Blog
Advice and expertise from AM, and special guest posts by leading archivists, academics and librarians from around the world.
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Celebration and subversion: the power of song in Hindi cinema
The Indian film industry is the largest in the world by film output and not far behind in terms of revenue. This blog dives into Hindi cinema's cultural resonance, showcasing interviews and on-set footage with key figures in the industry from Hindi Cinema: Histories of Film-making.
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Electric dreams and excess in the 1980s
Step into the vibrant tapestry of the 1980s, where anti-nuclear protests, political upheavals, and iconic figures like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan mingled with the neon glow of shoulder pads, arcade games, and synthesizers.
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Visual protest: The art of Amnesty International
Amnesty International Archives features hundreds of thousands of images, including every Urgent Action issued between 1974-1991 detailing requests for action to intercede in humanitarian crises and protest atrocities around the world. The campaigns, internal developments and press perceptions of Amnesty are all explored in detail through the documents that are featured in the resource.
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Love in the Archive
Women’s Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 offers access to everyday experiences and social worlds, whilst encouraging us to engage with women’s own understandings of the contexts in which they lived. Claire Langhamer, Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of Modern History, University of London, discusses the topic of romantic love using resources from within the collection.
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What to ask about digital collections migration support
Whatever your drivers for change, the migration of your digital collections requires planning, resources, strategic buy-in and, not least, the support services of your chosen vendor. Given how important these migration support services can be, it’s crucial to ask some fundamental questions to, as far as possible, guarantee a smooth experience.
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Celebrating milestones and anniversaries with digital exhibits
Harris County Public Library celebrated its centenary with over two dozen digital exhibits that chart its history from the first library stations to becoming America’s tenth largest public library system. CJ Williams, Technical Services Manager, reflects on her experience of creating exhibits using AM Quartex and offers advice for establishing efficient exhibit workflows.
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Implementing AM Quartex to drive a digital shift
In the first of a new blog series, Joanne Fitton, Deputy Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries at the University of Liverpool, charts the journey so far in effecting digital change across the institution's heritage services.
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From "potted sunshine" to animated diagrams: Topical Budget and the filming of British Newsreels
Comprising over six thousand films, British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film represents the vast majority of surviving Topical Budget newsreels, now digitised and presented together for the first time. Jade Bailey, Assistant Editor, AM looks at a number of the black and white, silent newsreels which focus on the process of filmmaking itself and new techniques of the time which are interspersed throughout the collection.
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Colonial Violence in the Caribbean: The Morant Bay Rebellion and the Royal Commission of Inquiry
Beth Abbott, Editor, delves into reports, evidence and correspondence from another brutal chapter in the history of colonial violence in Jamaica in the third and final module of Colonial Caribbean . The Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, marked a tragic episode in the Caribbean's history of colonial violence and this blog looks at the brutal response by Governor Eyre and colonial authorities, which led to indiscriminate violence and death and the subsequent Royal Commission of Inquiry.
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Making it personal: the power of digital archives to foster our sense of belonging
What would it mean to see yourself or your own lived experience within a digital archive? In his first blog for AM, Jameson Worley uses his personal experience to answer these questions. And he explores the ways in which digital archives have fostered his own sense of community belonging.
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"Social Coventry": the trials and tribulations of the Phnom Penh embassy
Alex Barr, Assistant Editor looks at the reports, telegrams and correspondence in AM's newest module, documenting the events and aftermath of the attach on the British Embassy in March 1964.
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Adopt, migrate, launch: now what? Using digital collections to build community
Having launched your digital collections, how will you build engagement and develop a sense of community? Learn from three institutions that are successfully using Quartex to strengthen engagement with their user communities.