Archives for Learning and Education Section Annual Conference 2014: Call for Papers

The Archivist as a Teacher

The Frith Centre, Gloucestershire Archives, 30^th May 2014

Archivists are often portrayed as professional multi-taskers. One of the most valuable skills they possess is the ability to present, disseminate and make information accessible to a variety of audiences in a wide range on contexts and formats. In some respects, archivists share skill sets with teachers and more broadly speaking with education professionals. This is particularly the case when archivists become involved in the development of educational resources.

This one-day conference would like to explore that aspect of the archivist’s work. Questions that we wish to cover in the day include:

• should archivists consider themselves to be 'teachers' - what is teaching and is that what we do in these situations?
• what are the skills that archivists need to share with teachers?
• what do archivists bring to the classroom that teachers and other education professionals can't?
• what should archivists create? – (perspectives on changes to the curriculum in England and Wales and Scotland)
• how can archivists market/advertise their existence and the existence of their resources/services?

We are inviting 30 minute presentations focusing on practical experiences and case studies around these topics. If you are interested please email me (m.castrillo@nls.uk) an abstract with an outline of your proposal.

The deadline for submissions is 18^th March. Once all submissions have been received a small committee will meet to review them and make a selection.

Kind regards

Maria Castrillo (ALES Training Officer)

Dr Maria Castrillo

Curator

Manuscript and Archive Collections

National Library of Scotland

George IV Bridge

Edinburgh EH1 1EW

Tel: 0131 623 3871

Email: m.castrillo@nls.uk