Valerie Johnson: Supporting the Archives Sector via Collaboration
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The document discusses 'Archives Unlocked', a strategic vision for the archives sector in the UK aimed at enhancing trust, enrichment, and openness while preserving the nation's diverse heritage. It outlines an action plan focusing on digital capacity, resilience, and impact to improve the sector's sustainability and accessibility. Various collaborative networks and projects are highlighted, promoting shared resources and knowledge to enhance digital preservation and archive management.
![Network Case Study 2: Archives First
Berkshire Record Office; Dorset History Centre; East Sussex Record
Office; Gloucestershire Archives; Hampshire Record Office; Isle of Wight
Record Office; Portsmouth History Centre; Southampton Archives; Surrey
History Centre; West Sussex Record Office; Wiltshire and Swindon History
Centre
11
Proposal:
•To ‘carry out a life-cycle analysis of so-called “born-digital” records from
their creation through to their accession’ [and] ‘to understand how
archivists can contribute to the long-term management of preserved
digital material’
•Focus on key records classes – public records; key democratic service
records – all which will be or already are created by computerised
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Valerie Johnson: Supporting the Archives Sector via Collaboration
- 1. Dr Valerie Johnson The National Archives UK Supporting the Archives Sector via Collaboration
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- 3. Archives Unlocked is a strategic vision for the archives sector. It articulates our ambition for the sector’s unique potential and relevance in preserving the diversity of our nation’s heritage. It is underpinned by a robust action plan that outlines what we will be doing over the next few years to make realistic and meaningful progress. The vision and the action plan are the result of extensive consultation with our partners and stakeholders from across the archives sector; and from across culture, heritage, the creative industries, local authorities and more. 3
- 4. The ambitions are: • TRUST: people and institutions trust in the authenticity of archive records, and how they are preserved and presented. • ENRICHMENT: archives enhance and enrich our society intellectually, culturally and economically. • OPENNESS: archives cultivate an open approach to knowledge and are accessible to all. 4
- 5. In the Action Plan, we are currently focusing on three areas: •DIGITAL CAPACITY. Develop the digital capacity of the archives sector, to preserve digital records, and increase discoverability of the paper and digital archive. •RESILIENCE. Build the sectors resilience to ensure more archives can meet and sustain the Archive Service Accreditation standard, open the sector to new skills and a more diverse workforce, increase income generation capacities, and support innovative service models. •IMPACT. Demonstrate the impact of archives by developing and expanding audiences, piloting approaches to using data and evidence, and influencing thinking in the IT, commercial and knowledge sectors. 5
- 6. 6 DIGITAL CAPACITY ‘Include all archives: through sharing, co-location, collaborative networks and consortia, all archives will be able to access the skills and infrastructure they need to achieve their goals in the digital world’
- 7. 7 Sector Sustainability Fund Established in 2013 to support collaborative networks ‘The National Archives hopes to build upon existing networks and partnerships, to create sustainable collaborative service networks that will help individual archives become more adaptable and resilient and enable them to focus on the needs of users and local communities and on producing best value for money’ 12 networks funded across England Over £150K invested
- 8. 8 CultureRunner The National Archives Collaborative Development Networks Evaluation Report (2017) p.24
- 9. Network Case Study 1: Archives West Midlands 9 Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham; British Motor Museum; Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham; Culture Coventry; Dudley Archives and Local History; Hereford Cathedral; Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre; Media Archive Central England; Sandwell Community History and Archives Service; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; Shropshire Archives; Staffordshire Record Office; Warwickshire County Record Office; Wolverhampton City Archives; Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service Project proposal Analysing current activities, staff knowledge and capacity across the region
- 10. Archives West Midlands Project findings: •That the network should invest in a managed digital preservation system, such as Preservica or Archivematica to help facilitate many of the processes involved in preserving digital material •Further investigation is required of platforms to provide secure access to digital records •Templates of regional policies and guidance should be developed, across a range of digital archives management issues 10
- 11. Network Case Study 2: Archives First Berkshire Record Office; Dorset History Centre; East Sussex Record Office; Gloucestershire Archives; Hampshire Record Office; Isle of Wight Record Office; Portsmouth History Centre; Southampton Archives; Surrey History Centre; West Sussex Record Office; Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre 11 Proposal: •To ‘carry out a life-cycle analysis of so-called “born-digital” records from their creation through to their accession’ [and] ‘to understand how archivists can contribute to the long-term management of preserved digital material’ •Focus on key records classes – public records; key democratic service records – all which will be or already are created by computerised transaction processing systems
- 12. Archives First 12 V Cothey & C Pickavance Archives First: Digital preservation project (2017) p12
- 13. Archives First Follow-up proposal •To ‘investigate archival information package export specification and functionality in respect of’: o Liquidlogic Children’s Social Care System o Modern.gov o Mosaic •To ‘determine the minimum requirements of a long-term storage system for archival information packages and identify options for local authorities’ 13
- 14. Network Case Study 3: East of England Regional Archive Council 14 Sharing Archivematica Pilot Project Cambridgeshire Archives; Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies; History of Advertising Trust; Norfolk Record Office; Peterborough Archives
- 15. Digital Learning Set • Foster and facilitate a partnership/network of interested services as a learning set • Promote awareness across the archives sector of the different regional and thematic approaches to the digital challenge • Inform TNA’s understanding of sector need, and of opportunities for TNA leadership and/or support • 5 sessions: digital preservation, digital engagement, approaches to mass digitisation, digital experience and user perspectives/management 15
- 16. Impact of collaborative working • Delivering greater efficiencies and savings through working together, even in a climate of reduced resources • Maximising staff expertise and knowledge • Establishing standards of best practice regionally 16 "The possibilities of coming together to share knowledge and expertise are far greater than if archive services worked in isolation" – Archives West Midlands
- 17. 17 Questions ?