Do you have old records that need looking after? Then, the Mills Archive Trust’s ‘Caring for your collection’ webinars are designed to help anyone look after archival documents, from photographs and papers, to digital files. The cost is £50 for the two seminars.

Part 1: Overview, Arrangement, Description – Sat 24 May 2025, 2:00-4:00 pm

This workshop gives an overview of how and why to organise records and archives. It covers key questions: What material should be kept? How should records be described, listed, and catalogued to ensure their information is not lost? The Mills Archibe Trust then looks in more detail at the decisions that need to be made when preserving records for the future.

Part 2: Preservation and Access – Sat 7 June 2025, 2:00-4:00 pm

This second workshop examines the issues of preserving and providing access to records. Papers and documents need to be preserved from threats including damp and mould, pests, pollution, poor handling, and disasters. Digital records must be protected from equally devastating threats. Digitisation of records can aid both in their preservation and in providing increased access but it brings its own challenges. Finally, The Mills Archive trust will look at the potential of online access, and the issues such as copyright and privacy which this raises.

Book here: https://new.millsarchive.org/product/caring-for-collections-workshop-part-1-and-2/