Liquid Gold - Now Open For Bookings
The conference is being hosted by The Macallan and Sponsored by TownsWeb Archiving Naomi Korn Associates, Preservica and will take place on Thursday 7th
November 2024 at the head offices of the Edrington Group at 100 Queen Street, Glasgow
with online attendance also available.
Our theme is ‘Liquid Gold: realising the potential of your business archive collections’.
Scotland’s most famous spirit and one of the nation’s greatest exports is affectionately
known as liquid gold, and our conference seeks to explore the richness of business archive collections. This will include business archives as assets for their own corporate businesses but will also consider their wider value to society and potential for academic research and public engagement.
Programme:
Social morning (9:30 to 10:30)
The venue will be open from 9:30 for a social breakfast session with tea, coffee & pastries.
Registration and formal conference welcome from 10:15.
Registration
This session will feature the following talks:
The Macallan. Felipe Ferrari, Senior Marketing Manager, The Macallan
Unfinished business: The archive’s role in celebrating 200 years of The
Guardian. Philippa Mole, Head of the Guardian News & Media Archive
Marketing the Archive - Robert Welch Designs Ltd. Charlotte Booth, Company
Archivist, Robert Welch Designs
More than half a ‘Sun-tury’ – how The Times flies when working on
anniversaries. Anne Jensen and Michael-John Jennings, News UK
BREAK
SESSION B ‘outreach, collaboration & partnerships’ (12:15-13:10)
This session will feature the following talks:
“They’re gold”: the value of local newspaper archives to communities. Dr Rachael
Matthews, Associate Director for Research & Engagement at Coventry University
AI at the service of history: The Hennessy example. Christopher Kermovant, Teklia and
Fabienne Moreau, Head of Heritage, Hennessy
Creating a social memory through the business archival collection. Kitty But, Head of
Archives, Hongkong Land Corporate Archives
LUNCH
Session C ‘different routes’ (14:20-15:50)
This session will feature the following talks:
Preserving business history as a business itself – in the public interest. Anders Sjöman,
Head of Client Projects and Communication at the Centre for Business History in
Stockholm
Reckitt Heritage: From Rags to Riches. Dr Grace Chapman, Heritage Advisor, Reckitt
Realising the Commercial Potential of a Business Collection: A Case Study of Clarks
Shoes. Tim Crumplin, Business Archivist, Alfred Gillett Trust/Shoemakers Museum
Design in Colour: The Bernat Klein Collection & Archive at National Museums
Scotland. Lisa Mason, Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design at NMS
BREAK
Session D ‘assets and value of business archives’ (16:10-17:30)
This session will feature the following talks:
‘Great and Ancient,’ Creating Value Through Custodianship of the Swire
Archives. Matthew Edmondson, Senior Archivist, Swire Archives
Goldmine – Looking to the RSHP Archive for Inspiration and Innovation
Aymée Thorne Clarke, Archivist, RSHP / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Adventure in collaboration: unlocking potential of early TV advertising films for public
and commercial good. David Powell, DC Thomson & Co Ltd and Kay Foubister, NLS
Moving Image Archive
Gold Stories From the Levi’s Archives: Lessons on Using Business Archives. Tracey
Panek, Historian & Director, Levi Strauss & Co. Archives
Evening drinks reception
Immediately following the end of the conference, from 17:45
The Macallan will host an evening reception which will include
canapes and an optional whisky tasting in the venue space.
Friday Morning Visit
For delegates still in Glasgow on Friday 8th November, Dr Irene O'Brien, Archivist at Glasgow City Archives, will host a tour of the archive, based at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. A sign up sheet will be available at the conference.
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