The whole University of Warwick community was saddened to hear of the death of our former Chancellor Sir "Sonny" Ramphal who served in office from 1989-2002. You can read about his achievements here: warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/in… Our sympathy to his family and friends.

I missed it so yes please!

The University's Special Collections includes some wonderful publications including this 1587 edition of Boccaccio's Decameron. More here: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #FiftyObjectsFriday

These are fantastic awards highlighting some of the brilliant work going on in #digipres - I've had a look through the nominees and already got several piv]ces of work I want to follow up (@bishbashbackup and @mopennock looking at you both for example!). #DPA2024 #ipres2024

A training workshop to enable delegates to start to develop a business case proposal for digital preservation 🗓️Weds 13 November 1:15 to 4:30pm LibraryofBirmingham Free to #ArchivesWM member services (fee for non-members) For full booking details 👇 archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/events/event/m…

We're delighted to announce that catalogues for 5 collections relating to early mining unions are now available online, the first to be available as part of our 3 year project to conserve & catalogue the NUM archives! Find out more at warwick.ac.uk/services/libra…

My article based on the PROS archive Warwick MRC first presented at the MRC@50 day conference is finally published 🥳 If you'd like to have a read, follow the link in the post below (entirely open access!), and scroll all the way down to page 124.

Join us History at Aston Aston University in #Birmingham (2 Oct, 5:30 pm) for this unique opportunity to discuss with @ChrisEvansMP how we can shape the future of History (discipline and practice within and outside universities) for the benefit of all. eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-the-…

Here's me contributing to the Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal special issue celebrating 50 years of Warwick MRC following the #mrc50 conference. On my perpetual use of the BASW archives, and what it means for Social Work History Network and the history of the welfare state. exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exch…

Our MRC 50th Anniversary special edition of the Exchanges Journal Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal is now published! This special edition contains papers from our research symposium last year, all featuring our varied collections. Read it online here: doi.org/10.31273/eirj.…

For anyone interested in #digipres and related matters I blogged here about #iPres2024 conference with a few take aways here: anoldhanddigital.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/ipr… These days you can mostly find me on Bluesky and Mastodon (@[email protected])

🌟New Blog 🌟Ashleigh Coffey Keele University Library, recipient of an #ArchivesWM bursary to attend the 2024 Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Conference, shares her experience of the conference and why attending was so beneficial. archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/news/ara-confe…

"Fascist car"👇👇👇

The Metropolitan Coloured Peoples Housing Association was a Black led Housing Assocation set up in 1957 to tackle the lack of affordable and quality housing for the Windrush generation. Explore more sources for post WW2 migration here: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #BlackHistoryMonth

Happy 50th anniversary to Warwick Arts Centre Here are a few images selected by the University of Warwick Archivist from a recent deposit 😍#WarwickArtsCentre #UniversityofWarwick More celebrations here: warwickartscentre.co.uk/rebels/

Our first 50 years in podcast form! Find out more about the MRC's 50th anniversary celebrations at warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… , including symposium & seminar recordings, & online exhibition featuring highlights from the archive collections

You can hear me and my colleague Pierre chat about Warwick MRC 's 50th Anniversary, both the Symposium and Exchanges Journal Special Issue: exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exch…

Don't erase history - preserve it! And we can't do that without archivists, digital preservation specialists, archive assistants, conservators and the all important depositors - so today's tweet is dedicated to them all. Below: our free 'Don't Erase History' rubbers 😁#archives