XVII ESARBICA Conference is on! Justice Albie Sachs just narrated the story of South Africa's constitution. The archives from this process will be handed over to SA's National Archives today!
Its a story the whole world should know. #ArchivesMatter#ESARBICA
The Expert Group on Research Services and Outreach (@ICA_EGRSO) is holding a webinar on #DigitalAccess 📱
🗓️Thursday 20 July at 15:00 CET
Find out more >>> https://t.co/eAKnIsc8nk
@LIASANews@LiasaIgbis@LiasaIctlig@NLSA1 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture invites applications for bursaries from institutions accredited and registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training for students who wish to pursue studies in heritage related programmes.
7 prayers for this week:
“Teach me your statutes.”
“Fix my eyes on your ways.”
“Teach me good judgment.”
“Give me understanding.”
“Put false ways far from me.”
“Incline my heart to you.”
“Enlarge my heart.”
(Psalm 119)
On International Archives Day, we celebrate the value of archives, not as dusty old pieces of paper but as vital sources of proof & power; identity & belonging; remembrance & recollection. Archives keep us accountable, to the world & to ourselves. Please protect them. #IAW2022
I'm pleased to share the link to my @UCLDIS Jenkinson lecture, delivered April 15, 2021: https://t.co/lNeZOcxp16.
Frustratingly, the auto-transcribe algorithms are Anglocentric in the purest sense, obscuring my proud Scots lineage. My name is Mill-AR, not Mill-ER.
So there.
"2021 is a particularly important year as we look ahead to do all we can within our community to start #EmpoweringArchives." David Fricker, @ICArchiv´s President
FIRST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The South African Society of Archivists (SASA) will host its annual conference on the theme, “disrupt or be disrupted: archives, records and memory in the COVID-19 era” on 8-10 September 2021 in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
ICA Africa Programme's Digital Records Curation Programme wins the @dpc_chat Award for Teaching and Communication sponsored by the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. Congratulations to James Lowry, Margaret Crockett and all the volunteers that worked on this programme.
Although Africa only produces 2.4% of the global🌍outputs, African researchers are productive and increasingly visible. But is their #research impactful?
Read the 'Strengthening Research Institutions in Africa' report to know more ▶️https://t.co/4OkiBeIXZ9