Archaeological Archives Group

Background

IfA Council approved the formation of a Special Interest Group for Archaeological Archives, and the yearly AGM was held on 6 March 2012.

Aims

The aims of the group are

• to focus upon issues relating to professional standards, best practice, advocacy and access

• to promote of awareness of archaeological archives within the profession

• to represent the interest of those working with archives to IfA Council and in all IfA activities

• to hold seminars and workshops to facilitate the above

• to establish relationships with other groups associated with archaeological archives

Regional workshops

The Archives Group are organising a series of regional workshops designed to promote good practice in working with archaeological archives, to provide hands-on experience and encourage participants to engage with archive issues by considering new perspectives.

• Regional Archive Workshops

AAG AGM

The Groups Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday 08 May 2013 at Westminster Meeting House.

Agenda

There was also a workshop on a European Standard for Archaeological Archives, which included a discussion about the ARCHES documentation

For further information click here

Join the Group

The Group is open to anybody with interests, concerns or involvement with the archive process, and is free to IfA members. Non-members will need to pay a yearly £10 fee.

To join, please email groups@archaeologists.net.

Committee

Duncan H Brown (Chair)
Helen Harman (Secretary)
Helen Parslow (Treasurer)

Roy Stephenson
Lorraine Mepham
Karen Averby

Helen is our new secretary and can be emailed images, events, good news, articles and links at archaeologicalarchives@gmail.com