Our July Business Bites event focused on discussing, capturing and showcasing diverse voices within Business Archive Collections We heard from two archivists working in different business on the same topic. How do we capture and showcase the diverse voices found within the collections we are for? Dawn Stewart discussed the theme of collecting diverse voices from within The...
May saw the first official joint BACS/BAC 'Business Bites' event on the topic of Research Using Business Archives. It was held on the 31st May via Zoom. Speakers Dr Alix Green and Dr David Churchill joined us to talk about the research they are currently undertaking...
Our March 2023 Corporate Connections event was entitled 'Fundraising for Business Archives' and we heard from our speaker Sophie Clapp, Boots Archivist. Sophie shared her experience of working with the Wellcome Trust, discussion what fundraising looks like in a business archives setting? What are the...
This first Corporate Connections event of 2023 was led by Jenny Mitcham of the Digital Preservation Coalition and Gemma Evans from the National Library of Wales and ARCW, who discussed Digital Preservation in a Business Archive context. Jenny Mitcham has been working in the field of...
The Business Archives Council of Scotland welcomed the chance to return to an in-person conference in 2022. This was held in Edinburgh at the offices of Abrdn on George Street. Virtual attendance tickets are also available for this event and a link to online viewing...
The second Corporate Connections of 2022 was on the topic of diverse and inclusive practice in business and in archives. Discussion was led by Jenny Moran, ARA Diversity and Inclusion Portfolio holder for the Archives and Records Association. Jenny talked about the work taking place...
Our first Corporate Connections event in 2022 remained online and was on the theme of Environmental Sustainability. Georgina Robinson, a school archivist and the chair of the ARA Environmental Sustainability Group led the discussion on the impact the work we do has on the world...
The theme of the 2021 conference was Anniversaries. At the beginning of 2020, the Business Archives Council of Scotland was preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a range of events planned for throughout the year. Unfortunately few of our activities took place and as we...
This event continues our theme of ‘Connections to Slavery & Empire in Business Archives’. Discussion was led by Carissa Chew and looked at how to deal with the language of slavery and empire in the archives. In 2021 Carissa was a PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant...
The second Corporate Connections event in 2021 continued the theme of ‘Connections to Slavery & Empire in Business Archives’. Discussion was led by Clare Paterson, Senior Archivist at the University of Glasgow. Clare discussed the role of the University’s corporate archive supporting the University of...