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Here you will find all the other materials and documents that don't fit neatly into the other categories.

Giving Value: Funding Priorities for UK Archives 2005-2010

This report outlines the issues around funding to the archive sector and the National Council on Archives view on the priority areas for funding.

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Guide to Giving Value

This is a companion publication to Giving Value. It is designed to assist the archive domain in using the Giving Value report to access funding

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Your Data At Risk

This advocacy document was launched at the Society of Archivists Conference 2005 in Norwich. It explains the main issues concerning digital preservation and its urgency, and suggests strategies to help you set up a digital preservation capability. It also lists sources of further help and assistance.

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Archive Awareness Campaign 2004 Evaluation Report

An assessment of the impact of the Archive Awareness Campaign 2004, including evaluation of both participants and organisers with statistics about the impact of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? Series

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Archive Lottery Advisory Service Report.

This report details the results of a survey of previous users of the service undertaken in 2004.

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Joint NCA/MLA Archives Workforce Study, March 2004

The aim of this report is to provide the archive sector with an analysis of key workforce issues and make recommendations for improvements. The report forms Annex G of the full Archives Task Force report.

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Interoperability Protocol, November 2003

The NCA has advocated the development of a UK Archival Network, comprised of internet resources or strands having a common data structure, which aims ultimately to be searchable through a single interface. The aim of this protocol is to facilitate interoperability between these strands of the archival network in the UK.

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Eastern Promise

A Strategy for Archival Development in the East of England.

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Changing the Future of Our Past, April 2002

A brochure aimed explaining the importance and relevance of archives to stakeholders.

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National Council on Archives and National Archives Network User Research Group (NANURG) - User Evaluation: Report of Findings, March 2002

The first coordinated evaluation of existing strands of the National Archives Network.

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Archives in the Regions Future Priorities, March 2002

Proceedings of a NCA seminar held in March 2002 which looked at future potential developments for archives in the English Regions.

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Archives in the Regions: An Overview of the English Regional Archive Strategies, June 2001

Produced by the NCA with support from Resource, the Public Record Office and the Society of Archivists.

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Taking Part - An audit of social inclusion work in archives, May 2001

The first ever survey of the extent of social inclusion work in archives. A report produced by the NCA with support from Resource, the Public Record Office and the Society of Archivists.

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Survey of recruitment of archivists, conservators and records managers, July-December 1999, 2000

A report written for the Society of Archivists and initiated by the NCA.

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British Archives: The Way Forward, 1999

A five year forward plan for the development archives in the UK produced to influence amongst other the funding patterns of The Heritage Lottery Fund.

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An Introduction to Fundraising for Archives, 1999

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Archives Online, 1998

A blueprint for the development of coordinated archival services online.

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National Name Authority File: Report to the National Council on Archives, 1998

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National Results of the 2002 Survey of Visitors to British Archives

National Results of the 2002 Survey of Visitors to British Archives

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Cuckoo in the nest

In 1999 the first chairman of the group, Mr Chris Pickford wrote an article on the work of the group: "Cuckoo in the Nest, or Welcome Addition to the Archival Family?"(68kb). This article was originally published in the "Archivum" journal.

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Key Findings of the 2001 Survey of Visitors to British Archives

Key Findings of the 2001 Survey of Visitors to British Archives

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Standard for access to archives

Standard for access to archives

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PSQG standard for access to archives: The next steps

PSQG standard for access to archives: The next steps

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CIPFA statistics report

CIPFA statistics analysis by Amanda Arrowsmith and Kate Thompson, AKA Partnership (July 2003)

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A fruiterer surrounded by his wares. © The National Archives, Crown Copyright.


Nurses at the Royal Asylum of Montrose practising with a fire hose c. 1910. Courtesy of the University of Dundee.

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