2025 - November and December - page 19
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| Issue number | 404 |
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| ISSN | 2632-7171 |
| Publication date | 1st November 2025 |
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Feature magazine Posters and publications from the AVERT collection. Reproduced with permission of West Sussex Record Office. ● Raising Awareness ● Raising awareness of good record-keeping practices in the HIV sector. ● Raising awareness of HIV history in the heritage sector. ● Providing a clear pathway to help HIV records at risk. ● Filling Gaps in the Collections ● Prioritise collecting from under-represented demographic groups such as people from the African diaspora, the transgender community, prisoners, sex workers and migrant groups. ● Prioritise under-represented regions in the UK (e.g. the North East and North West of England and Northern Ireland). ● Prioritise collecting from under-represented subject areas such as business, law, insurance, pharmacy. ● Improving Access ● Improving access to records already in archives through cataloguing and undertaking sensitivity reviews. ● Improving the cataloguing of existing archives. This could include increasing the granularity of the cataloguing. ● Preserving public records through greater advocacy for the selection and preservation of records relating to HIV and AIDS in NHS institutions. Additional information about the project can also be found on WSRO’s blog. 19 |