Blog
Advice and expertise from AM, and special guest posts by leading archivists, academics and librarians from around the world.
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Six tips for reviewing the accessibility of your digital collections
From open communication to honesty and pragmatism, library and archive practitioners from Syracuse University Libraries, Towson University Special Collections and University Archives, and AM, share their advice for those considering how to embed accessibility into digital collections.
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The RSC’s ‘Yuppie’ Romeo and Juliet
AM Editor, Matthew Brand takes a look at some of the RSC prompt books in our our newest Shakespeare collection, pulling out the visually stunning 1986 ‘Yuppie’ production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Michael Bogdanov and starring Sean Bean and Niamh Cusack.
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Embedding accessibility into digital collections: Putting theory into practice
In part 1 of her blog, Helen Duriez, Head of Product at AM, considered why accessibility matters and to whom. In part 2, discover examples of institutions using our technology to serve their audiences as well as how we consider accessibility in the context of our own primary source collections.
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Embedding accessibility into digital collections: Why accessibility matters
In the first of a two-part blog, Helen Duriez, Head of Product at AM, considers what accessibility means to us as a digital publisher and creator of Quartex, and reveals how we hold ourselves to account when it comes to meeting our customers' requirements.
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One DAMS, multiple applications: maximising return on investment in the context of digital collections
The myriad benefits of serving multiple audiences with separate digital collections sites, all managed from one flexible, powerful and efficient DAMS, are being realised by libraries and archives across the US and around the world. Learn from the examples set by San Francisco State University, Harris County Public Library and Harris County Archives, and Syracuse University.
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Envisioning “The Fabulous Future” of mass communications through David Sarnoff’s speeches
AM Senior Editor, Sophie Heath looks at our newest module, highlighting some of David Sarnoff's speeches and articles sharing his visions for the broadcasting industry, now digitised from the David Sarnoff Papers held at Hagley Museum and Library as part of our Broadcasting America: The Rise of Mass Media and Communications.
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The Berlin Conference and the New Imperialism in Africa
Eleanor Masters, Editorial Assistant at AM dives into our newest module Africa and the New Imperialism looking at the significance of the Berlin Conference from 1888-1885.
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Why access to archives matters
Like many members of the AM team, Ana Attrill-Klein, who recently joined our Customer Experience team, has a background working in libraries and archives. In this blog, Ana shares how these experiences have strengthened her belief in archival materials being accessible to all.
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Five ways Quartex promotes effective and efficient working
We designed AM Quartex with ease of use and efficient working practices front of mind. In a recent webinar, we explored some of the key processes in Quartex that ease digital asset management; here are five of them.
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If a woman smiles, her dress must also smile: 1930s fashion in Interwar Culture
Eleanor Cambridge, Assistant Editor at AM explores the newest module for Interwar Culture, focusing on two fashion designers from the period, who have been largely forgotten.
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Christmas at Sea: Grog, ghosts and good old carols
Courtney Priday, Assistant Editor at AM, dives into our brand new Life at Sea collection to find out how Christmas would have been spent aboard ships during the Age of Sail. These documents provide fantastic insight into the relationships of crew members, their leisure activities and general morale aboard ship.
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100 Years of the BBC in the Mass Observation Project
Editorial Assistant Stewart Pospischil takes a look back through Mass Observation Project and the 2004 Spring directive giving us an insight into what the British public really thought about the BBC.