This week begins our two week Archive Stock Take 2012. This annual spring-clean is a chance to carry out tasks that we wouldn’t otherwise have the time or space for. This is something many archives carry out and is a great way of making sure everything is where it is supposed to be!
- The BPMA Search Room is closed since 14 May until 25 May 2012 during our annual stock take
This year our focus is very much on the BPMA’s planned move to Calthorpe House. As you can imagine there is a lot of work that needs to be done before an archive is moved, the work we do in this Stock Take will help us get there.
In the Archive Repository: Loose registered files in the process of being boxed up.
To this end, many of this year’s stock take tasks are geared towards these aims. For example we’ll be removing duplicate material from the collections where this exists, we’re boxing loose files so that they are well protected for moving, we’ll be sending records to the BT Archives, we’re carrying out an audit of specific parts of our collections and we’re doing a spot of office filing.
Confidential waste in the search room ready to be taken away.
All these tasks and more will be taking place over this week and next and we’ll be keeping you up to date here through a series of blog entries, a few members of the team will details of their specific tasks and how they’re getting on.
Adam Hillhouse , Archivist
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