Digital Learning Training Days

The Archives and Learning Education Section of ARA in partnership with The National Archives are pleased to announce two complementary training days on Digital Learning Resources.

Day one is curated by Martin Bazley, Director of Martin Bazley & Associates. Day two is curated by Andy Mink, from Mink'ED. Both days will take place at 'The Talks Room', The National Archives, Kew.

Day One - Digital Learning Resources on a Shoestring

16 November 2015 at ‘The Talks Room’, The National Archives, Kew

Are you interested in experimenting with digital learning but feel unsure how or where to start? Or perhaps you are already involved in planning or developing digital learning, and would like an update on best practice and tips for achieving more with less.  If so, this training day is for you.

Curated and delivered by Martin Bazley, the day will consist of interactive and hands-on workshop-type presentations with tips and practical demonstrations about:

•             how to get started in this area when you have limited resources

•             how you can get your users engaged and reach out to new audiences

•             how to make resources sustainable in the medium and long term

Everyone is welcome but the event may be particularly relevant to archivists, education/outreach officers and other professionals working in small and medium-sized organisations.

Speaker:

Martin Bazley, Director of Martin Bazley & Associates, has more than 10 years' experience researching, developing and evaluating digital learning resources and other digital technology projects.  He is Chair of the Digital Learning Network (DLNET), and acts as Mentor and Monitor for digital elements of HLF projects. 

For information about how to get to The National Archives please see: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/default.htm

Cost: £30 for ARA members, £40 for non-ARA members, including lunch and refreshments. You can book online here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/379-ales-training-day-digital-learning-resources-on-a-shoestring.html

For details of the complementary event running on at TNA the following day click here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/380-re-mixing-and-visualising-resources-for-enquiry-based-learning.html

Programme

9:30-10:00           Tea/Coffee and Registration

10:00-10:15         Event Introduction and Housekeeping

10:15-11:15         Session 1 – Overview of digital learning

This session will review and discuss examples of digital learning, including discussion of how people learn and whether it is possible to 'deliver' learning online.

11:15-11:35         Tea/Coffee break

11:35-12:30         Session 2 – DIY and low cost approaches

This session will focus on Web Content management systems such as Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org, Google sites and others for prototyping learning resources online or for creating simple websites to promote projects or sessions. EventBrite / Amiando for handling bookings.

12:30-13:30         Lunch

13:30-14:30         Session 3 – Simple video production for digital learning

This session will involve short technical demonstration showing how to create short films to support learning and for promotion of learning opportunities; tips on lighting, sound and shot planning. It will then review other examples of low cost video used for learning. Also YouTube, Vimeo, podcasting, etc.

14:30-15:00         Tea/Coffee break

15:00-16:00         Session 4 – Planning, developing and evaluating digital learning

This session will look at formative evaluation as part of development, followed by 'surgery' discussion, where participants ask for help with specific problems/ opportunities.  It will finish with the very popular Crit room – simulated user testing of websites. 

16:00-16:15         Round up and conclusions

Day Two - (Re)Mixing and Visualizing Resources for Enquiry-based Learning

17 November 2015, 10 am to 4 pm, at ‘The Talks Room’, The National Archives, Kew

(This event is running complementary to the ALES event on 16 November listed here:http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/379-ales-training-day-digital-learning-resources-on-a-shoestring.html)

Target Audience

Education/Learning Officers working in the archive/museum/galleries sector across the UK.

Programme Aims

This workshop will provide best practice models that feature tools, resources, and programs that emphasise a participatory engagement with digital archives.  Participants will receive training that aligns with enquiry-based teaching goals including (but not limited to):

•             mining digital archives based on thematic approaches

•             visualising digital assets using temporal, geospatial, and augmented reality tools

•             curating and remixing as Open Educational Resources by using authoring tools

•             publishing using enhanced e-books and other collection displays

Speakers

Andy Mink – Mink’ED

Andy designs and implements education programmes, workshops and professional development and training activities across the United States and around the world in support of teacher leadership and curriculum design. He works with school-based partnerships that explore data and resource sharing with libraries and archives. A former teacher and Director of the Virginia Center for Digital History at University of Virginia and as Executive Director of LEARN NC at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. All of his projects, near or far, are influenced by the lessons he learned and experiences he shared as an eighth grade teacher.

For information about how to get to The National Archives please see: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/default.htm

The event is £15 to attend to cover lunch (members and non-members).

You can book online here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/380-re-mixing-and-visualising-resources-for-enquiry-based-learning.html

Suggested accommodation (not necessarily recommended!)

The Coach and Horses  – Kew Green (10 min walk) www.coachhotelkew.co.uk The Kew Garden Hotel – Kew (10 min walk) www.kewgardenshotel.com Travelodge – Kew Bridge (Brentford) (25 min walk) https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/48/London-Kew-Bridge-hotel

Premier Inn – Kew (Brentford) (30 min walk) http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/BREPTI/london-kew-bridge

Premier Inn – Richmond (25 min walk or 1 stop on District Line) http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/LONRIC/london-Richmond

There are numerous other independent hotels and B&Bs in Richmond, which is one stop from Kew Gardens on the District Line.

We hope to see as many of you as possible on both days!

Kind regards,

Maria Castrillo

Archives for Learning and Education Training Officer

MAGNA CARTA AND THE CITY - TALK AND WALK

Thursday, 24 September 2015 from 13:00 to 15:30   OR

Wednesday, 30 September 2015 from 11:00 to 14:00

£10

Book on Eventbrite

Thursday 24^th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magna-carta-and-the-city-talk-and-walk-tickets-18534567390

Wednesday 30^th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magna-carta-and-the-city-talk-and-walk-tickets-18534662675

Enjoy this last chance to see the City of London Magna Carta on display with this combined talk and walk. The short talk will tell you more about the Magna Carta: its creation, its contents and its consequences. The talk will be followed by a walking tour discovering Medieval London with City Highlights guide John Finn. 

Meet in the Heritage Gallery in Guildhall Art Gallery

Archives for Learning and Education Section Annual Meeting - 7th September 2015

Dear ALES members

I would like to invite you to attend the ALES annual meeting on Monday 7 September 2015.

Before the meeting Andrew Payne, Head of Education and Outreach at The National Archives, will deliver a paper on Magna Carta – Foundation of Liberty or Scribble on a Page?

The annual meeting is an opportunity to find out what ALES has achieved in the past year, to approve the plans and budget bid for 2015/16 and to elect the committee for the next year. It’s also a chance to meet up with other archivists with a particular interest in education and outreach, to build networks and, most importantly, to contribute to and influence the work of the ALES group.

We (the current committee) will be inviting ALES members to get involved, by joining the committee or suggesting ideas for training, development and other work that you would like ALES to lead on your behalf.

Please find attached a list of the ALES committee members. Members are invited to volunteer for any of these posts. The Chair and Web Officer are standing down this year. We already have a volunteer to take over as chair but we will be needing some ‘new blood’, ideas and enthusiasm as well. We are happy to consider creating new committee roles to meet particular interests!

ARA has been revising its guidance for voluntary officers and I suggest that if you are interested in joining the committee, you have a look at the Handbook for Voluntary Officers (also attached). The biggest change from the revision is the introduction of a fixed term of office. If you are interested in joining the committee, please let us know. You can contact any of the current officers to ask for more information.

This exciting event will take place in Room 2 of Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ on the 7 September 2015, starting at 9.30 a.m. and finishing by 12.30 p.m.

The programme is as follows:

9.30 a.m.       Registration

10 a.m.  Andrew’s paper

11.15 a.m.      ALES annual meeting

12.30 p.m.      Close

This event is free of charge for ARA members. There is a charge of £5 for non-ARA members.

Booking can be accessed by this link: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/374-magna-carta-foundation-of-liberty-or-scribble-on-a-page-paper-by-andrew-payne-tna-followed-by-ales-annual-meeting.html.

Non-ARA members will be required to pay via the ARA Office before they attend.

We look forward to seeing you in London on the 7^th September. If you can’t attend, please send apologies to Stefanie.Metze@nrscotland.gov.uk and let us have any suggestions for future training, research, projects etc.

Alison

ALES Chair

Archives for Learning and Education Annual Conference 2015: Call for Papers

Unfortunatley the ALES annual conference has had to be cancelled. We will post detail of our AGM as soon as possible. 

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield, 5^th June 2015

The nature of teaching and learning has traditionally focused on the transmission model: the passing of knowledge or information from educators to students. However, new and emerging technologies have challenged this approach by emphasising the quality of knowledge and how it is acquired, and also by fostering more participative and collaborative methods of teaching and learning.

Archive services across the UK are contributing to this transformation by embracing digital and online technology to create, share and disseminate knowledge and information more widely, and to engage with different groups of users and learners including schools, university students, adult learners and community groups.

This one-day conference would like to explore how archivists, education and outreach officers, and other professionals working in the heritage sector are responding to the challenges and opportunities presented by online and digital learning, particularly at a time of significant financial constraints in the sector. Questions that we wish to cover on the day include:

• how can archive services support digital learning?

• to what extent has digital learning improved access and changed perceptions about archives?

• what skillsets and resources are required to engage in digital learning?

• what can archive professionals learn from teachers and educators who use digital technology in the classroom?

• how can the archives and education professions exchange good practice and ideas?

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

The deadline for submissions is 20th 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

http://www.archives.org.uk/about/sections-interest-groups/archives-for-education-and-learning-group-afelg.html

ALES Edition of ARA: Request for articles

The ALES (Archives for Learning and Education Section)  issue of ARC will be published in June 2015. We would like to include a range of articles featuring work undertaken by  archivists throughout the country, in partnership and alone, with funding and on a minimal budget, with pre-school, schools, adults and community groups – and ideally representing work being done in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. We are particularly interested in articles about innovative projects that showcase new approaches to education work.

Please send your proposed article, with images and captions to Emma Peattie (emma.peattie@westlothian.gov.uk) and I will collate and, if necessary, select articles for this edition of ARC. We also have a ALES blog. If we receive large numbers of articles, some of these may be edited for inclusion in the blog. Content needs to be received by me by 2 March 2015 at the latest.

Articles should be between 400 and 800 words and, where possible, images should accompany the text.  As a general guide, 400 words plus an image will fill a page (c.625 words without an image to a page).

Images should have a resolution of no less than 300dpi and in TIFF or JPEG format. Any copyright questions should be  resolved so that we know we can safely reproduce the image (copyright forms can be supplied as required). All images should have a caption, source and acknowledgement.

Guidelines for articles can be found on the ARA's website at http://www.archives.org.uk/images/documents/ARC_Basic_Guidelines_revised_201108.pdf.

Kind Regards

Emma

Emma Peattie

Archivist and Records Manager (Mon-Wed)

Museums Development Officer (Wed-Fri)

Archives and Records Centre

9 Dunlop Square

Deans Industrial Estate

Livingston

EH54 8SB

01506 773772 (Mon-Wed)

01506 776347 (Wed-Fri)

emma.peattie@westlothian.gov.uk

BBC Get Creative: What's the future of education?

 Get Creative is a new, public-facing, year long campaign led by the BBC together with many other partners. It aims to raise the profile of arts, culture and creativity, to highlight their central place in all our lives and to celebrate where they happen all over the nation. We (Cultural Learning Alliance) want to showcase the fantastic power of cultural learning to inspire creativity and innovation. 

We'd love you to be a part of this process too.

http://www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/news.aspx?id=157

engage Scotland: Developing or Updating your Child Protection Policy Training Workshop

An engage Scotland training workshop delivered by Children in Scotland Tuesday 24 March 2015 DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY This one day workshop offers training on developing or updating organisational child protection policies based on the Creative Scotland/Children in Scotland Creating Safety publication. This workshop is aimed at anyone working in galleries, visual arts organisations, museums and heritage venues with responsibility for child protection. Having an effective child protection policy can help to create a child-safe organisation. A robust child protection policy should ensure that children and young people are safe and protected from abuse and exploitation and that staff are aware of risk factors, able to recognise signs of abuse and confident in dealing with any risks or allegations that they may encounter. The overriding aim must be to protect children from risk and abuse and to ensure that they enjoy learning experiences, but protection of staff and organisations are also key factors. Participants at this training workshop will gain a basic understanding of what is required when creating or updating their own child protection policy as well as advice on where to locate further information and support. By attending you will be able to:  - Develop your skills and knowledge  - Share your own practice  - Build contacts and network  - Discuss child protection issues that can arise in gallery and museum settings in working with challenging artwork or exhibitions and collections and young people. Numbers at the workshop are limited to 20 so please book early to make sure of a place. Fees: £25     student/artist bursary rate - limited number of places             £50     individual engage members £100   organisational engage members £150   non engage members Visit www.engage.org/childprotection for further information, including a programme and details on how you can book your place. Participants will also be able to visit DCA’s exhibition: Florian & Michael Quistrebert Hypnotic abstract videos and paintings by collaborative French brothers Michael (born 1976) and Florian (born 1982). Based in Paris and Amsterdam, the artists are nominated for the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize.

Access to Archives for Disabled People

Request for contributors

We are planning to hold a free workshop on accessibility on Friday 17 April at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, London.

The workshop is aimed at archivists, special collections and outreach staff who are looking for ways to improve access to their collections for disabled people.

We will present a case study of our Out of the Box project (www.outoftheboxproject.org) recently funded by the Arts Council, to share lessons learned with colleagues in the archives sector. I am looking to expand the lineup of speakers, and would like to hear from any colleagues within the cultural heritage sector who have delivered similar projects or who have specific arrangements in place for disabled audiences to access their (document-centric) collections -- particularly if you would like to share and discuss your work with the assembled group. Please contact me via email if you would like to contribute.

Themes of interest include

- Identifying barriers

- Marketing your service

- Resource discovery

- Consulting and interpreting collections

- Improving physical access

- Creative responses to archive collections (and other ‘outcomes’)

- Policies vs. projects

- Evaluating success

I will circulate a programme for the day nearer the time, with event booking instructions for list members who would like to attend.

Many thanks,

Tamsin

Tamsin Bookey

Heritage Manager

Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives

277 Bancroft Road

London E1 4DQ

www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history

Job Opportunity: Project Manager: Skills for the Future - Opening Up Scotland’s Archives

Job Title: Project Manager

Hours: Part time (0.5 FTE)

Fixed Term position:  February 2015 to October 2017

Salary: £30,610 pro rata per annum

We have a new opportunity for a Project Manager with a heritage or education background to manage the implementation of our project ‘Opening Up Scotland’s Archives’. This is an exciting new Skills for the Future programme funded under the Heritage Lottery Fund to broaden access routes to working in archives and to diversify the archives workforce.

The role requires not only successful upfront project management to deliver three cohorts of trainees to a number of partners nationwide, but also to work with the trainees and partners to ensure a successful skills development experience through a programme of practical job-based learning.

Candidates must have excellent people skills, experience of the full training cycle, recruitment experience and demonstrable project management skills. Experience of heritage skills, education programmes or partnerships and consortium working would be advantageous but not necessary. The main office is located in the city centre of Edinburgh and the successful candidate must be willing to travel.

Scottish Council on Archives will offer the successful candidate an attractive salary, flexibility in hours and 30 days holiday per year (pro rata).

Download the full job description at http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/sffpm. To apply please send a C.V. and supporting statement with two referees. Please note that if you are invited to interview, you will asked to complete a series of competency-based tasks on the day of interview.

A C.V. and supporting statements should be emailed to v.brown@scottisharchives.org.uk or Scottish Council on Archives, General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YY.

Please quote the job title in the subject line.

Please note, closing date for applications is 5pm on 19 January 2015.

Benjamin Bennett

Communication and Operations Officer

SCOTTISH COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES

General Register House  2 Princes Street  Edinburgh  EH1 3YY

W  www.scottisharchives.org.uk  E  b.bennett@scottisharchives.org.uk  T  +44 (0)131 535 1362  M  +44 (0)787 520 0694  Follow us @ScotsArchives

A Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC044553)

'Files on film' - The National Archives' short film competition

There is just under a month left to enter 'Files on film', The National Archives' award winning short film competition sponsored by the Friends of The National Archives.

This year, the theme is the First World War as part of our centenary programme. We have selected ten diverse documents from the period, reflecting different experiences of war time. We invite you to interpret these and tell us the stories you see - how does our history inspire you?

To enter, read some or all of the documents we have selected and let one of them inspire you to make a short film (no longer than three minutes). You can choose any aspect of what you see - a character, a line, or the whole document, to create a film of your choice.  Anyone can enter, using any type of film equipment from mobile phones to studio cameras.

Entrants have the chance to win £500 for 1^st place, £200 for 2^nd place and £100 for 3^rd place. Winning films will be shown on The National Archives website. To watch last year's winners, visit our website.

This year our judging panel includes Chris Croucher, an award winning filmmaker and producer of season five of ‘Downton Abbey’.

The closing date for entries is midnight on Wednesday 7^th January.

For more information, see our website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/filesonfilm

We are also tweeting @UKNatArchives #filesonfilm.

Many thanks,

Jenni Orme

Principal Records Specialist Manager - Public History
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Broadsheet Magazine: Archives & Education Special Issue

The education special edition of the Scottish Council on Archives magazine, Broadsheet, is out now.

 

Download at: http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/broadsheet/current.

 The magazine includes an article by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, who states “let archives - our documented national memory - inspire the young people of today in the moulding of their future…”

 There is also an interview with the convener of the SCA's Education Committee which includes many examples of great projects underway across Scotland, and top tips for anyone interested in the area of archives and learning.

Exploring Your Family History Resources

Family History and Ancestral Tourism – are you making the most of your resources? Take the opportunity to come along and discuss the subject with archive colleagues. It’s also a good chance to visit a purpose built, £10.5 million Heritage Lottery Funded facility!

This training event is limited to 30 places on a first come first serve basis.

Venue - Highland Archive & Registration Centre, Bught Road, Inverness, IV3 5SS, Scotland.

Date – 26 September 2014.

Programme
10.00     Registration. Tea/Coffee

10.30     Welcome

10.40     “Engaging with other Heritage Providers”, Chris Halliday, Family History Leader,
                Highland Archive Service

11.10     “The Aberdeen & North East Scotland Ancestral Tourism Partnership”, Phil Astley,
City Archivist, Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives

11.50     Workshop. “Engaging with local groups”

12.20     Lunch

1.00        “The Mystery of the Blue Jacket Boy-How the Orkney Archive Blog Helped Bring a WW1
                Sailor’s Letter Home”, Lucy Gibbon, Assistant Archivist, Orkney Library & Archive

1.40        Workshop. “The pros & cons of social media”

2.20        Tea/coffee

2.40        “Collaboration for Homecoming”, Julie Corcoran, Network Librarian Inverness Library,
Cait McCullagh, Curator (Collections Engagement) Inverness Museum & Art Gallery &
Janet Baker, Education & Outreach Co-ordinator, Highland Archive Service

3.20        Workshop “Where does your service sit in your organisation: is it a help or a hindrance”

3.45        Q&A

4.00        Close

A tour of the building will be available at 4pm for those wishing to stay behind.

For details on booking, follow the link below:
http://archives.org.uk/training/training.html

Scottish Council on Archives - CPD Education Workshops

The Scottish Council on Archives is launching a programme of five further education workshops for archive staff. These CPD opportunities will help you to learn skills and techniques that will enable the use of collections to develop educational resources and activities:

Workshop	Date	Location
Archives Across the Curriculum	12.09.2014	Perth
Question & Discussion	22.10.2014	Edinburgh
Creating Resources	23.10.2014	Edinburgh
Understanding the Curriculum	06.11.2014	Stirling
Active Learning	27.11.2014	Glasgow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The workshops are developed and facilitated by the SCA Education Development Officer,Douglas Roberts. Full details and how to book can found on the SCA website at:http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/educationworkshops.

 

ARA Training Group: Facilitators Training Day, 19th September

Are you interested in learning how to organise training days? Not sure how to run a workshop session? Keen to get more involved with ARA and contribute to your professional development? Then the ARA Facilitators Training Day is for you.

The ARA Training Group are running a FREE training day for training course facilitators on Friday 19th September at The Hive in Worcester. If you are interested in providing training or getting more involved in the ARA, your region or section but don't know where to start then this is the course for you. The course would also prove useful to those who frequently have to present to large groups, or run workshop sessions as part of their job.

This one day course will cover all aspects of organising and running a training event including planning, budgeting, running workshop sessions, use of social media and the basics of events management.

The ARA Training Group is recruiting a pool of facilitators to help run training events across the UK and Ireland. This will be a great opportunity to get more involved with the association, learn new skills and further your professional development. This course is free to ARA members and after attending the course you'll be added to our pool of facilitators who we can call on to help us run the very successful Core Training courses (subject to your availability and travel).

Refreshments and lunch will be provided on the day and the Training Group are able to assist with travel expenses for attending the event.

Sessions and speakers on the day will include:

o             Running an ARA Training Event (Lizzy Baker)

o             Event Management (Marie Owens)

o             Preparing a Budget (Hannah Jones)

o             Publicity and Communications (Kathryn Rooke)

o             How to Run a Workshop (Jessamy Carlson)

o             'How to Deliver' - Presentation Skills (Marie Owens)

o             Using Social Media (Laura Cowdrey)

o             'It Shouldn't Happen to a Training Officer' - roundtable discussion session on preparing for the   unexpected!

          

To book a place register at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-training-group-facilitators-training-day-tickets-11673031351

Or for more information, please contact course organiser Hannah Jones (hannah.jones@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

ALES Annual Meeting - Update from the Chair for the ALES annual meeting

Ian Coulson of Schools History Project, starting off the ALEs conference with an entertaining and informative session.

It’s been a quiet year – probably too quiet and for that I apologise, but we’re all volunteers and our day jobs have to take precedence.

Since the last Annual meeting the ALES committee has met twice – both times by teleconference.
We organised a ‘break-out’ session at the Archives and Records Association conference in Cardiff last August. This was organised on a ‘Question Time’ model with a panel of archivists from England, Scotland and Ireland who are involved in delivering education. The session was ably chaired in Dimbleby fashion by Douglas Roberts. Each Panel member presented their ‘take’ on using archives in education and then the session was opened up to questions and discussion amongst all present. It was very well attended and we got really positive feedback from delegates – the only criticism was that we really need a longer session (we only had 45 minutes). It was the first time that ALES had put itself forward for ARA conference for some time – something that we may wish to consider repeating this year.

When the ALES committee met in September we were still hoping to run a training session in the autumn.  It became clear however that due to pressure of our ‘day jobs’ this would not work out. We shifted our attention to the annual conference, and Maria put together a fabulous programme on The Archivist as Teacher.  I would like to minute particular thanks to Maria for all her hard work and organisation and to Gloucestershire Record Office for so kindly hosting the event.

There will be an ALES Autumn training event this year – Janet Baker is planning a training day on assisting family historians which will take place on 26 September at Highland Archives. Somewhat off the beaten track, but I hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend this event. Further information will be circulated as it becomes available.

Maria is already thinking about next year’s conference – potentially on Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age! If you have ideas for training or research or anything else that you would like/would like to offer/ would like to see ALES pursuing, participating in or seeking funding for, please don’t hesitate to suggest it. We can’t deliver what you want if we don’t know what it is, and now is the perfect time to include additional funding requests in our budget proposal for next year! Contact me by email to: alison.diamond@nas.gov.uk

I would like however to record my thanks to all ALES committee members for all their hard work and support over the year. It makes a huge difference to have a team of folk who can be relied on – makes being chair much easier!

On that note however, I have been Chair for a number of years now and can’t help feeling that ALES would benefit from a change of leadership and some new ideas. I really would be happy to step down if anyone else is interested in taking on the role….

Archives for Learning and Education Section Annual Conference - 30th May 2014: The Archivist as a Teacher

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. Some of the issues we wish to address on 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?

The conference will be held at the Frith Centre, which is on the same site as Gloucestershire Archives, on Friday 30^th May. The event will be followed by the ALES AGM which everyone is welcome to attend.

For information about how to get there please see: http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/article/107383/The-Frith-Centre.

Cost: £25 for ARA members, £30 for non-ARA members, including lunch and refreshments.

For online bookings please see: is http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent.html?eventid=281

PROGRAMME

9:00 – 9:20      Registration and coffee

9:20 – 9:30      Introduction and housekeeping

9:30 – 10:15    Keynote lecture 1 – Ian Coulson, Schools History Project, title tbc

10:15 – 10:45  Pupils in the Archive, Archives in the Classroom: Experiences of an Archivist/’Teacher’ at Westminster School, Elizabeth Wells, Westminster School Archives

10:45 – 11:15  In Your Own Backyard: Using Local Services to Support the Primary National Curriculum from 2014, Becky Sheldon, Derbyshire Record Office

11:15 – 11:30  Discussion

11:30 – 11:45  Tea/Coffee break

11:45 – 12:15  Engagement Through Participation: Designing Research, Edward Bottoms, Architectural Association Archives

12:15 – 12:45  Every Picture Tells a Story: Using Old Photographs as a Teaching Aid for NEETS, Dr Ann McVeigh, PRONI

12:45 – 13:00  Discussion

13:00 – 13:45  Lunch

13:45 – 14:30  Keynote lecture 2 – Scotland’s Archives and Excellence in Learning, Douglas Roberts, Scottish Council on Archives, and Rachel Hart, University of St. Andrews Archives and Special Collections

14:30 – 15:00  Learning to Read: The Archivist as a Teacher in the Provision of Palaeography Classes, Peter Lester, Nottinghamshire Archives

15:00 – 15:30  Making the Case for Archives Learning and Outreach as a Standalone Profession, Sarah Chapman and Lynsey McNab, University of Aberdeen Archives and Special Collections

15:30 – 15:45  Discussion

15:45 - 16:30   ALES AGM

16:30               Conclusion and departure

Institute Of Education Archives Event - Tuesday 25th March 2014

On Tuesday 25^th March 2014 the Institute of Education Archives will be holding its annual Friends of Newsam Library & Archives’ (FNLA) Study Day. This year’s event, “Anthem for doomed youth”?: exploring conflict and resolution through archives, considers the concepts of war, conflict and peace through the lens of learning and education.  

It is an informal day of talks and discussion from a range of people looking at the impact of war on education provision and the current work of the Institute of Education to teach today’s children about war and peace through archive collections – including the Centenary First World War Battlefields Project which was announced last year.

The day’s programme:

9.45-10.00	Welcome and Introductions (Sean Curran)
10.00-10.30	Activities in the Library and Archives (Sarah Aitchison)
10.30-11.30	Professor Stuart Foster & Simon Bendry Centenary First World War Battlefields Project
11.30-12.30	Dr Barry Blades, Teachers and the Great War, 1914-1919
12.30-13.30	Lunch (please bring your own). Tea and coffee will be provided.
13.30- 14.30	Walter Lewis, Educating Service Children in the 20th Century
14.30-15.30	Alix Hall, Thinking Outside the Box: Using Archives to Teach Perspectives on Wartime
15.30-16.00	Archive showcase of relevant collections from the Library Special Collections and Archives

Where: Newsam Library & Archives, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London
When: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 from 09:30 to 16:00
Register for free tickets here

Becky Webster

Archivist

Newsam Library and Archives
Institute of Education, University of London
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London WC1H 0AL

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