The Business Bites webinar series is back. Everyone is invited to this informal webinar, where current challenges, successes and ideas are shared at a lunchtime meeting.
The theme of this event is – Cataloguing Business Archives
Where: Online – via Zoom
When: 26/02/2025 12.30 – 13.30
What: Cataloguing is a main component of an Archivist’s work. But there is no one size fits all process, and the subject matter of a collection can dictate the way it is catalogued and made available. This is particularly true of Business Archive collections, where not only the subject matter, but also organisational pressures, processes and understanding of archives can all impact on how collections are catalogued. The source of the funding used to catalogue the collection can also have an impact on process.
Business Archive Council Cataloguing Grant winners, Dorset History Centre, will be talking about their experience of cataloguing The Yellow Buses Archive. The Yellow Buses collection is the largest transport collection held at the DHC and is unique in its size and breadth.
The Whyte & Mackay collection is held as part of the University of Glasgow’s Archives and Special Collections’ Scottish Business Archive, which has an on-going agreement with Whyte & Mackay for the management of its corporate archive. This large collection captures almost 200 years of distilling history in Scotland, including corporate, financial, sales, production and promotional records. This talk will outline the ways in which we utilised the functionality of our collection management system, EMu, to catalogue an extensive set of business records, covering multiple subsidiary companies with complex interlinked relationships.
Our speakers will be
– Emma Blowers – Dorset History Centre
Emma Blowers has worked in Dorset Council's Archives and Records Service since June 2023. She is currently working in two roles as Digital Preservation Archivist and on the cataloguing projects for the business archives of Yellow Buses (Bournemouth Transport Ltd) and Wessex Water.
Dorset History Centre is the archives service and local studies library for Dorset including Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole. We hold the archives of Dorset ranging from Council records, to businesses and personal collections, as well as books and other publications.
- Kath Roper-Caldbeck - University of Glasgow
Kath Roper-Caldbeck has been an Archive Cataloguer at Archives and Special Collections (ASC), University of Glasgow since 2019, after starting as a volunteer in 2018 whilst completing her MSc in Information Management and Preservation at the same institution. Prior to this she was Archive Manager at The Modern Institute, Glasgow, a contemporary art gallery. Her work at ASC has a focus on the Scottish Business Archive, with most recent collections including the brewing and distilling industries.
This webinar is open to all but future events may be members only. To join either organisation, see, https://businessarchivescouncil.org.uk or https://busarchscot.org.uk/
