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Issue number 395
ISSN 2632-7171
Publication date 1st November 2023
Transcription Welcome
magazine
November & December 2023 edition
elcome to the November/
December edition of ARC
Magazine. Fresh from the Belfast
2023 conference, this issue’s Backchat
chats to one of the speakers, Helena
Clarkson, about a hugely successful
remote volunteering project. Opening
Lines is provided in this issue by
conservator Hazel de Vere, talking about
the project at the National Records of
Scotland to exhibit the 700-year-old
Declaration of Arbroath. We also hear
about plans for next year’s conference
in Birmingham - which are already
underway!
Elsewhere in the issue, we learn a bit
more about the Level 7 Apprenticeship
in Archives and Records Management,
celebrate the Royal Berkshire Archives,
and delve into some nuances of ChatGPT.
Our features in this edition include
Elizabeth Thompson-MacRae on the
importance of the role of the record-
keeping profession in advising on
Lasting Powers of
Attorney; Lindsay
Loebig discusses
current practices in
employing Harmful
Language Statements; Jacqueline
Stockwell guides us through Microsoft
Purview; and Stacey Anderson and
James Gibbs, from the Box in Plymouth,
highlight the importance of minimising
the environmental impacts of digital
preservation (and share some insights on
how this might be achieved).
I hope you enjoy this edition, and see you
soon!
Ally McConnell
ARC Magazine Joint Editor
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