Would you or one of your service users/stakeholders relish the opportunity to join an ambitious, friendly network, helping to shape the future direction of #ArchivesWM, supporting #archive services across the West Midlands? The Board has 3 trustee vacancies from September 2026 - to learn more 👇

The Bodleian one of the many libraries, archives and museums whose catalogues (which provide free, open research resources) are being hit hard by bots scraping content for AI companies. It’s not that they shouldn’t do this, it’s just that they could be less aggressive in hammering servers.

Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover our open grant schemes, heritage science, community engagement, carbon literacy and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Book now to avoid disappointment!

New platform to give care-experienced and adopted people better access to their records announced by CoramBAAF & ARA today. The platform will make it easier for adopted & care-experienced people to find & access records relating to their adoption and time in care. www.archives.org.uk/news/new-pla...

To mark #InternationalWomensDay2026 here's a blogpost I wrote five years ago about the under-representation of women in the key sources that we use for our family history research... lifelinesresearch.co.uk/2021/03/08/w...

#britishmuseum #archive holds very many references to women: the earliest recorded female visitors in 1762, Angelica Kaufmann paid to paint on Derby china in the 1790s, an 1857 photo, Beatrix Potter & women employed after the law for Civil Servants changed in 1921. #internationalwomensday #women

Feeling inspired? Applications for #ArchivesRevealed cataloguing and consortium grants open on Monday 16 March. Apply here by Thursday 30 April: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (5/5)

We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 14 cataloguing grants, and a consortium grant! See thread 👇(1/5) 📷 Royal Horticultural Society

Join us online for an impact seminar and hear how Kirklees Local TV (KLTV) builds inclusive and meaningful partnership with local communities and heritage organisations! 📆 Thursday 19 March (12:00 – 13:00) Book you place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem...

This #MapMonday we have even #MoreMaps for you! 🗺️✨ We've georeferenced the 1,329 first edition Six-inch maps of England and Wales we added in November. Now you can use a special toggle button in our viewers to compare these maps side-by-side. Explore the new tool > maps.nls.uk/additions/#194

Great opportunity to be involved in something new at The National Archives, based in my department but collaborating across the organisation and the wider archive sector. Regional Loans Programme Coordinator: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

All my colleagues @theul.bsky.social are cool, obviously, but some are super cool 👇

Another @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @debbietheduck.bsky.social takes us to #Collo in #Algeria with a C19 French chart, examining a planned settlement which appears to have occupied an existing village. See more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ @bcsmaps.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Applications close at midnight tonght (UK time)! So far we've received applications from 16 countries. We have a few spaces left for some interviewees and interviewers. Apply here: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

If you’re interested in open government data, please read (and repost) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/digita...

Jobs! Senate House Library is embarking on an ambitious project to transform access to one of the UK’s largest and richest collections of queer literature —the remarkable Haud Nominandum Collection, donated by activist, bookseller and co-founder of Gay’s the Word bookshop, Jonathan Cutbill.

We loved introducing Alice to our collections, but you don't need to be a Professor to come to the archives, anybody can visit and explore our collections! Find out how by visiting our website - www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health... #History #Archives

Am really enjoying exploring the maps & stories in this beautiful book! Thank you to co-authors Rose Mitchell & Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social #MapMonday

Just under 1 week to go until applications close for our 10th Global Practice Interview Event! Taking place 16-23 March (online), our event brings together people who stutter and interviewers for structured practice interviews, feedback, and learning sessions on stuttering and neurodiversity.

1 week left to apply to participate in this great event.

Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy? We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How! Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...

Roses are red Violets are blue Ideas are green And colourless too

Our Archivists just came across a 1798 map of the centre of Kirkwall #Orkney, created for a legal dispute over some ground. It's very exciting because it's one of the earliest detailed maps of Kirkwall we've seen. Read all about it on our Archive Blog: orkneyarchive.blogspot.com/2026/02/kirk...

📣Calling archive professionals Join us on 17 & 24 March for a two-part online introduction to manorial records: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... No previous knowledge of manorial documents or Latin required!

Question for #archivists providing online access to digital collections which include sensitive or offensive content. Do you have age restrictions or your platform? #archives #digipres

The ARA Archive Volunteering Award is accepting nominations for the 2026 award 🏆 Nominations will close on 27th March 2025! Full details, contact information & links to past projects awarded can be found on the link below ⬇️ www.archives.org.uk/news/the-ara...

This needs a 3rd dimension to address context. (Content radical, structure neutral, context purist & proud.)

Check out our website for all upcoming free online events with spaces still available! Our current slate covers strategic advocacy, data migration, records of traumatic histories and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... 🎫Book now to avoid disappointment!

Quick blog post noting some thoughts on 'Documenting AI-created/enhanced records in catalogues/metadata/displays' - I'd love to know who's already doing it, and how? www.openobjects.org.uk/2026/02/docu... #AI4LAM #MuseTech

Our call for papers closes on 13 Feb. Theme is Authenticity: digital record vs. the original record - what is the reader seeking to experience? Is one 'more' authentic than the other? Full info openingdoors-ara2026.eventsair.site/call-for-pap...

Digitization in countries beyond Europe and North America is often a fine balance between standards and realities on the ground. Several institutions provide digitization guidelines (and grants) that have been developed for projects in such locations. Here I point to some:

My team are looking for a new team leader and Modern Britain (post-1782) specialist. Closes 22nd February and do get in touch if you have any questions www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ050/t...

We’ve published a new collection of case studies showcasing the value and impact of charity archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Includes contributions from practitioners and organisations working across the archive and voluntary sectors! (1/2) 📷British Red Cross Museum and Archive

We've kept this open to try to get some more data - important to be able to compare sector position back to 2019 when we pitch for funding to support skills acquisitions. If you can help, please do!

The archive volunteering award 2026 (UK & Ireland) is now accepting nominations - read more here www.archives.org.uk/news/the-ara...

This month’s highlight takes the saying "take a pew" to a whole new level. Discover the story behind a 17th century pew dispute case in Warfield, and why it still matters today, here: bit.ly/4ayYtdN

Need to read this more carefully, but at first glance it appears thoughtful and helpful. Certainly more helpful than, on the one hand, ill-informed boosterism from tech bros and, on the other, 'AI should never be used by archivists!' absolutism.

I found a cool thing today. A 1660 list of diocesan jurisdiction, listing the number of parishes each diocese covered. Lincoln, as expected, absolutely dominating with 1255 parishes. TNA IND 1/17125

For interviewers, it’s also a chance to reflect on communication norms, challenge assumptions around fluency, and learn how to create fairer interview experiences. 📅 Online | 16-23 March ⏰ Applications close 23 February Apply here: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

Alongside our core educational session, and 1:1 or panel practice interviews, participants can participate in an optional learning session on stuttering and neurodiversity, all running during Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

Our 10th Global Practice Interview Event isn’t just about interview practice, it’s also about learning about how stuttering aligns with other neurodiverse conditions.

I’m running a survey to ask researchers what they want the UK Government Web Archive to offer in the future to enable wider use of the collection. If you’re a web archive user, or you would like to be, please take ten minutes to complete this survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKGWA-Rese...

The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories. Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo... #envhist #envhum

Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.

Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals! Join us online on Wednesday 25 February (1PM) to learn about the responsibilities and considerations involved when providing access to records related to traumatic histories: Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi... (1/2)

The 2025 Accessions to Repositories Survey closes on Monday! Your responses lend us crucial insight into collecting practices and help us highlight the achievements of your archives! Any questions? ⬇️ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Today, on #HolocaustMemorialDay, we remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution, as well as all those who have been persecuted during genocides worldwide buff.ly/tuqqfvy

An excellent new resource from @uoscollections.bsky.social! We're looking forward to exploring the catalogue and developing links between the Arthur Scargill Archive and the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers archives (full NUM catalogue available in the next couple of months!)

Our latest exhibition, Love Letters, is now open at The National Archives, revealing 500 years of love. From paupers, monarchs, queer networks & quiet acts of affection found in government records. Very proud to have been lead curator on this one, working with so many wonderful people! 💌