Lesley Ferguson

Head of Archives, Historic Environment Scotland. Collector; creator; historic photography; archives; Scotland. Views my own.

[Lesley Ferguson @elmfer17]

@Jdcrawf @BBCRadio4 Delighted to read this. Well done! Look forward to hearing broadcast.

[DPC Chatter @dpc_chat]

🌍Dive into the flurry of #digipres blogs for World Digital Preservation Day🌍

#DPCblogs Preserving Community Heritage through the SCRAN Transfer Project https://t.co/7BuKsqHLcj #WDPD2024 #digitalpreservation #awareness #blog-a-thon

[Highland Archives @HLHArchives]

Lovely to welcome @karly_kehoe, @AndrewRNicoll , Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart (@SabhalMorOstaig), and students from #Canada to #Lochaber Archive Centre to look at documents to do with the Isle of Eigg & emigration!

[ARA UK+I Conference @ARAconf]

Next up in the Conservation stream we have a pair of papers from @HistEnvScot: 'Creating a 'Move Ready' Mould Remediation and Access Strategy for HES Archive Collections' & 'Innovative Approach to Auld Problems, the Remedial Treatment of Mould Damaged Drawings of Auldbar Castle'!

[Teresa used to hang out here @DohertyTA]

Unless we do something about it…. #ARA2024
I should emphasise this is a positive talk!

[Conservation @ARA_PCG]

Julie Bon's top tip from her talk on storage microclimates! #justboxit #ARA2024 📦📦📦

[The National Archives Sector @UKNatArcSector]

Delighted to share that the new Carbon Literacy for Archives, Records and Special Collections has been accredited by @Carbon_Literacy!

Developed for @UkNatArchives, by Lorraine Finch, with input from @ARAEnvironment. We’ll discuss the what, why, and how at #ARA2024.

[Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) @ARAUK_IE]

Session on Lessons Learnt from Transforming an Existing Building into an archive provoked lively discussion on the priorities for archive buildings #ARA2024

[Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) @ARAUK_IE]

Great start to the conference - our chair, Andrew Nicoll says "talk, debate, learn, be nice to each other" and encourages the recordkeeping sector by telling them "you are the indispensable cogs in the green machinery of society" Onwards! #ARA2024

[Lesley Ferguson @elmfer17]

@AndrewRNicoll Naughty!

[Lesley Ferguson @elmfer17]

@Jdcrawf @edbookfest Congratulations Jamie!

[Lesley Ferguson @elmfer17]

@DSM888 Archive sector on the case to make sure any records are safe.

[ARA UK+I Conference @ARAconf]

Emma Bulcholz of @HistEnvScot will be talking about 'Creating a 'Move Ready' Mould Remediation and Access Strategy for HES Archive Collections' as part of our conservation programme! Book your place today: https://t.co/kMCW0yi41R

[SMU Faculty of Arts @SMArts_SMU]

@karly_kehoe @smuhalifax @HistorySmu Congrats also to the project's co-applicant Andrew Nicoll of @HistEnvScot, fellow @HistorySmu colleague Dr. Kirrily Freeman and other collaborators from @NS_Museum, @highlandv, @HLHsocial, @ThinkUHI and @stfxuniversity!

[Leah Butt | Lace.io @LeahBCardano]

We’re thrilled to invite you to our latest exhibition, The Photography of Erskine Beveridge 🎞️

In partnership with Historic Environment Scotland, we're proud to present an exclusive collection featuring photographs from the Erskine Beveridge archive.

Available until June 11th!

[DOS & ACIU Projects: Historic Aerial Photography @AerialSheila]

We are hiring! Join NCAP as a Collections Assistant (ACIU Project) Help us with the enormous task of digitising our historic collection of over 30 million images (photographic prints & film), including WW2 reconnaissance photography & survey imagery.
https://t.co/yeG2bt9cfH

[Lesley Ferguson @elmfer17]

Great to see that colleagues in NCAP have been nominated. It is quite amazing to witness the robots at work!

[Historic Environment Scotland @HistEnvScot]

The National Collection of Aerial Photography has been shortlisted for #MandHAwards2024 Innovator of the Year!

NCAP use specialist collaborative robots – or cobots - to scan and digitise tens of thousands of historic photographs every week.

Vote here 👉 https://t.co/RPZWO6xBWl

[Historic Environment Scotland @HistEnvScot]

The National Collection of Aerial Photography has been shortlisted for #MandHAwards2024 Innovator of the Year!

NCAP use specialist collaborative robots – or cobots - to scan and digitise tens of thousands of historic photographs every week.

Vote here 👉 https://t.co/RPZWO6xBWl