Religious Archives Group Conference 2012
‘Stand at the Door and Knock: Access to Religious Archives’
The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, 26 June 2012 (Summary and papers)
Programme
10:20 Registration
10:40 Welcome
10:50 Access to Religious Archives in Public and Private Hands, Paul Shaw, Archivist, Poor Servants of the Mother of God and Jeff Gerhardt, Senior Archivist, London Metropolitan Archives
11:25 Coffee
11:45 St Bartholomew’s Day 1662: Creating the Exhibition, Gareth Lloyd, Methodist Archivist, John Rylands Library
This session will include a tour of the exhibition St Bartholomew’s Day 1662: The triumph of bigotry and the birth of toleration
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Religious Archives Group AGM, including an opportunity for members to share news and updates
14:30 Digitisation at John Rylands Library: the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care, Carol Burrows, CHICC, John Rylands Library
15:05 Choice of breakout sessions – either:
1. Digitising the York Cause Papers, Paul Dryburgh, Archivist, Borthwick Institute
Or
2. The Giant Qu’ran of Kansuh al-Guri, Jamie Robinson, CHICC, John Rylands Library
15:40 The Building on History Project, John Maiden, Open University
16:15 Wrap up
16:25 Finish
