Borthwick staff at the ARA conference

Posted on 26 August 2016

Several members of Borthwick staff will be presenting at the Archives and Records Association conference this year.

The ARA conference is being held in London from Wednesday 31st August to Friday 2nd September.

Presentations and a poster from our staff showcase a selection of our recent and ongoing projects and highlights the range of skills and specialisms that we have:

Wednesday 31st August:
A professional response to public and community loss: York floods, December 2015 - Tracy Wilcockson, Conservator, Borthwick Institute for Archives

Thursday 1st September:
Up and AtoM: Project Genesis at the Borthwick Institute for Archives - Dr Sally-Anne Shearn, Archivist, Borthwick Institute for Archives

Tutorial: The Retreat Digitisation Project: A case study on the necessity for collaboration between conservation and digitisation. Chris Taylor, Digitisation Manager and Tracy Wilcockson, Conservator, Borthwick Institute for Archives

Workshop: Working with a Dino-Lite: 101 uses for a digital microscope. Catherine Dand, Conservator, Borthwick Institute for Archives

Tutorial: From Filth to Future: One year on. ARA and emotional support for recordkeeping professionals. Elizabeth Baker, Archivist, East Riding Archives and Gary Brannan, Archivist, Borthwick Institute for Archives

Poster
Index nomine, Amen- Enabling Free On-line Access to the York Archbishops Registers, 1576-1650. Gary Brannan and Helen Watt, Borthwick Institute for Archives.

If you are attending the conference we would love to talk to you about our work!