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).

The deadline for this year's applications has now closed. Information on the 2012 Grant will appear here in due course. The 2011 application form and criteria/guidance notes are provided for reference only.

Any questions should be addressed to Karen Sampson, Honorary Secretary of the Business Archives Council (email: karen.sampson@lloydsbanking.com; telephone: 020 7860 5762).