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ESRC Research Methods Festival 30 June 2008

ESRC Research Methods Festival 30 June 2008. Vanessa Carr, Head of Academic Liaison May 2008. What is an archive?. Definition Different types of archives Archival integrity. Value of archives in research. Primary source, raw data, uninterpreted Provision of factual information

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ESRC Research Methods Festival 30 June 2008

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  1. ESRC Research Methods Festival30 June 2008 Vanessa Carr, Head of Academic Liaison May 2008

  2. What is an archive? • Definition • Different types of archives • Archival integrity

  3. Value of archives in research • Primary source, raw data, uninterpreted • Provision of factual information • To gather data for manipulation or statistical purposes

  4. What is The National Archives? • Background • Holdings • Vision

  5. Who uses The National Archives? • The various sectors and interests • The academic sector

  6. The National Archives’ own research agenda • Independent Research Organisation status • Interpretive research • Conservation and preservation • Born-digital records • Research methodologies in the 21st century

  7. Academic liaison • Existing users • New audiences – social scientists and historians of health and medicine • Academic strategy

  8. Sources for social scientists • Policy, registers, correspondence, proformae • National Digital Archive of Datasets • Some of the main government departments and subjects • Government web archive • Public Sector Information

  9. Scoping study into sources for social scientists • Financed by the ESRC • To build on the work done in the 1970s • Summary report available on the ESRC website at: • http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/about/CI/CP/tna/ • Recommendations

  10. Some specific projects • Royal Navy surgeons’ journals • Using archival sources to inform contemporary policy debates • Poor Law correspondence • Census data for academic use • Electronic patients records

  11. Possible projects • Household expenditure surveys • Criminal registers • Home Office correspondence • CASE studentships • Public policy seminars

  12. Thank you! Vanessa Carr vanessa.carr@nationalarchives.gov.uk www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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