Very few sign-ups for the in-person document sessions on 16 and 17 June. Please circulate with PhD students etc who use legal records in their research (or I won't be able to run the sessions this year). I can promise witchcraft, treason, and all that good stuff (if it runs). Details via the thread.

The annual UK Archive Sector Survey closes next Friday! ⌛️ See full guidance, and survey links, on our website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Tiny Green Owl of Tyranny *finally* gets onboard

We’re thrilled to announce, on behalf of the Archive Service Accreditation Committee, that over 200 UK archives have achieved accredited status! Find out more about this milestone and the newly accredited services: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/200th-u... (1/3) 📷 Eastside Community Heritage

Here’s our regular reminder of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover public records, how archives support the rights of beneficiaries, surveying as a tool for relationship building and preservation, and more… Sign up here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

The Design Archives' Sirpa Kutilainen and Amy Sampson from The National Archives lead the HVAC Shutdown Group which explores ways to be more sustainable in archives. Read more about the group here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

Applications are open for Scoping Grants worth £3000! Apply by 18 June to have an independent consultant produce an expert collections report on a full or partial archival collection. Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)

Sign up for the next Major Archives Projects Learning Exchange (MAPLE) event at Staffordshire History Centre (16 June): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maple-staf... This in-person event will give an overview of the project and partnership to redevelop the centre following its reopening in 2025. (1/2)

We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Once more for everyone at the back

Join us on 11 June (1pm) for an online session exploring how archives support the rights of service users and beneficiaries, with a specific focus on records of care-experienced people: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi... This is the last webinar in our series on engaging with difficult records!

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Indigo Ltd. have developed a ‘Talking Sustainability’ Toolkit and is now seeking feedback from heritage organisations on the pilot version. Sign up to receive the toolkit here: www.indigo-ltd.com/resources/ta... It would be fantastic to have archives represented in the feedback! (1/2)

📣 CfP 📣 More info: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/

Join us on 28 May (1pm) for a refresher on the responsibilities of Places of Deposit (PODs) in relation to the Public Records Act 1958: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/refresher-... This webinar is ideal for staff at PODs but open to all recordkeepers who may be responsible for public records in the future!

The Spaces, Places and Belonging (SPB) Community Hub has launched a new training programme, developed in conversation with community groups, practitioners and partners across the UK: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/4)

Job klaxon!

Huge thanks to @hannahkj.bsky.social, David Morris & James Hodgson from the @uknatarcsector.bsky.social for presentations on what the National Archive does, the funding and grants they offer, and a wonderful tour/hands-on session! Next up, presentations from recent TNA grant recipients!

We have a very exciting and full 2026 Study Day today at the @uknatarcsector.bsky.social! We’ll be bringing you updates throughout the day!

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

I feel a lot of David Attenborough's hard work with nature preservation is to cover for how much of a mess his brother made of that dinosaur theme park.

Drop-down menu from home insurance renewal form... a few alternative career options to pick from here

“For crying out loud, Jonah! Three days late, covered with slime, and smelling like fish! … And what story have I got to swallow this time?”

Developed as part of The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, and our action plan for charity archives, the Charity Archives Development Plan, this guidance is informed by sector wide research carried out in partnership with @ioe.bsky.social (2/2)

📣New Digital Records Guidance for Voluntary Sector Organisations! We’re pleased to share a new, beginner-friendly resource designed to help #charities and #voluntary organisations strengthen the way they manage their digital records: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/2)

There's still time to apply to this collaborative PhD with the Design Archives, @cultinformatics.bsky.social and The National Archives. Deadline 31 May, more info here: www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

The UK annual Archive Sector Survey closes this month! ⏰ Why is it so important for your archive to take part? Find out here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... #advocacy #archives #recordkeeping

Here’s our regular reminder of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover working with records for social justice and a series on understanding pre-modern records. Bookings will open for more events later this week! Sign up here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Last month we got the opportunity to visit the University of Reading Special Collections and @themerl.bsky.social, and were given a tour of their archive and museum area! Godric had a lot of fun, and has made a new friend in this 'absolute unit' of a sheep 😉

I love this podcast generally, but this episode on the history of alcopops is an absolute masterpiece. *cracks open a watermelon Bacardi Breezer by way of a salute* pca.st/episode/f0a2...

Ruin your Bank Holiday in 3 words: Cross Country Trains

Happy 13th anniversary to that terrible misunderstanding at a WI meeting.

📣 CfP 📣 ‘Cool Under Pressure: HVAC, Collection Care and the Climate Challenge’ Day Conference, 2027 For more information and how to submit: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/2026/04...

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Ooh-er @jackbern.bsky.social , you've only gone and got a mention on Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

'Doing Design History - Sirpa Kutilainen on Archive Conservation' Our Preservation and Digital Resources Co-ordinator @sirps.bsky.social talks to Sylvie Jane Lewis at the Centre for Design History about her work in the Design Archives. Up now on the CDH blog: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordes...

New Opportunity! We're currently looking for a Freelance Exhibition Officer (Maternity Cover) to work on the final stages of delivering our exciting autumn exhibition - Witches: Suffolk’s Dark Legacy. Full details here: https://orlo.uk/TDLjh Deadline to apply is 5pm, 29 May. #ExhibitionJobs

Our #ArchiveFuture looks bright, we will be starting work on our extension in earnest very soon, hoping to get it finished by the end of 2027 and ready to take in even more records in 2028! #Archive30

Join us on 7 May (12pm) for our next online lunchtime event exploring how archives can engage with difficult records through people-centred and trauma-informed practices! This month’s theme: Working with records for social justice Book a place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...

We’re delighted to announce 13 new recipients of the #ArchivesRevealed scoping grants, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social Read all about them here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... 📷 Society of Designer Craftsmen (1/3)

I'm currently rewatching This Life. Trying to work out which bit terrifies me the most: * 5 people (+ assorted hangers on and unsuitable one night stands) sharing a house with only one bathroom * the cigs. Dear god, SO. MANY. CIGS. And the indoor smoking * Milly's frankly hideous silky nightie

TNA job klaxon! Records Specialist - Family History: deadline, 7th May...

📢 Call for Applications 📢 Writer in Residence: Blooming Bloomsbury and the Modernist Archives Publishing Project -Creativity and Community Co-Curation (2026) 📅 Application deadline: midnight, Monday 18 May 2026 For full details and to apply, please visit the link below. 👇

celebrating the marathon by shaving off my body hair to reduce drag between the sofa and the jaffa cakes drawer

If N2KH as it stands doesn't work for you, by all means feed back - we're looking ahead to future digital capacity building planning, and more data is good. What subjects would help?

I feel like you will get bored if I keep wanging on about this, and granted one of them was only launched yesterday, but these courses were all commissioned by TNA, created by DPC and are free, for everyone. To start, to dip back in! The older ones have been refreshed! UUUUUSE THEM!!

Also, not everything is N2KH. We have some really useful guides to setting up manual digi pres workflows www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... And newish ones on email www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... ...and line of business systems www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Always interesting looking at evaluation data. It's worth saying: if you're a UK archive working on digital preservation and need support on getting started, creating digital asset registers, offering digital access or advocating for preservation, here you go: www.dpconline.org/digipres/pro...

Please do take part if you can, having this data is so valuable in making the case for archives.

The online application system for Archive Service Accreditation has now re-opened! The revised application form reflects changes implemented as part of the 2023-2025 accreditation review. Explore the revised standard and instructions for applying here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...