As Public Services Archivist, I get to meet a whole host of different researchers, visitors and students in a busy, creative environment. A major part of my role is administering the Research Room and making sure our visitors are able to access our collections. So who exactly does visit, and “explore” the University of Surrey […]
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Explore your Archive (which runs 19th-27th November 2016) is a national campaign delivered by The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association to promote, publicise and celebrate archives and special collections across the UK. (http://www.exploreyourarchive.org/ ) As part of the Explore your Archive week, the University of Surrey Archives & Special Collections will be […]
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On Friday 16 September our Alumni and Development Department hosted an event to celebrate the University of Surrey’s 125 year heritage with 280 of our Battersea alumni. This was a chance to see the fruits of the Build Our History project which has gathered in the memories of our former Battersea students and also their […]
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It has been exactly one month today that I began my new role of Archivist (Public Services) and so to celebrate (!) I have decided to write a blog post about some of the many interesting things I have been up to. So, where to begin? My role covers a huge variety of responsibilities, one […]
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Following a period of review, Archives & Special Collections at the University of Surrey have recently welcomed two new members to the team. Melanie Peart, who has been working with us in a temporary capacity for some months, took up her permanent role as Archivist (Collections Management) in mid-July and will oversee the nitty-gritty of managing our […]
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On Thursday 8th September, Archives & Special Collections will be taking part in the national initiative ‘Heritage Open Days’. We got involved for the first time in 2015 and had a very successful day with positive feeback from our participants. This year we will be offering one ‘Talk and Tour’ from 13.00-14.00. This will give you […]
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