ARMReN: AHRC-funded ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
MANAGEMENT RESEARCH NETWORK
Management Board meeting
20 June 2006 at 14.00
lunch is available from 13.00
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, room HM4
Agenda
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Introductions
Apologies for absence
Background to and objectives of the ARMReN project
Role of the Management Board
ARMReN activities:
• Workshops: dates, places, topics, speakers
• IHR seminars
• Web site
• Dissemination
6. Any other business
7. Date of next meeting
Dr Elizabeth Shepherd
8 June 2006
UCL, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 7204/2945 Fax: +44 (0)20 7383 0557
e.shepherd@ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/slais
Agenda 1
Who is involved?
ARMReN is run by the Principal Investigator, Dr Elizabeth Shepherd, with Co-investigators,
Miss Elizabeth Danbury (UCL) and Ms Jaqueline Spence (University of Wales,
Aberystwyth). Based at UCL’s School of Library, Archive and Information Studies within the
research centre, ICARUS <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais-research/icarus/>. Administrative
assistance is provided by Lucy Lyons (l.lyons@ucl.ac.uk).
Management Board members:
Dr Elizabeth Shepherd (UCL, SLAIS)
Miss Elizabeth Danbury (UCL, SLAIS)
Ms Jacqueline Spence (Aberystwyth)
Dr Louise Atherton (The National Archives)
Mr Steve Bailey (Joint Information Systems Committee)
Professor May Cassar (Centre for Sustainable Heritage, UCL)
Dr Louise Craven (The National Archives)
Ms Mary Ellis (CyMAL, Museums, Libraries and Archives Wales)
Dr Andrew Flinn (UCL, SLAIS)
Ms Sarah Holsen (Constitution Unit, UCL)
Ms Sue Howley (Museums Libraries and Archives Council)
Dr Suzanne Keene (Museum Studies, Institute of Archaeology, UCL)
Dr Sally MacDonald (UCL, Museums and Collections)
Mrs Janet Percival (Library Services, UCL)
Mr Geoff Pick (National Council on Archives)
Dr Ian Rowlands (UCL, SLAIS)
Mr Kelvin Smith (The National Archives)
Mrs Caroline Williams (Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and
Research, FARMER)
Mr Geoffrey Yeo (UCL, SLAIS)
Agenda 3
What is ARMReN for?
• To help develop research in the discipline of archives and records management
• To link academics in archives and records management with researchers who use
archives and records and professionals who manage records
• To collect and disseminate information about research
• To foster the development of young academic researchers in the discipline
• To act as a central point for the exchange of ideas
• To encourage new collaborative partnerships, within the UK, Europe and internationally
What are the aims of ARMReN?
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To establish an enduring network to foster research in the academic discipline of
archives and records management
• To develop interaction between researchers in arts, humanities, social sciences and
law, and between information and cultural heritage professionals in business and
government, to advance understanding of recorded evidence for transparency and
accountability, citizens’ rights and life-long education, and theory and practice in
archives and records management
In particular:
• To improve the dissemination of archives and records management research
• To enhance the provision of archives and records services to user communities in the
public and private sectors
• To foster the development of younger academic researchers in the discipline and of
collaborative partnerships, both within the UK and internationally
Agenda 5
What will ARMReN do?
1. create a website with an electronic forum and information resource
2. organise three one-day research seminars at two different universities (UCL, Liverpool
University Foresight Centre)
3. run two ‘Archives and History’ seminars at the Institute of Historical Research,
University of London
4. disseminate network results through conference papers and a journal article
Progress:
1. the project has a web site at: http://www.slais.ucl.ac.uk/research-ARMReN, which is
limited at present. We have commissioned a PhD student, Isabel Galina-Russell, to
work on the site over the summer.
2. research seminars: we need to fix dates, locations, topics and speakers. Proposed
topics include:
(1) Research strategies in archives and records management; impact assessment;
dissemination strategies
(2) International perspectives and standards; research communities
(3) Transparency and accountability; freedom of information; evidential value of archives
but others are possible.
3. IHR seminars: E Danbury to fix two evenings in autumn term (5.30 to 7pm), each to
have 1 or 2 speakers. Ideas for speakers?
4. dissemination:
• paper by E Shepherd at VII European Conference on Archives, Warsaw, 18 May
2006, on whether archives and records management is a profession for
practitioners or an academic discipline
• poster at the FARMER conference, 13-15 June 2006, Aberystwyth
• Forthcoming papers accepted:
8/09/2006
UK Society of Archivists annual conference, Lancaster
Paper ‘An archives and records management research network (ARMReN) for the
UK: plans, activities and prospects’
18/10/2006
Second Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers, Tokyo
Paper ‘Sixty years of archival education in England 1947-2006: looking back and
looking forward’
• Research article in 2007