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Election of Vice Chairs for the Municipal Year 2019-2020. Minutes: Resolved that
Councillors R V Smith and P A Rees be elected Vice
Chairs of the Committee for the 2019-2020 Municipal Year. Councillor R V Smith (Vice Chair) presided |
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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 March 2019 be approved as a correct record, subject to the addition of
Councillor W F Griffiths to the list of apologies. |
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Report of the County Archivist. PDF 125 KB Minutes: The County Archivist presented a report which outlined the
work of the Joint Archive Service during the period March – May 2019. Use of the Service He reported on the use of the Service for the quarter and also
referred to the comparison of statistics for 2017/18 and 2018/19 and detailed
the background and rationale behind the statistics. He expressed hope that the figures seemed to have stabilised
now after a period of change brought about by reductions in service in both
Swansea and Neath over the past few years. The vast amount of material that is available online now has
also impacted on visitor numbers, although engagement with the public has
increased due to the use of social media. Service Outreach The County Archivist reported that the exhibition
commemorating the 50th anniversary of Swansea being awarded city
status had been completed and was currently on display outside the Archives
search room in the civic centre. It
would be displayed at the Air Show in July and was available for display in
venues across the City. He indicated the progress made on the book “A new, even
better Abertawe: the rebuilding of Swansea 1941-1961”. It was currently at the
proof reading stage and would hopefully be launched at an event during the
autumn. He detailed the sessions delivered to schools and students
from Swansea University during the quarter. Discussion took place around the promotion of the service to
schools, which included education sessions on a variety of curriculum-related
topics, loan of portable exhibitions and the provision of CDs for a locality
study Where members were involved with their local schools, they were urged to
help promote the service, which was underused. The County Archivist indicated
that those schools which did use the service regularly returned for more
sessions and to judge from the feedback received were very satisfied with them. He reported that the Archive Service annual report for
2018/19 had recently been published online. Professional Meetings & Partnership Working He reported on the various meetings attended by staff during
the quarter. Archive Collections He reported on the list of archives received by the Service
during the quarter. |