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Business Archives Council Conference
This year’s Business Archives Council Conference will be held at The National Archives at Kew on Thursday 24th November 2009 and a booking form is now available. The theme is "Collaboration and Exploitation of Business Archives".
As the BAC works with its partners to deliver the new National Strategy for Business Archives, the conference will concentrate on the issues of collaboration and the exploitation of the records held within UK businesses archive collections.
The commitment of those bodies who have been involved with the strategy is demonstrated by the opening address by Natalie Ceeney, Chief Executive of TNA, and Alex Ritchie, the new Business Archives Advice Manager, with an opportunity to hear about the part PR and marketing can play in developing a wider awareness of our valuable collections.
The Conference will feature case studies of those for whom success has come though partnerships with other organisations. It will identify how collaboration has presented a way forward, providing and sustaining material for academics and businesses. It will also introduce examples of how businesses have been able to exploit the unique records they hold to develop research projects in a wide variety of areas, from the use of farm records to telecommunications.
The day will also provide time for delegates to discuss the way forward for the strategy and reflect on how business collections can deliver results for their institutions and those who use them for research.
Following the Conference, the Wadsworth Prize for Business History will be presented at a reception at The National Archives to which all delegates are most welcome.
Further details will follow in the next Business Archives Council newsletter. For more information about the BAC visit http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk.
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