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Librarian CPD
Continuing Professional Development
For advice and information about working as a Librarian or Information Professional, take a look at the following information from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) website.
CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. They provide practical support for members throughout their careers...
Librarian CPD
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Archive Dissertation
Dissertation
Archive Dissertation
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Research Methods in Heritage, Museums & Galleries
Reading List
Reading List for those interested in research methods in heritage, museums and galleries from Newcastle University...
Essential Reading
Dicks, Bella, From Mine to Museum: The Evolution of Heritage in the Rhondda in Heritage, place, and community by Dicks, Bella University of Wales Press, 2000
Dicks, Bella, Heritage and Local Memory in...
Research Methods in Heritage, Museums & Galleries
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Library and Information Studies
Continuing Professional Development
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University College LondonMA/Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information StudiesIf you want to progress in library or information work, you need a professional qualification, normally chartered...
Library and Information Studies
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Archives and Record Management
Continuing Professional Development
The University of Manchester gives the following advice on courses, careers and funding:
Courses
The choice for post-graduate courses is much more limited for archives and records management compared to those available for libraries and information studies. The Society of Archivists recommends just six: University College London, University College Dublin,...
Archives and Record Management
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Short guides to Records
Multipage Article
A series of short guides to different types of public and other records, including rate books, wills, probate inventories and poll books.
Short guides to Records
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Why and how institutional archives should market themselves
Dissertation
Why and how institutional archives should market themselves
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Challenges to archives in the digital age
Challenges to archives
In this podcast Dr Nick Barratt discusses the challenges to archives in the digital age.
Challenges to archives in the digital age
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Cataloguing guidelines for community archives
Article
Cataloguing guidelines for community archives The Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) has developed a set of cataloguing guidelines for community archives.Download the Cataloguing Guidelines for Community Archives (PDF).See a sample catalogue based on the guidelinesAbout the new guidelinesThere are an increasing number of community heritage groups round the country, building...
Cataloguing guidelines for community archives
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Census of Ireland, Dublin 1911 - National Archives of Ireland
Article
The household returns and ancillary records for the censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, which are in the custody of the National Archives of Ireland, represent an extremely valuable part of the Irish national heritage. Click here to go to the site:
National Archives of Ireland
Census of Ireland, Dublin 1911 - National Archives of Ireland
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How hidden are ordinary people in later medieval England?
Historian article
Tim Lomas explores some documents from the Bishop and Priory of Durham that shed interesting light on the lives of ‘ordinary people’ in medieval England.
It is largely a truism to state that the majority of documents from medieval Britain were not designed to shed much light on the lives...
How hidden are ordinary people in later medieval England?
