Category: Technology and innovation Behind the scenesIntroducing our new ‘Book a visit to view our documents’ serviceThursday 15 April 2021With seat reservations and advance document ordering remaining in place for now to help...Behind the scenesIntroducing Project EtnaFriday 12 March 2021If you’ve been following Project Alpha’s progress on this blog over the past year...Archives and archivistsMaps and materiality: Charting a course to the past using AIThursday 11 March 2021Maps have often been studied from a historical and geographical point of view, but...Archives and archivistsHello British Science Week!Friday 5 March 2021When people think about science, GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are probably...Technology and innovationHow to automate your work with command lineTuesday 2 March 2021At the UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA) we crawled a large number of Brexit-related...Records and researchThe makings of manuscripts: More than what’s written on the pageFriday 5 February 2021To celebrate National Storytelling Week 2021 I want to dive into the world of...Archives and archivistsSmoke and mirrors: Revealing the Gunpowder Plot through heritage scienceThursday 5 November 2020When The National Archives’ Collection Care Department purchased a multispectral imaging system last year,...Archives and archivistsAfter the crowds disperse: Crowdsourced data rediscovered and researchedWednesday 21 October 2020In July, we introduced you to the Engaging Crowds project with Exploring the possibilities...Archives and archivistsWatermarks: New ways to see and search themThursday 30 July 2020If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a...Archives and archivistsQuantifying digital preservation risks using statisticsFriday 17 July 2020The National Archives has been working with statisticians from the University of Warwick and...Managing informationThe National Bibliographic KnowledgebaseWednesday 15 July 2020The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) is a search site that allows for searching for...Archives and archivistsDon’t get trampled in the online rush: Advice for making archive collections accessible during the shutdownFriday 10 April 2020In a rush to digital, important things sometimes get forgotten.... « 1 2 3 4 5 … 19 »