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After a three year hiatus we had our first stocktaking closure period earlier this year where we were able to work on some larger projects we are unable to do whilst open to the public. While our colleagues in the Record Office carried out their stocktaking in the strongroom and a serious sort out and …
Like many organisations we had several plans for 2020 including joints events, talks, blog posts and various other projects both large and small. However, for the second time in our history we were to find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic. As we start looking forward to the new year, we take a …
As part of International Archives Week we are taking a look at some of the posts we’ve written about the document and archive collections in our care and the work we do. Today we’re taking a look at some of the posts we’ve written about what we get up to when the public aren’t in …
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Every year we close for a fortnight for what has been traditionally called stocktaking. A chance for us to go through our collections to make sure everything is where it should be! It also gives us a chance to carry out larger projects we wouldn’t normally be able to do while we are open to …
Ever wonder what we get up to when we close for stocktaking? Well here's what we did this year...
Each February we close to the public for a fortnight for stocktaking. This gives us a chance to check our collections and carry out important work we can't do while we are open to the public. This year we focused on accessioning and cataloguing a large donation of library items, checking our pamphlet collections and …
Tales From the Archives 