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World-Wide Directory of Repositories holding Artistic & Literary Archives

SLA’s World-Wide Directory of Repositories holding Artistic & Literary Archives was revised, updated and expanded during the last three months of 2015, with the help of a small grant from ICA’s Programme Commission (PCOM). I would like now to invite … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Archival Uncertainties – International Conference on Literary Archives – 4 April 2016

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This upcoming conference to be held at the British Library Conference Centre,  London on 4 April 2016, represents an opportunity to explore the uncertain future of literary archival sources in the present age. While information technology is changing rapidly and … Continue reading

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Literary Archives in Namibia

In October 2015, a programme of workshops on literary manuscripts was hosted by the National Archives of Namibia and the National Library of Namibia, with presentations from several SLA members, under the auspices of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network. The … Continue reading

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Authors & Their Papers

The document entitled Authors & Their Papers has been collaboratively produced by British and Commonwealth colleagues, to provide guidance for negotiations between archivists and (especially literary) authors who are considering disposing of their papers. The latest version is available to … Continue reading

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Sifting through Robert Creeley’s literary email archives with ePADD

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A team at Stanford Libraries has developed an open-source software program to help manage email archives. The package known as ePADD was released in July 2015 and is available for free. Digital archivists at Stanford have already used the program … Continue reading

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SLA Committee / Bureau / Comité Directeur, 2015-2019: decision / décision

Dear SLA Colleagues, I am pleased to announce, after the closure of nominations yesterday, that the following Committee has been elected for the period from October 2015 to October 2019: Leonor Calvão Borges Fatoumata Cissé Diara Heather Dean Rachel Foss … Continue reading

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English Literary Heritage Conference: Registration Open

Registration for the English Literary Heritage Conference is now open. This interdisciplinary conference aims to consider the interpretation of literary heritage objects in archives, museums and literary houses. It aims to stimulate an inclusive discussion about new and innovative ways … Continue reading

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SLA Comité directeur / Steering Committee, 2015-2019

Dear SLA Colleagues, 2015 is the year in which we need to renew the membership of our steering committee. The following committee was elected in Toledo, Spain in 2011 for a four-year term: Jamie Andrews Leonor Calvão Borges Fatoumata Cissé … Continue reading

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Diasporic and literary archives on the agenda in Malta

The Commonwealth and its People: Diasporas, Identities, Memories (DIM’2015) Conference and Exhibition, affiliated with the People’s Forum of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Valletta, Malta 24-25 June 2015 The Commonwealth is one of the most striking examples of extensive relocation … Continue reading

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International Archives Day 2015: call for contributions

From Deborah Jenkins, Chair of SLMT: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES DAY (9 JUNE 2015) The message below appears in the following official ICA languages: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. It will shortly be available on the ICA website in many … Continue reading

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