British Library) Hybrid collections and holistic collecting: contemporary archives at the British Library 14:15 Refreshment break
14:45 Chair: Errol Francis (Culture&) Panel session 3 Adrian Glew (Tate) Engagement Combining digital and analogue: engaging audiences with the Tate’s Archives and Access project
Naomi Wells (School of Advanced Study, University of London) Bridging the Archive and the Repertoire: London’s Latin Americans in the UK Web Archive
15:45 Break
16:00 Chair: Margot Finn (Royal Historical Society) Panel session 4 Jo Pugh (The National Archives) Problems and Trust in digital archives: earned or engineered? provocations Kelly Foster (AfroCROWD UK) A selection of What do we mean by open? Ethics and equity in five-minute digital archives ‘provocations’ followed by open Jo Fox (Institute of Historical Research) discussion What historians think they know about digital archives
16:45 Closing remarks Margot Finn (Royal Historical Society)
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@UKNatArcRes | @IHR_History | @RoyalHistSoc Valerie Johnson Director of Research and Collections at The National Archives Jo Fox Director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London Alice Prochaska Honorary Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford Jane Winters Professor of Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study, University of London John Sheridan Digital Director at The National Archives Pip Willcox Head of Research at The National Archives Jenny Mitcham Head of Good Practice and Standards at the Digital Preservation Coalition James Newman Professor of Digital Media, Bath Spa University Ruth Ahnert Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary, University of London Rachel Foss Curator of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library Alexandra Eveleigh Collections Information Manager at the Wellcome Collection Andrew Glew Archivist at the Tate Gallery Naomi Wells Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London Errol Francis CEO of Culture& Jo Pugh Digital Development Manager at The National Archives Kelly Foster Founding manager of AfroCROWD UK Margot Finn Professor of Modern British History at UCL and President of the Royal Historical Society
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