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Engaging with Archives and Heritage: charting the student experience at the University of Birmingham
Helen Fisher, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
Aims• To enhance the
student learning experience
• To add to the existing archive
• To develop multimedia and public engagement activities
• To work towards a long term aim of producing a cultural and social history of the University
Initial steps…• Project with final year
BA History students and MA West Midlands History students 2011-2012
• Funded by University of Birmingham Annual Giving Programme
• Cadbury Research Library took part in the archive strand to run workshop using material from the university archives
Student recruitment• PG students in the
College of Arts and Law
• October 2012-March 2013
• Initial workshop then regular follow up meetings
• Student led activities with academic and archivist support
Project activities• Archives skills –
indexing and survey
• Contemporary collecting – film making, gathering memories from alumni
• Research • Day schools
Evaluation Research based on
student life and experience
Archive skills development
Strengthening collaboration with individual students and staff
x Aspects of contemporary collecting – need better planning with Alumni Office