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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by both
Authorities, no interests were declared. |
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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Minutes: Resolved that the
Minutes of the West Glamorgan Archives Committee meeting held on 15 June 2018 be
approved as a correct record, subject to the name of Councillor W F Griffiths being
deleted from the list of Members present and added to the list of apologies. |
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Report of the County Archivist. Minutes: The County Archivist presented a report which outlined the
work of the Joint Archive Service during the period June – August 2018. Use of the Service He reported on the use of the Service for the quarter. He referred to the comparison of statistics
for 2017 and 2018 and detailed the background and rationale behind them. He referred to the increase in views of the online catalogue
via the Archives Hub, and the resultant impact on the number of hits to the Archives
pages. Service Outreach He referred to the collaborative working with Swansea Museum, the Dylan Thomas
Centre, Richard Burton Archives Swansea University and the Women’s Archive
Wales to create three versions of an exhibition celebrating the centenary of
the extension of suffrage to women in 1918. He indicated that the larger, more academic
touring exhibition is currently on display in the Swansea Civic Centre foyer. It
will then be displayed at the Women’s Archive Wales conference in October
and at Taliesin Create on the Swansea University Singleton campus. The smaller touring exhibition has been and
will be displayed at the following Swansea venues: Volcano Theatre, YMCA,
Terrace Road Primary School & African Community Centre. A fixed exhibition will be installed from mid September and will be on display until the
end of the year at Swansea Museum. He indicated that the Service would welcome
more bookings, particularly bookings from schools and from venues in
Neath Port Talbot for either of the two touring exhibitions. He stated that work is underway to create an
online resource on the Service’s website to commemorate the centenary of the
end of World War 1. The intention is that this resource will go live
in November. Publications He indicated that the publication ‘The
Parish of Llangyfelach: Landed Estates, Farms
and Families’ by Jeff Childs will be published and launched during the Autumn. It will be a joint publication between the
author and the Archive Service with
the stock being divided equally between the two parties. He
outlined that there would be one further publication before the Service’s Publications programme was wound up, a volume describing the post-war Rebuilding
of Swansea. It would be published in
2019. He
referred to the potential for the Service in the future to start publishing
eBooks as an alternative to hard copy versions. Education
Service/Talks to Groups He
referred to education sessions undertaken at Cefn Hengoed Community School and St
Helen’s Primary and a talk given to Ystradgynlais Family History Society Professional Meeting and Partnership Working He reported on the various meetings attended by staff during
the quarter. Staff He reported that John Moffat, a recent MA graduate in
History from Glasgow University has been appointed as the Archive Trainee for
2018/19. Archive Collections He reported on the list of archives received by the Service
during the quarter. |