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Evaluation

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I learnt as much as I could of my script and relief mostly on my queue cards. This was difficult and I found that my nerves not only meant that I was looking down a lot, but that some of my words were mixed. Below I will ‘quote’ my script and write evaluative text throughout. Script What is the purpose of an archive? Stephen Plant, the records manager, from the University of London suggest that archives “form a unique and indispensable record for researchers.” (Plant, 2005) Often conventional archives are thought to be well structured, catalogued and preserved, and when … Continue reading Evaluation

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Bibliography

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About Library of Congress. (2014) Available Online:http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html. Last Accessed January 2014 Anderson, C. (2009). Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Random House Business Books. London. Last Accessed 6th January 2014 Bibliocracy Blog. (2013). Canadiana and LAC Paywalling Canadian Heritage. Available Online: http://bibliocracy-now.tumblr.com/post/52310984190/canadiana-lac-paywalling-canadian-heritage. Last Accessed 18th January 2014 Bollacker, K. (2010). Avoiding a Digital Dark Age. Available online: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2010/3/avoiding-a-digital-dark-age. Last accessed 9th December 2013. The British Library. (2010). 2009-2010 Annual. Available:http://www.bl.uk/about/annual/2009to2010/performance/performancestats.html#preservation. Last accessed 5th December 2013. The British Library. (2010). Digitisation Plan. Available:http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/digi/digitisation/. Last accessed 5th December 2013. Byers, F. (2003) Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for … Continue reading Bibliography

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Reference List

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Anderson, C. (2009). Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Random House Business Books. London. Last Accessed 6th January 2014 Bollacker, K. (2010). Avoiding a Digital Dark Age. Available online: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2010/3/avoiding-a-digital-dark-age. Last accessed 9th December 2013. Cohen, D. (2005). The Future of Preserving the Past. Available Online:http://chnm.gmu.edu/essays-on-history-new-media/essays/. Last Accessed February 2014 Colquhoun, B, et al. (2011) Conference Paper- The Versatile Image: Photography in the Era of Web 2.0 Flickr The Commons: Challenging perceptions of photographic collections? Last Accessed 8th February 2014 Doctorow, C. (2010). Saying Information Wants To Be Free Does More Harm Than Good. The Guardian. Available online:http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/may/18/information-wants-to-be-free/print. Last … Continue reading Reference List

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Digitisation Process

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The digitisation process is long and expensive, especially for precious delicate photography. Here is a video of the digitisation process of the Costica Axinte archive of wet plate prints. Cleaning, polishing, scanning, adding meta data, uploading, backing up… It takes a long time. But many of the prints are disintegrating and require so much care to preserve them: but with thanks to the digitisation, these images are being viewed over 4000 for each on Flickr, which means that there is more of an interest in this photography and in turn there is a value to this archive: a value to … Continue reading Digitisation Process

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Tutorial with Jonathan Shaw

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Two weeks or so before the symposium I spoke with Jonathan Shaw after he tweeted me about his interest in my research and wanted to ask a few questions so that I was on the right track. @KateGreen28 Hi Kate, just thinking of your archive research project, are you touching on ideas of ‘taxonomy’ ‘licensing’ ‘audience’ aswell? — Jonathan Shaw (@time_motion) February 7, 2014 I explained to him what I was discussing, but he reminded me that I must really remember that of course archives have been ‘opening’ and ‘digitising’ for a long time. So focussing my argument on the … Continue reading Tutorial with Jonathan Shaw

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#IMG19 Symposium

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The Day- On Wednesday 26th February I arrived at The Herbert Art Gallery at 8.30am; the receptionist said that we didn’t have a booking, so I had to sort this out. Another lady went to take us upstairs but I explained that we booked the downstairs room as that is what we had viewed and planned the day around. Luckily, with this liaising and speaking to the bookings manager, Emma, this was all sorted out fine. I helped set up the room by putting the programmes on the seats and tidying the place up. My main role on the day … Continue reading #IMG19 Symposium

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Stuart Whipps

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I visited the Ikon Gallery in 2011 to see Stuart Whipps’ installation ‘Uncatagorised Boxes’. The work was eluding to the short-lived architectural culture of Birmingham. Architect John Madin saw more than one of his buildings get demolished in his lifetime, and all the remains are the archives of the plans for them. Paper has outlived the brick. What is the purpose of  Stuart Whipps’ work? I think it is curiosity of the archive: what is inside these boxes? Viewers to Whipps’ work are left unknowing. But these boxes hold part of the landscape of Birmingham’s past. In an interview with … Continue reading Stuart Whipps

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Longevity of Archives

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Digitising archives should not be for the purpose of preserving the information longer. Think over the last 20 years, or even 10,  at how digital technology has changed. The Internet has evolved from a slow wired up service to something that can be used on most mobile phones, wirelessly and quickly. The Internet now is a hub for communication: there are more people on Facebook than the population of the USA. In terms of photography, over the last twenty years our digital cameras are becoming smaller and higher quality, and in fact, millions of images that are made today are … Continue reading Longevity of Archives

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Peer Feedback

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Last week before I quickly rushed off to Kent I presented the first draft of my symposium. I wasn’t happy with having to present something to rushed and not ready to actually be read aloud. I also wasn’t prepared visually: with a topic that in its nature isn’t really visual there weren’t any pictures I could point to exactly. I wasn’t there for my feedback, but George emailed me what my peers thought and his own comments as well:  •    A lot of research/content but a bit overwhelming   •    too factual and a lot to keep up with … Continue reading Peer Feedback