Rachel MacGregor

Digital Preservation Officer @MRCWarwick digital preservation,archives, public engagement. Views own unless a repost. Over there as

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

Don't erase history - preserve it! And we can't do that without archivists, digital preservation specialists, archive assistants, conservators and the all important depositors - so today's tweet is dedicated to them all. Below: our free 'Don't Erase History' rubbers 😁#archives

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

Our first 50 years in podcast form!

Find out more about the MRC's 50th anniversary celebrations at https://t.co/e3MvRuzuOU , including symposium & seminar recordings, & online exhibition featuring highlights from the archive collections

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

You can hear me and my colleague Pierre chat about
@MRCWarwick 's 50th Anniversary, both the Symposium and Exchanges Journal Special Issue: https://t.co/bO8oO2FdEG

[Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal @ExchangesIAS]

New Episode:
Reflecting on the Modern Record Centre’s First Half Century: In Conversation with Pierre Botcherby & Rachel MacGregor

https://t.co/WbE2mDVH9j

#mrc #podcast #exchanges

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

Happy 50th anniversary to @warwickarts Here are a few images selected by the @uniofwarwick Archivist from a recent deposit 😍#WarwickArtsCentre #UniversityofWarwick More celebrations here: https://t.co/NPVuc1fq8n

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

The Metropolitan Coloured Peoples Housing Association was a Black led Housing Assocation set up in 1957 to tackle the lack of affordable and quality housing for the Windrush generation. Explore more sources for post WW2 migration here: https://t.co/cKBznQvHhJ #BlackHistoryMonth

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

"Fascist car"👇👇👇

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

OTD in 1936 the Battle of #CableStreet took place in London as anti-fascist activists clashed with the Met Police. Read eye witness accounts from the Independent Labour Party leaflet commemorating this historic event: https://t.co/PJ905aL1id

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

@JTullock @HelenJenkins117 This is click bait! And yes I clicked and wished I hadn’t…

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

Our MRC 50th Anniversary special edition of the Exchanges Journal @ExchangesIAS is now published! This special edition contains papers from our research symposium last year, all featuring our varied collections. Read it online here: https://t.co/05c4AzmhTT

[ArchivesWestMidlands @ArchivesWM]

A training workshop to enable delegates to start to develop a business case proposal for digital preservation
🗓️Weds 13 November 1:15 to 4:30pm @LibraryofBham
Free to #ArchivesWM member services (fee for non-members)
For full booking details 👇
https://t.co/2JuNRoBUZ9

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

@ArchivesWM @KeeleLibrary @ARAUK_IE Thank you for the mention Ashleigh and you are so right about the conflicting demands of the digital world

[ArchivesWestMidlands @ArchivesWM]

🌟New Blog 🌟Ashleigh Coffey @KeeleLibrary, recipient of an #ArchivesWM bursary to attend the 2024 @ARAUK_IE Conference, shares her experience of the conference and why attending was so beneficial.
https://t.co/ZQFdNoWv70

[Michael Lambert @GrandCamouflage]

Here's me contributing to the @ExchangesIAS special issue celebrating 50 years of @MRCWarwick following the #mrc50 conference.

On my perpetual use of the @BASW_UK archives, and what it means for @SocWkHistory and the history of the welfare state.
https://t.co/c4qzatjteZ

[History at Aston @AstonHistory]

Join us @AstonHistory @AstonUniversity in #Birmingham (2 Oct, 5:30 pm) for this unique opportunity to discuss with @ChrisEvansMP how we can shape the future of History (discipline and practice within and outside universities) for the benefit of all.
https://t.co/82guH00hvT

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

For anyone interested in #digipres and related matters I blogged here about #iPres2024 conference with a few take aways here: https://t.co/VLgbyFnWCi These days you can mostly find me on Bluesky and Mastodon (@[email protected])

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

We're delighted to announce that catalogues for 5 collections relating to early mining unions are now available online, the first to be available as part of our 3 year project to conserve & catalogue the NUM archives!

Find out more at https://t.co/HcqqaAqsgo

[Amy Longmuir 🇪🇺 @AmyLouLongmuir]

My article based on the PROS archive @MRCWarwick first presented at the MRC@50 day conference is finally published 🥳
If you'd like to have a read, follow the link in the post below (entirely open access!), and scroll all the way down to page 124.

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

@nikkijthorpe @hazeljlee @Postcard_Jim no idea but that's very exciting!

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

@bishbashbackup @clockss @iPRES_conf @dpc_chat @UCLDIS @Han_Smyth I am definitely going to do this! Congratulations and well done!

[Rachel MacGregor @An_Old_Hand]

These are fantastic awards highlighting some of the brilliant work going on in #digipres - I've had a look through the nominees and already got several piv]ces of work I want to follow up (@bishbashbackup and @mopennock looking at you both for example!). #DPA2024 #ipres2024

[DPC Chatter @dpc_chat]

If you can't wait until later today... here's a sneaky peek 👀at the #iPres2024 and #DigitalPreservation #Awards #DPA2024 venue, where we'll hold the ceremony at 1500 UTC / 1700 CET! 🎉🎉🎉
See you sooooon...
https://t.co/ZsaBrHGHow

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

The University's Special Collections includes some wonderful publications including this 1587 edition of Boccaccio's Decameron. More here: https://t.co/jgdFDVnqng #FiftyObjectsFriday