“If we can’t access these stories, are they lost to us?”

Although focussing on film archives, this short video from JISC’s Film and Sound Think Tank (who knew?!) articulates issues for archives in all formats.

Open Culture‘s blog says

The issues are situated, of course, within the larger context of building a free and informed society. For universities, museums, archives, and others, bringing video online from our cultural heritage (and equipping students to use it) has become a new cultural imperative. Open video on Wikipedia is not simply a call for free media fragments to be stored online. It augurs a new vision of teaching and learning, and a new creative and political discourse. Everyone is invited to participate in this conversation just getting underway…

Are we up to the challenge in the current climate?

The dangers of mis-sorting

Substitute little girl for user who can’t access records…

From the #archives: Internal #PostOffice #poster on the dange… on Twitpic.

National Occupational Standards review

During October 2010 the UK sector skills council Lifelong Learning UK will be undertaking a revision of the Information and Library Services, Archives Services and Records Management National Occupational Standards (NOS).  The NOS can be used by individuals to plan their continuing professional development, for volunteer development, by HR departments and managers for the design of recruitment and selection procedures including constructing job descriptions, through to the planning and undertaking of organisational change eg. restructures.