Managing Audio Visual Collections: four perspectives - Thursday 7th July 2022
Across these two sessions we will hear four different perspectives on the challenges and opportunities presented by audio visual collections (second session will be on the 21 July)
PROGRAMME
7 July
10:30 - 10:40 Welcome and Introduction
10:40 - “I’ll make the statue move indeed”: Moving image archives at Shakespeare’s Globe, Philip Milnes-Smith, Digital Archivist, Shakespeare’s Globe
Philip will introduce the history and practice of AV archiving at Shakespeare’s Globe, touching on the recording process, cataloguing and giving access to recordings, preservation (including digital preservation) and meeting access needs.
11:20 - Uncovering hidden women’s history in East London, Esther Freeman, Share UK
Share UK was founded in 2012 to record hidden histories in East London, with a particular focus on radical women’s history. Project manager, Esther Freeman will explain why they felt oral history was an important medium in recording and archiving this types of grassroots history and the role it has played in their public education work.
12:00 - finish
THE SPEAKERS
Shakespeare’s Globe
Philip Milnes-Smith has been (p/t) digital archivist at Shakespeare’s Globe since 2019. AV accounts for a lot of his time but he is responsible for other digital files and helping to develop cross-organisational policy and strategy for digital continuity. He is one of ARA’s Diversity and Inclusion Allies and a training officer for ARA Archives for Learning and Education Section.
Share UK
After spending over 20 years as an activist, Esther decided she wanted to learn more about the women whose shoulder’s she stood on. However, it seemed to be the same small group of stories that were told each time, and focused mainly on white, fairly affluent women. Instinctively knowing her adopted home of East London must hold important hidden histories, she went in search of them. In the 10 years that followed she has expanded this work into a range of public education materials, including home learning resources during lockdown, community art workshops and a podcast series, Rebel Women. In 2021, she began work on a new research project - Beyond Medicine - which explores the role women played in the 1918 and 2020 pandemics.
The event is free to attend for ARA members and £5 per non-members. To book a place, please go to Eventbrite by Wednesday 6th July 2022. Information on how to join will be sent to attendees ahead of the event.