## Archivist As Interpreter Programme - British Library Conference Centre 4Th March 2016

| Time, session                             | Speakers and notes               |                               |
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|                                           |                                  | 09:30-09:50 - Registration    |
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|                                           | 10:00 - 10.15 - Welcome and      |                               |
| introduction                              |                                  |                               |
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| Jamie Andrews, Head of Culture and        |                                  |                               |
| Learning, British Library                 |                                  |                               |
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|                                           | 10.15 - 11.15 Keynote speaker    |                               |
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| Paul Cornish, Senior Curator, First World |                                  |                               |
| War Galleries Project, Imperial War       |                                  |                               |
| Museum                                    |                                  |                               |
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| Foyer                                     |                                  | 11:15 - 11.45 Teas and Coffee |
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| Victoria Northridge, Collections          |                                  |                               |
| Manager, Black Cultural Archives          |                                  |                               |
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| Kevin Bolton, Citywide Services           |                                  |                               |
| Manager, Archives +, Manchester           |                                  |                               |
| 11.45 - 13.00 Panel 1 Auditorium          |                                  |                               |
| Reaching out beyond the search            |                                  |                               |
| room:                                     | how interpreting archives can    |                               |
| attract new audiences and spark new       |                                  |                               |
| interactions                              |                                  |                               |
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| Melissa Addey, Leverhulme Artist          |                                  |                               |
| in Residence, British Library             |                                  |                               |
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| Chaired by Rachel Foss, Head of           |                                  |                               |
| Contemporary Archives and Manuscripts,    |                                  |                               |
| British Library                           |                                  |                               |
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| Stalls and posters:                       |                                  |                               |
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| Dr Stephen Muir, Performing the           |                                  |                               |
| Jewish Archive                            |                                  |                               |
| 13:00-14:00 networking                    |                                  |                               |
| lunch                                     |                                  |                               |
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| Foyer                                     |                                  |                               |
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| Association of Performing Arts            |                                  |                               |
| Collections                               |                                  |                               |
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| Design and Artists Copyright              |                                  |                               |
| Society, Art 360                          |                                  |                               |
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| Art Libraries Society Committee on        |                                  |                               |
| Art and Design Archives                   |                                  |                               |
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| Museum Games: The Lost Index              |                                  |                               |
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| Meeting rooms                             |                                  |                               |
| 14:00-15:00                               |                                  |                               |
| Afternoon seminars                        |                                  |                               |
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| 1.                                        |                                  |                               |
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| Working with archives:                    |                                  |                               |
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| Eliot room                                |                                  |                               |
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| Sarah Kogan, Artist, Changing the         |                                  |                               |
| Landscape; Vicky Iglikowski, The National |                                  |                               |
| Archives:                                 | Working with a major institution |                               |
| as an artist and selecting new narratives |                                  |                               |
| to explore                                |                                  |                               |
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| Facilitating interest:                    |                        |
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| Chaucer room                              |                        |
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| Alan Crookham, Research Centre Manager,   |                        |
| The National Gallery, and Michael Takeo   |                        |
| Magruder (Artist):                        | producing engaging     |
| exhibitions with archives at their heart  |                        |
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| Archives for all:                         |                        |
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| Bronte room                               |                        |
| Sarah Cole, Creative Entrepreneur-in-     |                        |
| Residence, The British Library            |                        |
| Using archives to reach and develop       |                        |
| audiences: How can digital inspire those  |                        |
| who don't have a relationship with the    |                        |
| original material?                        |                        |
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| The role of the new:                      |                        |
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| Dickens room                              |                        |
| Emer Gillespie, Catherine Smith and Ian   |                        |
| Duhig,                                    | Ekphrasis              |
| to inspire new insights into              |                        |
| cultural objects                          | (including the British |
| Library's Alice in Wonderland exhibition) |                        |
| Foyer                                     |                        |
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| Interpreting the Outsider                 |                        |
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| Sarah Jaffray, Visitor Experience,        |                        |
| Wellcome Collection: The role of          |                        |
| archives in a major - and                 |                        |
| controversial exhibition                  |                        |
| 15:30-16:45 Panel 2 Auditorium            |                        |
| Challenging the audience:                 | how                    |
| archive projects can offer audiences      |                        |
| challenges to expectations, deal with     |                        |
| difficult subject matter and encourage    |                        |
| new ways of seeing.                       |                        |
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| Lisa Peschel, Performing the Jewish       |                        |
| Archive: The scope and the limits         |                        |
| of re-performance of archival             |                        |
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| Stefan Dickers, Library and               |                        |
| Archives Manager, Bishopsgate             |                        |
| Institute: Collecting and                 |                        |
| interpreting alternative histories in     |                        |
| the Special Collections and               |                        |
| Archives at Bishopsgate Institute         |                        |
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| Chaired by Val Johnson, Director,         |                        |
| Research and Collections, The National    |                        |
| Archives                                  |                        |
|                                           | 16:45-17:00 Wrap Up    |
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| Wrap Up                                   |                        |
| Rachel Foss                               |                        |
| Val Johnson                               |                        |
| With Kate Wheeler, Head of Collections    |                        |
| Knowledge                                 |                        |
| Fleur Soper, Collections Knowledge        |                        |
| Manager                                   |                        |
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| Wifi:                                     | @BL-GUEST-CONF         |
| Password:                                 | BLgue5T23              |

Twitter #ArchivistasInterpreter An *Archiving the Arts* working group event by The National Archives, kindly hosted by The British Library. With many thanks to all speakers, chair persons, facilitators, hosts and delegates. nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/archiving-the-arts bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/msscollect/manuscriptscollections