Possibly of interest to those in Scotland:
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From: Cheryl Brown <Cheryl.Brown(a)glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 17 November 2014 15:37
Subject: Business Archives Council for Scotland: Records at Risk
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A reminder to subscribers that there
are still places available for
the Business Archives Council for Scotland 'Records at Risk' training
event on 20th November.
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Dear all,
The Business Archives Council for Scotland (BACS) & Archives and
Records Association (ARA) Scotland will be hosting a training day
event on 20th November 2014, which will explore threats to business
archives: insolvency, disaster and digital loss. The event will take
place in the Talklab, Level 3, University of Glasgow Library, Hillhead
Street, Glasgow at 10am.
The annual Joan Auld Lecture, founded in memory of Dundee's first
University Archivist, is titled 'The Work of an Insolvency
Practitioner' will be given by KMPG Insolvency Practitioner, Gary
Fraser. The talk will provide insights from a business perspective
about business failure and how to work with insolvency professionals
to secure the preservation of business archives.
The day will also include the Business Archives Council for Scotland (BACS) AGM.
Full details of the programme are outlined below:
Records at Risk
This training day event has been organised by the Business Archives
Council of Scotland (BACS) and the Archives and Records Association
(ARA) Scotland. It will explore threats to business collections -
insolvency, disaster and digital loss.
10:00 Registration and welcome (tea and coffee)
10:30 Records at Risk: Digital Loss - William Kilbride, Digital
Preservation Coalition
11:10 Records at Risk: Business Failure - Cheryl Brown, Business
Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland
11:50 Records at Risk: Disasters - Linda Ramsay, National Records of Scotland
12:30 Business Archives Council of Scotland (BACS) AGM
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Joan Auld lecture*: The Work of an Insolvency Practitioner -
Gary Fraser, KPMG
15:00 Discussion and case studies (Stoddard-Templeton Collection and
Standard Life Archive)
15:45 Finish
Lunch is included, to book your place on the Records at Risk training
day through Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/records-at-risk-and-joan-auld-lecture-ticket…
Tickets are free to BACS members, students £7 and non BACS members £10.
If you wish to convert your £10 ticket into a year's membership of
BACS on the day, please speak to BACS organisers and this can be
arranged.
Please email any details of dietary requirements to bacs(a)archives.gla.ac.uk
For more information about the work of the Business Archives Council
for Scotland, please visit
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/bacs/ For information about
the work of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Scotland
http://www.archives.org.uk/
Cheryl Brown
Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland
e: Cheryl.Brown(a)glasgow.ac.uk
t: 01505 328488
www.scottisharchives.org.uk/surveyingofficer
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