British Records Association

Best of luck Victoria - you will smash it!

All set for my poster session at #dcdc25 today. I'll be wearing my #trustee hat and talking about the journey @britrecs.bsky.social has taken over the past 10 years to reframe its charitable objects and become financially sustainable. #archives

Drop by the British Records Association stand at #DCDC25 today and say hello!

The British Records Association is pleased to announce that entry to the 2025 Janette Harley Prize is now open. The prize, awarded in memory of Janette Harley (1951-2015), is intended to generate interest in archives, and raise awareness of research and achievements in the world of archives. Applications should be received by the BRA Secretary secretary(at)britishrecordsassociation.org.uk not later than 31 July 2025. The winning entry will be announced in November. We hope to be able to hold the Harley Prizegiving on the same evening as the BRA’s annual Maurice Bond Memorial Lecture, early in 2026. 1. A prize of £500 will be awarded to individuals or organisations for the best/most original piece of work published in a monograph, journal or magazine, or otherwise made publicly available (such as a website or blog series), which has promoted “the preservation, understanding, accessibility or study of archives”, the aims of the BRA. 2. Applications are welcomed from individuals, on their own behalf or on behalf of others, and from representatives of organisations. The prize will be available to anyone, including archivists, local historians, academics, genealogists and conservators. The judges are keen to receive more applications from conservators and local historians. 3. Applicants must submit for consideration a specific piece of work which has been published or is available in the public domain (such as a website or blog series), during the past three years (i.e. from 2022 onwards). Entries should focus on specific archive sources, and aim to reveal new information about what those sources have to offer; entries on historical subjects which merely cite references to archive sources are unlikely to be successful. 4. There is no application form, but applicants should explain in not more than 750 words why the piece of work being nominated is important, and worthy of the prize. Such supporting material should be submitted electronically. To aid future planning an…

Your reminder that the deadline for this year's Janette Harley Prize is approaching (31st July). The prize is intended to generate interest in archives, and raise awareness of research and achievements in the world of archives.
For how to apply and Terms and Conditions, please see attached image.

History Day The annual History Day event allows students, researchers and anyone with an interest in history to learn more about history collections.

Our Chair Matti Watton and Vice Chair Victoria Northwood are looking forward to meeting sector colleagues at History Day North in Durham next week - do come and say hello!
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
@ihr.bsky.social

Don't forget to get your entries in for the Janette Harley prize!

Archive Skills Training (from the BRA) The British Records Association (BRA) is a charity which aims to promote the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit. In early 2025, to fur...

Further dates are available for Basic Archive Skills Training Days. Details of those events, and further Training Days as they are announced, may be found on our Eventbrite page www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/archive-sk...

British Records Association BRITISH RECORDS ASSOCIATION: JANETTE HARLEY PRIZE The British Records Association is pleased to announce that entry to the 2025 Janette Harley Prize is now open. The prize, awarded in memory of Janet...

Entry to the 2025 @britrecs.bsky.social Janette Harley Prize is now open. £500 prize for the best/most original piece of work published or made publicly available which has promoted the preservation, understanding, accessibility or study of archives
Deadline: 31 July 2025. More details 👇
#ArchivesWM

A row of old documents stored vertically on shelves behind a metal grid. Each file has a white tag with handwritten text reading '1955' and '333a342'.

Still time to sign up to join @carlyannrichardson.bsky.social
& team TOMORROW (11 June, 11am) to learn all about
@jisc.bsky.social Archives Hub

👉 tinyurl.com/5n7rh2ky

@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @britrecs.bsky.social

Photo by Anna Auza on Unsplash

Please do contact us if you are thinking about volunteering or would like to be on our journal's Editorial Board.

We are also open to submissions! If you are prevaricating on a journal article, consider this a sign to get it submitted! 😀

The first Pope Leo, known as Leo the Great, who reigned 440-461 & was the first #Pope to be buried in St Peter's Basilica. This copy of his sermons (printed at #Venice in 1482) carries this portrait by the Pico Master, appropriately within an initial L for Laudem. CUL Inc.3.B.3.43[1499]. #popeleo

We are looking for a new editorial board for our Journal 'ARCHIVES'. We welcome anyone in any stage of their career working with archives and records. More information and how to apply 👇
www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/new-edi...
@livunipress.bsky.social

Congratulations! 🥳

This evening was the @britrecs.bsky.social annual lecture and prize giving, kindly hosted by @warburginstitute.bsky.social. As usual, a lovely event, full of properly interesting people, and plenty of wine to help the conversations along. 🤗

Delighted to be highly commended by the @britrecs.bsky.social #JanetteHarleyPrize for our article + film 'An Unusual Period of Unspecified Length' published by @uclpress.bsky.social. Have a read yourself! ucldigitalpress.co.uk/BOOC/Article...

@isstirling.bsky.social

We're supporting Margaret Crockett and Janet Foster (formerly The Archive-Skills Consultancy Ltd) in the delivery of their long-running Basic Archive Skills Training Day course. The first of the Training Days will take place on Thursday 5th June 2025. See below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/basic-arch...

We did a series of webinars over 2021/22 you may be interested in, they can be accessed from the news page of our website www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/archive...

I will pass this on to the Trustees, thanks for understanding.

Hi Emily, I'm afraid not - we are a charity run by a small number of volunteers and don't have the capacity to at the moment.

Maurice Bond Lecture and Harley Prize Presentation Join us for this year's Maurice Bond Lecture “Archiving in the digital age: risks, rewards and opportunities”

Join us on April 29th at The Warberg Institue, London for the 2025 Maurice Bond lecture by @jfwinters.bsky.social 'Archiving in the digital age: risks, rewards and opportunities'
🎫 Book your ticket www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maurice-bo...

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Janette Harley Prize: Dr Eliza Wheaton (editor), Loving and Obedient? Family Correspondence of the Mores of Loseley Park, 1537-1686 (Surrey Record Society vol. XLVIII, 2023) 🥳
www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/winner-...

Really good news that the government is no longer going to digitise and destroy original wills. We submitted a response but have been left off the list at the end... However we are proud to have contributed to this!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6780fd...

The new issue of archives with the text 'Issue 58,2' on a background of lilac archive files.

The new issue of Archives (@britrecs.bsky.social) is out, with work on audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series, alongside new perspectives on the brewing industry. @dlprior.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social Browse the issue online: bit.ly/Archives58-2

We think we can guess where this is going...

Thankyou! 😇

Thanks Richard and its great to know more about the charter! 😍

A front cover of a book showing a medieval manuscript and the title 'English Archives An Historical Survey' by Richard Olney

Our banner shows the cover of 'English Archives An historical survey' by Richard Olney, former Assistant Keeper at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
You can buy the book from @livunipress.bsky.social here www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Or ask at your local library!

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