Helena Clarkson
@helena-clarkson.bsky.social
Archivist type person
Co-Chair for ARA Section for New Professionals
Co-Chair for ARA Section for New Professionals
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The artist Niki Simpson pioneered the use of #digital techniques that were developing in the early 2000s for the purpose of botanical illustration, as shown here in her piece on the Poinsettia. #christmas #EYADigital
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The artist Niki Simpson pioneered the use of #digital techniques that were developing in the early 2000s for the purpose of botanical illustration, as shown here in her piece on the Poinsettia. #christmas #EYADigital
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Or a library
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Or a library
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"How to become good looking"
A page from a recipe book produced by the people of Barnsley during WW2
"a cupful of kindness 4oz of goodwill, and a pinch of hope and a bunch of faith..."
#ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
A page from a recipe book produced by the people of Barnsley during WW2
"a cupful of kindness 4oz of goodwill, and a pinch of hope and a bunch of faith..."
#ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"How to become good looking"
A page from a recipe book produced by the people of Barnsley during WW2
"a cupful of kindness 4oz of goodwill, and a pinch of hope and a bunch of faith..."
#ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
A page from a recipe book produced by the people of Barnsley during WW2
"a cupful of kindness 4oz of goodwill, and a pinch of hope and a bunch of faith..."
#ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
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What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
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Next up in #ExploreYourArchives week, we have just a few of the #beauty products available on the market at the end of the 19th century, found in the J.C. Sawer archive (MS/485/4). #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next up in #ExploreYourArchives week, we have just a few of the #beauty products available on the market at the end of the 19th century, found in the J.C. Sawer archive (MS/485/4). #EYABeauty
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The person who made the season 4 spine did it just to piss me off.
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The person who made the season 4 spine did it just to piss me off.
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It is day 2 of the Explore Your Archive focus week & we want to see all things #EYABeauty | #EYAÁilleacht! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It is day 2 of the Explore Your Archive focus week & we want to see all things #EYABeauty | #EYAÁilleacht! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
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Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYABeauty
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYABeauty
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
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Another fine piece on defending democracy from @fromtga.bsky.social (I would add to the mix freely accessible libraries and archives of course) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another fine piece on defending democracy from @fromtga.bsky.social (I would add to the mix freely accessible libraries and archives of course) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🎉The celebration continues with a new #wdpd2025 blog🎉
Helena Clarkson (Bank of England) shares how the Archive Team has been working to protect born-digital records—to ensure that all forms of historic records, not just the physical, remain accessible in the […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
Helena Clarkson (Bank of England) shares how the Archive Team has been working to protect born-digital records—to ensure that all forms of historic records, not just the physical, remain accessible in the […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎉The celebration continues with a new #wdpd2025 blog🎉
Helena Clarkson (Bank of England) shares how the Archive Team has been working to protect born-digital records—to ensure that all forms of historic records, not just the physical, remain accessible in the […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
Helena Clarkson (Bank of England) shares how the Archive Team has been working to protect born-digital records—to ensure that all forms of historic records, not just the physical, remain accessible in the […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
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It's HERE... World Digital Preservation Day 2025!! We are excited to kick off #wdpd2025 with our traditional opening blog from #dpc Executive Director William Kilbride, writing from the #ipres2025 conference in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the first places in […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It's HERE... World Digital Preservation Day 2025!! We are excited to kick off #wdpd2025 with our traditional opening blog from #dpc Executive Director William Kilbride, writing from the #ipres2025 conference in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the first places in […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
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My first ever @bsky.app post to celebrate #WDPD2025 🥳 I'm thrilled to share @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social has published an updated Digital Preservation Policy to invite closer collaboration across the University to better preserve our bits! We can't do it alone 🤝 Read more on the blog 👉 edin.ac/47ZXWkH
Celebrating New Endings: Library & University Collections Publishes Updated Digital Preservation Policy
Excited to learn a defunct web forum for your favourite band as a teenager still exists in the Wayback Machine? Relieved to hear that a teaching resource will be supported even though the original …
edin.ac
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My first ever @bsky.app post to celebrate #WDPD2025 🥳 I'm thrilled to share @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social has published an updated Digital Preservation Policy to invite closer collaboration across the University to better preserve our bits! We can't do it alone 🤝 Read more on the blog 👉 edin.ac/47ZXWkH
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The sun has set on Hawaii and Rarotonga and it’s time to bring the curtain down on World Digital Preservation Day 2025 #WDPD2025
Read our last blog of the Day by #DPC's Executive Director @williamkilbride.bsky.social buff.ly/UADKwoC
Thanks amazing #digitalpreservation community for a GREAT Day🎉
Read our last blog of the Day by #DPC's Executive Director @williamkilbride.bsky.social buff.ly/UADKwoC
Thanks amazing #digitalpreservation community for a GREAT Day🎉
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The sun has set on Hawaii and Rarotonga and it’s time to bring the curtain down on World Digital Preservation Day 2025 #WDPD2025
Read our last blog of the Day by #DPC's Executive Director @williamkilbride.bsky.social buff.ly/UADKwoC
Thanks amazing #digitalpreservation community for a GREAT Day🎉
Read our last blog of the Day by #DPC's Executive Director @williamkilbride.bsky.social buff.ly/UADKwoC
Thanks amazing #digitalpreservation community for a GREAT Day🎉
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A reminder that our 'RAM Jam' events are running next week for DPC members to share experiences of using our Rapid Assessment Model to measure and track their digital preservation progress. Do sign up if you are interested: www.dpconline.org/events/event...
RAM Jam – sharing our maturity modelling case studies - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A reminder that our 'RAM Jam' events are running next week for DPC members to share experiences of using our Rapid Assessment Model to measure and track their digital preservation progress. Do sign up if you are interested: www.dpconline.org/events/event...
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We're looking forward to this great event from our lovely friends in the Ireland section of ARA!
“Dear Cara-Friend”: Widening access to a key PRONI LGBTQ+ archive
Tues Dec 2nd @ 1pm
This presentation will focus on letters sent to Cara-Friend in the 1970s & 1980s from people seeking advice, support and friendship.
@araukie.bsky.social
@irisharchives1970.bsky.social
@aranewprofs.bsky.social
Tues Dec 2nd @ 1pm
This presentation will focus on letters sent to Cara-Friend in the 1970s & 1980s from people seeking advice, support and friendship.
@araukie.bsky.social
@irisharchives1970.bsky.social
@aranewprofs.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We're looking forward to this great event from our lovely friends in the Ireland section of ARA!
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We're looking for a lovely new training officer to join the @araukie.bsky.social Section for New Professionals. Read the role description and find out more here: aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We're looking for a lovely new training officer to join the @araukie.bsky.social Section for New Professionals. Read the role description and find out more here: aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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For @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social 's focus week, we're looking at #eyaconservation , with some behind the scenes conservation highlights of James Joyce exhibition prep!
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social 's focus week, we're looking at #eyaconservation , with some behind the scenes conservation highlights of James Joyce exhibition prep!
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The first theme of #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week is #EYAConservation
To make sure archives are conserved they need to be properly packaged. To do this we keep our archives in protective acid free folders and boxes, like those pictured here, to make sure they stay safe into the future!
To make sure archives are conserved they need to be properly packaged. To do this we keep our archives in protective acid free folders and boxes, like those pictured here, to make sure they stay safe into the future!
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The first theme of #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week is #EYAConservation
To make sure archives are conserved they need to be properly packaged. To do this we keep our archives in protective acid free folders and boxes, like those pictured here, to make sure they stay safe into the future!
To make sure archives are conserved they need to be properly packaged. To do this we keep our archives in protective acid free folders and boxes, like those pictured here, to make sure they stay safe into the future!
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Cool
Improving the usability of open source software projects isn't easy. Learn how we're 'Collaborating to improve usability on the Universal Viewer project' with @scottjenson.bsky.social blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
#IIIF #UniversalViewer #OSS #UX #usability
#IIIF #UniversalViewer #OSS #UX #usability
Collaborating to improve usability: the Universal Viewer project
Open source software is a valuable alternative to commercial software, but its decentralised nature often leads to less than polished user interfaces. This has also been the case for the Universal Vie...
blogs.bl.uk
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Cool
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The next Bodleian Bytes on Wednesday 26 February will showcase the ‘Dear Mr. Meredith’ project, mapping the correspondence sent during the integration of the University of Mississippi. Full details and online registration here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/dear-m...
Dear Mr. Meredith: Mapping Correspondence Sent During the Integration of the University of Mississippi
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The next Bodleian Bytes on Wednesday 26 February will showcase the ‘Dear Mr. Meredith’ project, mapping the correspondence sent during the integration of the University of Mississippi. Full details and online registration here: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/dear-m...
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Data in the news: BBC News - Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row #dataprotection
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
There has been a fierce backlash to the request from privacy campaigners and US politicians.
www.bbc.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Data in the news: BBC News - Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row #dataprotection
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Our Story Scotland collect, archive and present the life stories and experiences of the LGBT+ community in Scotland.
We have worked with them on several projects and have some exciting plans with them for the future.
Find out more about them via their website: https://buff.ly/4gO1BDi
We have worked with them on several projects and have some exciting plans with them for the future.
Find out more about them via their website: https://buff.ly/4gO1BDi
February 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our Story Scotland collect, archive and present the life stories and experiences of the LGBT+ community in Scotland.
We have worked with them on several projects and have some exciting plans with them for the future.
Find out more about them via their website: https://buff.ly/4gO1BDi
We have worked with them on several projects and have some exciting plans with them for the future.
Find out more about them via their website: https://buff.ly/4gO1BDi
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We're excited to bring the @araukie.bsky.social sections for new professionals to Bluesky and even more excited for our meet the committee event, next Monday 24 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-sto....
Coffee Stop with SfNP
Join us for a chill virtual hangout to get to know the SfNP Committee all over a cosy cup of coffee!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We're excited to bring the @araukie.bsky.social sections for new professionals to Bluesky and even more excited for our meet the committee event, next Monday 24 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-sto....
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Want to meet friendly new archives, records management and conservation professionals? Come along to our virtual coffee catch up Mon 27 Feb, 19:00 Register here:
https://buff.ly/42Y3cTW #archives
https://buff.ly/42Y3cTW #archives
Coffee Stop with SfNP
Join us for a chill virtual hangout to get to know the SfNP Committee all over a cosy cup of coffee!
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Want to meet friendly new archives, records management and conservation professionals? Come along to our virtual coffee catch up Mon 27 Feb, 19:00 Register here:
https://buff.ly/42Y3cTW #archives
https://buff.ly/42Y3cTW #archives