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Digital Preservation Officer @MRCWarwick digital preservation,archives, public engagement. Views own unless a repost. Over there as https://teapawt.org/t.co/P9ejvbYxPb

West Midlands, England
Joined December 2011
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
Don't erase history - preserve it! And we can't do that without archivists, digital preservation specialists, archive assistants, conservators and the all important depositors - so today's tweet is dedicated to them all. Below: our free 'Don't Erase History' rubbers 😁#archives
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
Our first 50 years in podcast form! Find out more about the MRC's 50th anniversary celebrations at warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… , including symposium & seminar recordings, & online exhibition featuring highlights from the archive collections
New Episode: Reflecting on the Modern Record Centre’s First Half Century: In Conversation with Pierre Botcherby & Rachel MacGregor spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e… #mrc #podcast #exchanges
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You can hear me and my colleague Pierre chat about @MRCWarwick 's 50th Anniversary, both the Symposium and Exchanges Journal Special Issue: exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/inde…
New Episode: Reflecting on the Modern Record Centre’s First Half Century: In Conversation with Pierre Botcherby & Rachel MacGregor spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e… #mrc #podcast #exchanges
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
Happy 50th anniversary to @warwickarts Here are a few images selected by the @uniofwarwick Archivist from a recent deposit 😍#WarwickArtsCentre #UniversityofWarwick More celebrations here: warwickartscentre.co.uk/rebe…
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
The Metropolitan Coloured Peoples Housing Association was a Black led Housing Assocation set up in 1957 to tackle the lack of affordable and quality housing for the Windrush generation. Explore more sources for post WW2 migration here: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #BlackHistoryMonth
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"Fascist car"👇👇👇
OTD in 1936 the Battle of #CableStreet took place in London as anti-fascist activists clashed with the Met Police. Read eye witness accounts from the Independent Labour Party leaflet commemorating this historic event: mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/…
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Our MRC 50th Anniversary special edition of the Exchanges Journal @ExchangesIAS is now published! This special edition contains papers from our research symposium last year, all featuring our varied collections. Read it online here: doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v11i4
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A training workshop to enable delegates to start to develop a business case proposal for digital preservation 🗓️Weds 13 November 1:15 to 4:30pm @LibraryofBham Free to #ArchivesWM member services (fee for non-members) For full booking details 👇 archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/…
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Here's me contributing to the @ExchangesIAS special issue celebrating 50 years of @MRCWarwick following the #mrc50 conference. On my perpetual use of the @BASW_UK archives, and what it means for @SocWkHistory and the history of the welfare state. exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/inde…
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
Join us @AstonHistory @AstonUniversity in #Birmingham (2 Oct, 5:30 pm) for this unique opportunity to discuss with @ChrisEvansMP how we can shape the future of History (discipline and practice within and outside universities) for the benefit of all. eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-t…
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
We're delighted to announce that catalogues for 5 collections relating to early mining unions are now available online, the first to be available as part of our 3 year project to conserve & catalogue the NUM archives! Find out more at warwick.ac.uk/services/libra…
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My article based on the PROS archive @MRCWarwick first presented at the MRC@50 day conference is finally published 🥳 If you'd like to have a read, follow the link in the post below (entirely open access!), and scroll all the way down to page 124.
ICYMI: The new issue of Exchanges arrived yesterday - why not give us a read as we celebrate 50 years of the Modern Records Centre research archive. Free and fully open access here: exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/inde…
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These are fantastic awards highlighting some of the brilliant work going on in #digipres - I've had a look through the nominees and already got several piv]ces of work I want to follow up (@bishbashbackup and @mopennock looking at you both for example!). #DPA2024 #ipres2024
If you can't wait until later today... here's a sneaky peek 👀at the #iPres2024 and #DigitalPreservation #Awards #DPA2024 venue, where we'll hold the ceremony at 1500 UTC / 1700 CET! 🎉🎉🎉 See you sooooon... bit.ly/DPAwards2024
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Rachel MacGregor retweeted
The University's Special Collections includes some wonderful publications including this 1587 edition of Boccaccio's Decameron. More here: warwick.ac.uk/services/libra… #FiftyObjectsFriday
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I missed it so yes please!
I look forward to meeting all who have booked for this talk and hope that you enjoy it. If you missed the cut and are on the reserve list, do not despair. We at the Friends of Birmingham Archives & Heritage (FoBAH) are working on a repeat performance and will be in touch soon.
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The whole @uniofwarwick community was saddened to hear of the death of our former Chancellor Sir "Sonny" Ramphal who served in office from 1989-2002. You can read about his achievements here: warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/in… Our sympathy to his family and friends.
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