National Archives - Kew Tips?

No more Directors or Non-Executive Directors or Board Meeting minutes published since my last post on 17th March.

But there is a Complaints Policy written by the Operations Director, or published below his name in "March 2021."

See here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/complaints-policy.pdf

 

Reopening 27th April, same restrictions as before.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/coronavirus-update/

 

Gary,

Are you sure that's not an April Fool's joke?

Yipeeeee!

Regards

Tom

 

let’s hope so !

 

Anyone know what the "large accession of Ministry of Defence service records" referenced in this job ad could be?

Archivist (Military Records Project) - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK

 

Extract from Job Description for this post.

"The National Archives will be receiving a vast historic collection of 9 million military personnel service records over the next few years, including those from the Second World War. We need to grow our team to support this special transfer project and to back-fill for other activities relating to the accessioning of new government records, regardless of medium."

 

Could be a cool job . But £29 K and living in commuter land ?

 

I'd get them all copied in under six months once I got my Mojo back

 

I thought that - it’s not even permanent.

 

I wonder how much Ancestry or FMP will be paying for these? If it means they get digitised quicker and to a high standard then I suppose that’s a price worth paying.

 

I suspect demand for war diaries will rocket once they are digitised.

 

Hi Did a thread get started for TNA file swaps?

 

Ready,
Steady,
Go!!
Reading room bookings live from Monday 19 April - The National Archives

 

"12 documents per day limit"

They're still persisting with this ********, I note.

 

I made a serious enquiry a few years back when they were looking for three new posts dealing with the then forthcoming WW1 medical cards. They thanked me but said they were leaning towards graduates with a degree in either History or English. I replied that they might be better off with applicants who had an interest in the subject matter and an understanding of what researchers wanted when accessing the files.

 

I see the first day's booking is going swimmingly.



Feeding Time In The Shark Tank:
https://twitter.com/UkNatArchives/status/1384103662566342661



Edit:

 

Did you really expect anything else ?

 

It’s working this evening - booked a visit, ordered 12 documents, be still my beating heart!!

regards

Tom