Philip’s week at the Record Office

This week Philip from Derby undertook a work placement at the Record Office and has written this post to share his experience "While on Work Experience at the Derbyshire Record Office I have worked in a large variety of areas. These varied from the Conservation of Documents to helping to create the Offices new digital …

Calmview is online

In my last post about catalogues, I suggested we might be looking at mid-February for the completion of an upgrade on our catalogue browser. And, OK, it's the last day of February, but we are there. One of the benefits of the new browser (Calmview) is that it allows us to upload images and attach …

Lost and found

One of the most satisfying things about being an archivist is the opportunity it gives you to bring to light new documents which people will have the opportunity to look at in the future. It is doubly satisfying, therefore, to find documents which were once thought to be lost and can now be seen again. …

That hiking picture…

Regarding my last post - well, it seems Fridays bring questions and Mondays bring answers. Lisa has pointed out to me that you can see details of the images on Peakland Heritage by hovering the mouse over the little preview. D'oh! Still, that gives us an opportunity to give credit where it is due - …

A call for help; a polite request

Hullo. This post concerns 2 quite unrelated things - poor netiquette, but I understand these things are tolerated on Fridays. Thing 1: Does anyone know the source of this image on the Peakland Heritage website? http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/gallery/Hiking.jpg We have a researcher who is very eager to have a high-resolution copy, but to oblige we would need …

Anniversary

Exactly one year ago today we opened our newly combined Local Studies and Archive service in our refurbished home in New Street. Thank you to all our customers for their patience and enthusiasm during the past twelve months - we hope you've enjoyed your new Derbyshire Record Office experience as much as we've enjoyed seeing …

A Day In The Life

Have you ever wondered what an archivist actually does? Then join archivist Mark Smith as he tells all about the fascinating and varied work in the daily life of the record office archivists. Wednesday 26 February 2014 2.30pm-3.15pm Derbyshire Record Office £3/£2 (concessions) To book a place call us on 01629 538347 or email us …

National Libraries Day

This Saturday, the 8th of February, is National Libraries Day - an opportunity to celebrate libraries and library services across the UK. Visitors to the Record Office will have seen the exhibition in our reception -  'I Didn't Know You'd Got That!' - showcasing the range of material held in the County Local Studies Library collections.  From …