Risk Management: Strategic Approaches
Date: Thursday, 18th November 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 (GMT)
Platform: Zoom
Risk management in archives encompasses many aspects of our daily work as archivists. It poses us with the question of how we can better plan, prepare, and manage risks with a clear and strategic approach.
ARA , Ireland is pleased to present an opportunity to hear from two archival practitioners about their strategies and approaches to risk management. These presentations will be followed by a question and answer session to allow members an opportunity to learn how these approaches might be applied within their own archive setting.
Hazel Menton from the National Archives of Ireland will look at the common risks which archivists encounter and examine ways which these can be addressed.
Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan Consultant Archivist will provide an introduction and overview of the Archives and Records Association Resilience Indicator tool.
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Archives and Social Justice seminar series
ARA Ireland and UCD School of History joint event
A seminar series consisting of three sessions over three consecutive weeks was held in May 2021, covering the topics of Archival Sovereignty, Archives and Impact and Archives and Activism. Details of the individual speakers and discussions, along with slides, where appropriate, can be found on here.
Kickstarting Your Career: A New Professionals Training Seminar
Date: Thursday, 21 January 2021
Time: 09:45 - 12:30
Platform: Zoom
Archives Online: New Approaches To Access
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Time: 14:55– 16:30
Platform: Zoom
Providing online access to digitised archival collections is fast becoming an integral part of the work of any collecting institution, but it can also pose a number of challenges for archivists in terms of resources, skills and balancing shifting priorities. This seminar will provide the opportunity to hear from four archival practitioners about some of their strategies and approaches to publishing archival material to online platforms. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion to explore a bit further aspects such as funding, planning and project management, and technology and collaboration.
Niamh Brennan from Donegal County Council Archives will be providing insight into the archives' strategies for digitisation and access.
Jonny Dillon from the National Folklore Collection will outline www.Dúchas.ie, a collaborative project between the National Folklore Collection, UCD and Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU to digitise the manuscript, photographic and audio materials of the National Folklore Collection.
Ellen Murphy from the Registry of Deeds will talk about a collaborative digital project with National Records Scotland and Trinity College Dublin to explore new ways of providing online access to property records.
Liam Wylie from RTÉ Archives will discuss approaches to publishing content from RTÉ's expansive audio-visual collections.
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Online Access To Archives - ARA Ireland Training Event
The Archives and Records Association, Ireland (ARA,I) is delighted to present the second of its summer training seminars focused on digital and technical skills.
Online Training: Digital Curation and Digital Preservation
Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Time: 10:55– 12:30
Platform: Zoom
This 90-minute online session will feature two presentations on digital curation and digital preservation from Peter Clarke, Digital Services Programmer in Research Services at UCD Library, and Rachel MacGregor, Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre in the University of Warwick.
Peter Clarke's talk will focus on digital curation and technical infrastructure and Rachel MacGregor will be looking at open source software for digital preservation, in particular Archivematica, BitCurator and DROID.
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Online Training: Data Curation and Digital Preservation
The Archives and Records Association, Ireland (ARA,I) is pleased to present the first in a series of two summer training seminars focused on digital and technical skills.
Online Training: AtoM Cataloguing Software and Open Refine
Date: Thursday, 23 July 2020
Time: 14:45– 16:30
Platform: Zoom
This 90-minute online session will feature two presentations on tools and software for documenting archival collections and processing metadata.
Lisa Shortall from Offaly Archives and Damien Burke from the Irish Jesuit Archives will give a joint presentation on their experiences with AtoM. AtoM (Access to Memory) is a web-based, open source application for standards-based archival description and access in a multilingual, multi-repository environment. Lisa will focus on AtoM's main features and how it is used by Offaly Archives as a multi-repository searchable interface. Damien will focus on the transference of legacy finding aids to AtoM and the creation of authority records.
Graham Jevon from the Endangered Archives Programme will be presenting on his use of Open Refine to create uniformity in metadata collected from disparate sources. The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) facilitates the digitisation of archives around the world that are in danger of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration. The EAP website then provides access to these digital collections for research, education and enjoyment.
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Online Training Seminar: AtoM Cataloguing Software and Open Refine
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