The blog for the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.
Written by Graham Hughes, Archives Assistant. Anyone attending the Great Industrial Exhibition in London in 1862 could have been forgiven for passing by the sight of two circular blocks of glass, 26 inches in diameter and two inches thick, standing on their edges being displayed by Messrs Chance of Birmingham. Impressive though they were these … Continue reading The World’s Largest Telescope
Written by Lydia Dean, project archivist As we come into the last days of this year’s #30DaysWild campaign, it seemed fitting to celebrate the end of my year-long project cataloguing the archive of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust – and what a year it’s been! I’ve been lucky enough to delve right into the most detailed … Continue reading 71 Years Wild: cataloguing and exploring the archive of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Written by Nathan Williams, Archives Assistant This is the fifth in a series of blog posts celebrating the Retreat archive and our digitisation project as it nears completion. The Retreat is one of the most important institutions in the care and treatment of mental health patients. Over the last two and half years, staff at … Continue reading Spotlight on the Retreat archive: An unexpected find
Written by Sally-Anne Shearn, Genesis Project Archivist Two years ago I embarked on Project Genesis. It was my first professional job after qualifying as an archivist and I knew then how fortunate I was to find such a varied and interesting post when I was just starting out. Over two years, my job would be … Continue reading Saying goodbye to Project Genesis
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital ArchivistOriginally posted to “Digital Archiving at the University of York” I’ve spent the last three days in Cambridge at AtoM Camp. This was the second ever AtoM Camp, and the first in Europe. A big thanks to St John’s College for hosting it and to Artefactual Systems for putting it … Continue reading AtoM Camp take aways
by Kath Webb, with an introduction by Nathan Williams This is the fourth in a series of blog posts celebrating the Retreat archive and our digitisation project as it nears completion. The Retreat is one of the most important institutions in the care and treatment of mental health patients. Over the last two and half … Continue reading Spotlight on the Retreat archive: a satirical sketch of the Retreat in the early twentieth century
Written by Jenny Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital ArchivistOriginally posted to “Digital Archiving at the University of York” Last month I asked (and tried to answer) the question How can we preserve our wiki pages? This month I am investigating the slightly more challenging issue of how to preserve native Google Drive files, specifically documents*. Why? … Continue reading How can we preserve Google Documents?
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist with photographs courtesy of Paul Shields, University photographer Originally posted to “Digital Archiving at the University of York” Well, that was a busy week! Yesterday was the last day of Archivematica Camp York – an event organised by Artefactual Systems and hosted here at the University of York. The camp’s intention … Continue reading Archivematica Camp York: Some thoughts from the lake