News
The latest news, articles and press releases from AM.
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AM builds on Apartheid South Africa resource with release of newly-available documents from The National Archives, UK
Featuring newly released documents from The National Archives, UK, the latest instalment in the AM Archives Direct series, "Apartheid South Africa, module IV: Resistance, Sanctions and Reform, 1981-1988," offers an unparalleled exploration of the UK's interaction with South Africa during a pivotal era in the apartheid regime.
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AM launches new AV resource, Hindi Cinema: Histories of Film-making
AM's new AV resource, sourced from Nasreen Munni Kabir's private collection, contains unedited interviews with Indian film personalities from the 'Golden Age' of Hindi cinema. With over 70 hours of footage and 130 film posters from the British Film Institute, the interviews offer unique insights into Hindi cinema and its film-making process.
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AM partners with Galt Museum & Archives for Ukrainian Archival Summer School
AM is proud to partner with the Galt Museum & Archives on the AM Archival School for Ukraine, a pioneering initiative that seeks to unite Ukrainian archival professionals with international experts to preserve the country's cultural heritage amid ongoing conflict.
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Durham County Library completes migration to AM Quartex with launch of new North Carolina Collection
Created and launched using the powerful and intuitive AM Quartex platform, Durham County Library’s newly-published collection provides unprecedented digital access to the library’s diverse material.
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AM awarded Best Reference title by Library Journal
AM has received the prestigious 'Best Reference' title from Library Journal for its collection, Conflict in Indochina. Judges praised the collection's "unique perspective on the broader impact of the Vietnam War [... allowing] researchers to deepen their knowledge of this tumultuous time in history."
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AM builds on successful East India Company resource with new Board of Commissioners module
The latest module of the flagship East India Company resource, drawn from the holdings of the British Library, spotlights the role of the influential Board of Commissioners in the administration of the East India Company and its role in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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AM uncovers and amplifies the hidden voices of everyday women with the publication of its latest primary source database
AM’s newly-published resource Women’s Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 brings together diaries and oral histories from regional and national archives across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to enable students and researchers to explore the lives of hundreds of individuals from diverse backgrounds, from abolitionists to suffragists, and royalty to republicans.
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Digital access in a pandemic: Integrating and utilising AM’s Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings at UCLA
From UCLA's Ethnomusicology Archive, Maureen Russell, Archivist, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Supeena Insee Adler explain how a programme of promotion and training on the use of AM’s Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings enhanced both study and teaching of the resource, and covered for the loss of the physical archival experience during the pandemic.
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The unique opportunities of audio-visual primary sources in opening up new pathways to discover, learn and create
AM's Louise Hemmings explores the unique impact and inherent worth of audio-visual primary sources for higher education teaching and research, and how AM has utilised and facilitated AV content both in our own collections and with our digital collections platform, AM Quartex.
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Expanding Access to Digital Primary Sources for National History Day
In 2019, the University of Minnesota approached a group of publishers, including award-winning primary sources publisher AM, to support their project helping school students to prepare for National History Day. Dot Kelly, Engagement Manager at AM, explains how the collaborative initiative was developed and has helped expand access to digital primary sources, inspiring school students across Minnesota.
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Amnesty International Archives published by AM, charting the history of the global human rights movement in the twentieth century
Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights, the newly-published primary source database from AM, invites students and researchers to explore the history of the leading human rights NGO, and how their activities intersected with other key events in the development of the idea of universal human rights.
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Leveraging Innovative Collaboration to Empower Digital Special Collections
The Loyola Marymount University (LMU) adopted AM Quartex in 2019. Neel Agrawal, Digital Projects Librarian, William H. Hannon Library, explores how innovative partnerships and collaborations have contributed to the development of the library's digital collections.