Storify of International Archives day in the SABC Media Libraries #IAD16 #ArchivesRock

#ArchivesRock on International Archives Day 2016

International Archives day #IAD16

The SABC Media Libraries will be celebrating International Archives Day on 9 June again this year! The themes and archive content that will be shared will reflect the rich heritage of music, musical instruments and archive content that we preserve!

International Archives Day 2016 #IAD16 is coming up! Like every year Follow An Archive and Ask Archivists organize a celebration event on Twitter.
With the celebration event we join the June 9 theme ‘Archives, Harmony and Friendship‘ of the International Council on Archives (ICA).
The theme of the annual Twitter event will be #archivesrock. It’s about music in archives.
Archives rock!

Music makes a perfect match with the ICA theme ‘Archives, Harmony and Friendship’!
Remember the song ‘Ebony and Ivory’, a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder?
“Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony | Side by side on my piano…”.
It contains music and lyrics worth to keep in an archive, performed by two friends singing and playing together in perfect harmony!
So let archives rock on June 9, International Archives Day, and contribute to Friendship and Harmony!  - AskArchivists

The following is a photo that was shared on SABC Music Library's Facebook Page
 



See you on Twitter on Thursday?


Twitter: @SABCMediaLib 

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International Archives Day #IAD15

One of the oldest reel tapes in the SABC Radio Archives - from 1926

1926 Speeches by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick & Gen JBM Hertzog
from SABC Radio Archives

This year International Archives Day focus on democracy and rights, but also sharing photos from Archive collections worldwide.

Spanish archives are celebrating with the hashtag #NoSinArchivos (#NotWithoutArchives)

The SABC Radio Archives shares the following from the audio archives - with the focus on democracy.

Shared for International Archives Day #IAD15 #democracy - the voice of Nelson Mandela at his release on 11-... https://t.co/kaPRjIEZ2y

— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 9, 2015

The top five reasons why archives are awesome are a great way to celebrate this day!

1. Archives are history!

2. Archives are evidence!

3. Archives are vital for democratic accountability!

4. Archives are about us, our stories, or lives!

5. Archives document the environment!
                                 Read here for the in-depth discussion: Archives Outside




Related posts:

- International Archives Day on 9 June 2015 - Celebrate democracy and rights #IAD15

- World War 1 content from SABC archives shared on Twitter via #WW1archives

International Archives Day on 9 June 2015 - Celebrate democracy and rights #IAD15

Reblogged from followanarchive and AskArchivists

Photo from the SABC Radio Archives 

International Archives Day

This year's activities on 9 June will concentrate on democracy in many ways.

The National Archives of the United Kingdom has come up with this topic, suggesting that we make June 9th. a "Twitter day where archives share stories and records within their collection showcasing democracy and rights in different ways". 

It is a subject, that most archives can relate to and tell stories about. No matter if you are a large, national archive, a municipal institution or a community archive, we all have records and other material, that can be used to tell the story of democratic development, and people who have stood up for their rights. 

Ideas about what to share, could be records that: 

• have established fundamental rights in your country 
• tell the story of individuals, who played a part in establishing democratic conditions 
• relate to rights of specific groups ( indigenous, ethnic, LGBT, women, children...) 
• show the history of the right to form trade unions and political or religious communities 
• picture election and election days, both national and local 
• sound archives with important speaches, interviews etc. 

Your contribution 

And finally your contribution could naturally also be constitutional documents of huge importance and great archival beauty. It is your choice, and we look forward to your contribution. 

#IAD15 #democracy : register on blog Ask Archivists 

If you wish to join, make a comment on the same blogpost on the weblog of Ask Archivists. And on June 9th. post your content to relevant platforms - blogs, flickr, instagram, your website, etc. - and tweet about it using the combination of two tags: #IAD15 #democracy. 

Join International Archives Day on Twitter! 

We hope a lot of archives will join, and help show the world, how archives play a vital part in documenting the history of democracy.

South Africa had a National Archives Week here last week, and The Archival Platform published ten reasons to celebrate archives. It slots in perfectly with International Archives Day.

TEN REASONS TO CELEBRATE ARCHIVES 

* Our national archival heritage is held safe in many hands, providing us with the resources that we need when we reckon with the past, try to understand the present and plan for or imagine the future. 

* The passionate and hard-working archivists who do their best to preserve and promote our archival heritage even though they often work under very difficult circumstances. 

* Records managers who work to keep the records of government safe so that they can be used by the state and civil society and honour the constitutional commitment to transparent and accountable governance. 

* Active citizens who use records to hold government to account – as citizens in a democratic state should. 

* The officials who process Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) requests promptly to honour the constitutional promise of freedom of access to information. 

* Archive activists who collect and preserve the resources that complement the records of government and fill the gaps in the historical record. 

* Individuals and families who hold the records of their personal pasts safe for future generations. 

* Universities who make a significant but often unacknowledged contribution in building our national archival heritage. 

* Museums and libraries, though often not thought of as archives, who hold collections that people can draw on to understand the past. 

* The positive signs that tell us that government is beginning to take responsibility for ensuring that the national archival system is adequately resourced and capacitated to meet its important mandates!

Photo: From the Archives:
Record Cover of "Die Wêreld van Pierneef", a well-known painter of South Africa, with a tribute audio package compiled by J.F. Marais, for the radio service, Afrikaanse Diens. It was produced in 1963.
The painting reflects the South African landscape. 

World War 1 content from SABC archives shared on Twitter via #WW1archives

The SABC Media Libraries are joining archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

Twitter shares with hashtag #WW1archives from @SABCMediaLib, @SABCRadioArc and @SABCInfoLib:


From the SABC Media Library @SABCMediaLib:

Join archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives http://t.co/7dNgDzejvz
— SABC Media Library (@SABCMediaLib) June 5, 2014

From the SABC Radio Archives @SABCRadioArc:

Shout- out to archives! Will be sharing some World War 1 documents from the radio archives #WW1archives
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

Catalogued item from the radio archives: interview with a #WW1 pilot #WW1archives pic.twitter.com/XOKsy4TQRL
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

"@karentoittoit: Delville Wood Battle - snippet of recording from the radio #archives for #WW1archives https://t.co/PGcV6gxKQ4"
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

"For #WW1archives day - Capt Eddie Rickenbacker - American Ace Fighter pilot of the First World War ivd https://t.co/jBLvty4ldw" #audio
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

Don't forget to follow an archive @followanarchive and ask an archivist @AskArchivists on #archives day via #WW1archives
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

From the SABC Information Library @SABCInfoLib:

"@sabcinfolib: books section highlighting some #WW1archives books in collection http://t.co/tViymQcJq3"
— SABC Radio Archive (@SABCRadioArc) June 10, 2014

An article from the newspaper cutting section highlighting World War 1 for #ww1archives (@newbase technology) http://t.co/TEaqknD1Y6
— SABC Info Library (@sabcinfolib) June 10, 2014

Newspaper article about #WW1 for #WW1archives - from a WW1 file in the newspaper clippings section > @Beeld_Nuus... http://t.co/TTwaIPUu6u
— SABC Info Library (@sabcinfolib) June 10, 2014

"Women gets letter in bottle from father who died in WW1" - from Star newspaper 18-5-999 #WW1archives - in... http://t.co/GfJP6O6eLa
— SABC Info Library (@sabcinfolib) June 10, 2014

Related posts:

 - Join archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

- International Archives Day on 9 June #IAD14


Blog post by Karen du Toit.

International Archives Day on 9 June #IAD14

SABC Radio Archives 

A shout-out to all the archives world-wide about the importance of the work you are doing!

A photo from the Radio Archives has been shared on the International Archives Day site. (See if you can find it?)

See the Pinterest Board about Archives of the Future highlighting the importance of archives!

Follow SABC Media's board Archives of the Future on Pinterest.


A reminder to join archivists tomorrow in the Twitter initiative in sharing World War I material with the hashtag #WW1archives

Join archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

#WW1archives
@followanarchive @askanarchivist

The yearly International Archives Day are celebrated on 9 June, but because it falls on public holidays celebrated in some parts, it has been decided to change the annual Twitter event to 10 June.

German archivist Thomas Wolf from SIWI-archives suggested that the focus should be on World War I or The Great War that started 100 years ago.

The Great War in archives 

All archives and other heritage organizations are asked to search their collections for documents related to the First World War 1914-1918. Even countries that were neutral during the Great War, can perhaps find some records about, for instance, aid to refugees, or military or financial support to soldiers, families, countries in need.

Subjects to look for and tweet about 

Archival documents, records, newspapers, pictures, drawings, postcards, paintings, etc. about:
- Soldiers
- Families and loved ones of soldiers
- Battlefields
- Refugees
- Aid / Support
- Governments
- Weapons
- Mobilisation
- Diseases
- War cemeteries
- History before, during, after 1914-1918, all related to the First World War

Hashtag: #WW1archives 

Join @AskArchivists and @FollowAnArchive on #WW1archives Day on Twitter, June 10, 2014.                                    - Info: Ask Archivists

Ask Archivists and Follow an archive will be posting more details.



Picture taken from Ask Archivists/Follow an Archive blogs:
Created from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thiepval_Ridge

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-world-war-diaries-go-online-to-mark-centenary

International Archives Day 2013 on Storify #IAD13 #savearchives

International Archives 2013 was celebrated this year on 9 June on a Sunday.

Although the promotion for a Googledoodle did not make it onto Google's search engine, the Save Archives campaign highlighted the plight of archives worldwide.

The following hashtags on Twitter give a good overview:

        - #IAD13

        - #savearchives

A Storify was also compiled of some of the interaction on social media about International Archives Day 2013


Storify and blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.

Save archives on International Archives Day 2013 - 9 June #savearchives

Archives are struggling for survival; to keep on demonstrating their worth in today's tight economy.
Not all archives are surviving and thriving, and they need support to keep on preserving the world's heritage records. 

International Archives Day is coming up on 9 June with an initiative to promote a Googledoodle for that day.
The Askarchivists and Followanarchive initiatives are spearheading the Googledoodle campaign, but are also concentrating on focusing on archives that need saving.

The City Archives of Cologne in Germany is being used as an example of archives that are in dire need of support after the building collapsed in March 2009.

Read more:
International Archives Day will be dedicated to archives in need


They are asking that we promote archives on 9 June with the hashtag #savearchives


Hopefully our attention and support can help #savearchives!


Blog post by Karen du Toit (karentoittoit), Archivist at the SABC Radio Archives (SABCRadioArc).

International Archives Day on June 9 2013 - celebrated with a Googledoodle?

The SABC Media Libraries have been taking part in International Archives Day since its inception in 2010 with a #followanarchive day on Twitter.
Last year we showed of our archival collections with #archday12 (Storify here).

#followanarchive has come up with a great idea this year! They want Google to create a special Googledoodle for International Archives Day, and they have suggested the following image:

Googledoodle for International Archives Day 2013?

It will still be in conjunction with using the #askarchivists and #followanarchive hashtags on Twitter.

They want your support in helping to promote the idea to Google.


READ MORE



Blog post by Karen du Toit (karentoittoit), Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives (SABCRadioArc)

Storify of International Archives Day 2012 via SABC Media Libraries #archday12

A compilation of some of the tweets and social media engagement by SABC Media Libraries @SABCMediaLib (including SABC Radio Archives @SABCRadioArc) on International Archives Day on June 9 2012 this year.

International Archives day on 9th June #archday12

@SABCRadioArc on Twitter

It is again International Archives Day tomorrow, the 9th of June.

Last year we took part in the Ask Archivists campaign on Twitter.
This year it is on a Saturday, but we can still take part in the Twitter initiative by Ask Archivists.

The brief by Ask Archivists for 2012:

"Let´s show off our archival holdings, knowledge and services this year. We invite you to tweet your most precious document, your best online services and finest webcontent, the coolest pics of users socializing and using the collections.  Show us – and the whole twittersphere –  what you´re proud of in your archives!  Let us know if you´re in – and if you will answer questions from users again.
We´re looking forward to another great Archives Day on the tag #archday12"

- Ask Archivists initiative

Ask Archivists is on Twitter @AskArchivists
Follow the conversation at #ArchDay12

Please follow and ask us about our collections on Archives Day:

@SABCMediaLib - The SABC Media Libraries of the South African national broadcaster, SABC.
@SABCRadioArc - The SABC Radio Archives which forms part of the SABC Media Libraries.
Also:
@SABCInfoLib - The SABC Information Library
@SABCRecordLib - The SABC Record Library
@SABCAudioRest - The SABC Audio Restoration department.

See you on Twitter!



Related posts from the previous year:

Ask Archivists Day on June 9th 2011 on Twitter

Ask Archivists Day short report back #AskArchivists

SABC Media Lib @ Ask Archivists Day

Ask Archivists Day this week on Thursday

Questions and answers on Ask Archivist Day


Blog post by Karen du Toit (@karentoittoit), Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives