Just the ticket! Changing tracks and bridging the gaps in core archival practices.
A Business Archives Conference, 13th November 2025, York
In 2025 the Business Archives Council and the Business Archives Council of
Scotland will hold their joint annual conference in York. The conference will take
place on Thursday 13th November 2025 at the National Railway Museum with online
attendance also available.
Our theme is Just the Ticket! Changing tracks and bridging the gaps in core archival
practices. This conference theme will explore the idea of going back to basics in our
modern world and share new approaches to core archival activities such as
appraisal and cataloguing, collections care and access to archives. As well as
innovative ways in which archivists have advocated for their service, positioned
themselves in their organisation or delivered outreach activities.
Programme
Just the Ticket!
Changing tracks and bridging the gaps in core archival practices.
Networking & Registration
09:45 Networking breakfast session (tea/coffee with pastries)
10.15 Registration
10:30 Welcome. Andrew McLean, Head Curator & Assistant Director, the National Railway Museum
Session A
10:40 Locos and LLMs – driving two revolutions. Saul Nassé, Keeper of Public Records and Historical Manuscripts Commissioner, The National Archives
11:00 Made in Scotland: Business Archives and Community Connections. Audrey Wilson, Partnership and Engagement Manager, Scottish Council on Archives
11:20 Railway Industry National Archive Surveying Project. Danielle Spargo – Railway Industry
National Archives Surveying Officer, and Alison Petersen – Senior Curator of Archives and
Railway Collections, National Railway Museum
11:40 Q&A
11:50 BREAK Tea/Coffee (15 mins)
Session B
12:05 Sponsor Spotlight: Preservica
12:10 A Cabinet of Valuable Things: challenges and opportunities during an archive move. Fiona Doran, Archive Programme Manager, National Trust for Scotland
12:30 Last stop, Newhaven: Cataloguing the digital legacy of Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd & the Edinburgh Trams Project. Ray Moore, Records & Archives Officer, Edinburgh City Archives
12:50 Q&A
13:00 LUNCH (1 hour)
Session C
14:00 Sponsor Spotlight: Naomi Korn Associates
14:05 Building a methodology for archiving the work of the National Theatre. Dr Erin Lee, Head of Archive, National Theatre
14:25 Food For Talk: Co-curation and Co-evaluation for Dementia Lead Practice. Allison Foster, Archivist, Sainsbury Archive
14:45 Beyond the Lens: How Volunteers Help Preserve and Widen Access to the GNM Archive’s Photography Collections. Emma Aitken, Archivist, Guardian News & Media Archive
15:05 Q&A
15:15 BREAK Tea/Coffee with biscuits (20 mins)
Session D
15:35 Sponsor Spotlight: TownsWeb Archiving
15:40 Designing New Forms of Public Engagement. Geoff Shearcroft, Director, AOC architecture
16:00 Islamic Relief Worldwide: Finding Uses and Users in the In-House Archive. Thomas Poole, Archivist, Islamic Relief Worldwide
16:20 The Business of Archives: Refreshing the Conversation between Academics and Archivists – an update. Alix Green, University of Essex and Kiara King, the Ballast Trust
16:35 Sponsor Spotlight: Soutron
16:40 Q&A and closing remarks
17:00 Finish with evening drinks reception from 17:30 to 19:00
Our Just the Ticket business archives conference has been sponsored by
Preservica, Naomi Korn Associates, TownsWeb Archiving and Soutron.
