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Conference delegates
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This year’s ALES annual conference and AGM was held at the
Public Record of Northern Ireland on 24th June. The day brought
together delegates and speakers from across the UK. The main theme was how
archivists can work more closely with university and college students, and in
so doing bridge the gap between this traditional user group and the archive as
a space for learning, discovery and the acquisition of new transferable skills.
Presentations included a mixture of case studies based on a
wide range of experiences from university and national archives to specialist
and local authority repositories. Some of the key concepts that emerged through
the day were ‘skills’, ‘collaboration’ and ‘creativity’. A combination of the
three underpins the planning and delivery of successful initiatives and hopefully
will allow professionals to address challenges and turn them into opportunities
for the future.
