BAC Cataloguing Grant for Business Archives
This cataloguing grant is in support of the National Strategy for Business Archives. We hope to make it available annually during strategy implementation, 2010-2015.
The aim of the grant, in funding the cataloguing of a business
collection in either the private or public sector, is to:
• provide financial support for institutions/businesses that
manage business archives
• reach collections that have not yet been prioritised but
have potential academic or socio-historical value
• create opportunities for archivists, or
para-professionals/volunteers to gain experience in listing
business collections
• make more business collections accessible
We envisage that the £2000 grant will be used over the
equivalent of a 4-week
period to fund an archive intern
or temporary staff
member (under
professional supervision), to catalogue a
discrete collection of business records. This can either be a
detailed catalogue of a small collection or a top-level catalogue
of a more substantial collection. Grant recipients should provide
the BAC with an article for its newsletter, and the catalogue
should be made available to the National Register of Archives
(published by The National Archives). Any questions about the grant
should be addressed to Karen Sampson, Honorary Secretary of the
Business Archives Council, at:
email: karen.sampson@lloydstsb.co.uk
tel: 020 7489 3945
The deadline for applications for the 2010 grant has now passed and the winners have been announced. Information about applying for the 2011 grant will appear here in due course. For reference please download the 2010 application form and the criteria/guidance notes.