Events
Forthcoming events
There are currently no forthcoming UKAT events.
Previous events
Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS)
25 November 2004
UKAT's former Project co-ordinator spoke about thesauri and UKAT to students on the University of Liverpool's postgraduate training course in archives and records management. Download the presentation.
Workshop: Using UKAT for Subject Indexing
University of London Computer Centre, 16 June 2004
The second of two free workshops sponsored by the UKAT project provided an overview of the project, focussing in particular on how archives could use UKAT as a resource for subject indexing, and how archives and archive users could contribute to UKAT's future development. Links to the presentations of individual speakers are given from the programme below:
Introduction to UKAT
Overview of the UKAT project (Peter Garrod, UKAT Project Co-ordinator)
Thesaurus concepts (Leonard Will, Willpower Information)
Using UKAT
UKAT's structure and the UKAT website (Philip Carlisle, UKAT Project Editor)
UKAT in local indexing systems (Peter Garrod)
Future developments
Contributing to UKAT (Philip Carlisle)
UKAT and Linking Arms (delivered by Frieda Midgley on behalf of Louise Craven, National Archives)
Discussion and close
Society of Archivists, Wales
Swansea University, 9 June 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about the project to a meeting of the Society of Archivists, Wales.
Society of Archivists - South West Region
Longleat House, Wiltshire, 5 June 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about the project to a meeting of the Society of Archivists' South West Region.
Society of Archivists - West Midlands Region
MLA West Midlands, Birmingham, 26 April 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about the project to a meeting of the West Midlands Region of the Society of Archivists.
Society of Archivists, Scotland
A.K. Bell Library, Perth, 24 April 2004
UKAT's Project Co-ordinator spoke about the project to a meeting of the Society of Archivists, Scotland. Download the presentation.
Society of Archivists - South East Region
D-Day Museum, Southsea, 21 February 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about UKAT to the AGM of the South East Region of the Society of Archivists.
UKAT Advisory Panel Meeting
University of London Computer Centre, 1.30 pm, 17 February 2004
The agenda for the third meeting of UKAT's Advisory Panel is given below:
1. Apologies
2. Matters arising from last meeting (15 July 2003)
3. Update on UKAT project developments, including:
Editing
Website
Workshop and future events
Leaflets/publicity
4. Inclusion of terminology relating to record types
5. Any other business
Society of Archivists - London Region
Imperial War Museum, London, 28 January 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about the project to a meeting of the London Region of the Society of Archivists. Download the presentation.
CALM User Group
Cheshire and Chester Record Office, Chester, 26 January 2004
UKAT's Editor spoke about the project to this meeting of users of Calm, DS Ltd's cataloguing and collection management software for archives, local studies libraries and museums. Download the presentation.
Workshop on Thesauri and Subject Indexing in Archives
University of London Computer Centre, 4 December 2003
The first of two free workshops sponsored by the UKAT project featured presentations about UKAT, and about the experiences of other archive projects in developing subject indexes. See the programme for further information. Links to the presentations of individual speakers are given below:
Philip Carlisle (UKAT Editor): The UK Archival Thesaurus - Setting the Standard for Subject Indexing
Alan Kucia (King's College London) and Rachel Cosgrave (Lambeth Palace Library): Subject Indexing and AIM25.
Sue Donnelly, London School of Economics: Indexing Lesbian and Gay Archives.
Louise Craven, National Archives (talk delivered by Frieda Midgley): PROCAT and CASBAH.
Bill Stockting, A2A: Subject Indexing and A2A.
Peter Garrod, ULCC and UKAT project co-ordinator: UKAT: Where We've Come From, Where We're Going.
Society of Archivists' EAD/Data Exchange Group
National Archives, 6 November 2003
View the slides of the UKAT Editor's talk about the project.
Society of Archivists' Conference
University of Southampton, 11 September 2003
View the slides of the UKAT Editor's talk about the project.