Ask Archivists Day

On Thursday 9th June 2011 RCAHMS is participating in 'Ask Archivists Day'. A unique worldwide question and answer session, the initiative allows anyone to put questions directly to archive, museum and gallery archivists live on the web.

‘Ask Archivists’ is hosted on Twitter where you can find out how to take part, see a list of participating cultural venues, or follow the questions other people are asking with the hashtag #AskArchivists.

RCAHMS staff ready to answer your questions from 9.30am to 5pm GMT are:

• Lesley Ferguson: Head of Collections
• Veronica Fraser: Accessions Programme Manager
• Kirsty Lingstadt: Collections Operational Manager
• Tizzy Main: Paper Conservator
• Jennie Marshall: Collections and Access Manager
• Sharon McMeekin: Digital Archivist
• Jane Thomas: Collections Development Project Manager

You might like to ask:

• What is in our collections
• What sort of archives do we hold on buildings and archaeology
• What is the oldest item in our collection
• What is the strangest item in our collection
• What are our favourite items
• How do we catalogue
• How do we conserve and look after our archives
• How do we curate digital archives
• What are our day to day duties
• What is the best thing about being an archivist