Engagement Activities
Article in ARC Magazine: “User experience and access to born-digital data produced by publishers: the case of the Carcanet Press”
A magazine or newsletter (print or online)
How many people this activity reached
3,000+
Geographic Reach
National
Primary Audience
Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact
ARC magazine is one of the publications of the Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland, along with the journal Archives and Records. ARC is published on a monthly basis. The tone and content of the magazine differ from the Journal, which is of a more academic nature. The magazine reaches 3000+ key decision makers every month. It is circulated to over 2,400 individual members and over 200 institutions. ARC is mailed directly to all members and is also available online, with an additional 600 downloads a month.
My article “User experience and access to born-digital data produced by publishers: the case of the Carcanet Press” was published in the special issue Archives and Technology (September 2020, available publicly on the website).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2020
URL
https://www.archives.org.uk/images/ARC_Magazine/2020/ARC_Magazine_2020_09.pdf
International Conference “Archives, Access and AI”
Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?
No
Geographic Reach
International
Primary Audience
Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact
The “Archives, Access and AI” international conference was attended by 56 people including a majority (59%) of archivists/ librarians/ museums professionals, as well as policy makers and academics. It led to active engagement on Twitter (#ArAcAi) and blogs.
We circulated a survey immediately after the conference. Among the best things about the conference, respondents cited
- The range & quality of speakers & papers (‘Wide range of speakers – interdisciplinary aspect’; ‘The range and quality of the speakers’);
- The discussion opportunities (‘The possibility of discussing the themes during the sessions and after’; ‘Discussions with range of participants’);
- The networking opportunities (‘Good opportunity to speak to others about their work and experiences in related areas’; ‘The opportunity to share ideas’);
- The learning opportunities (‘Good balance of theory, with practical concrete experience with organisations, institutions and software/hardware initiatives’; ‘Learning about the variety of problems people deal with’);
- The pace of the event (‘Enough time for questions after sessions, for wider engagement and perspective sharing’; ‘Pacing of the talks over the three days’).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2020
URL
https://www.poetrysurvival.com/blog/
Blog post by Rachel MacGregor (Digital Archivist) following the “Archives, Access and AI” conference
Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?
No
Geographic Reach
International
Primary Audience
Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact
Rachel MacGregor (Digital Archivist) wrote this blog post following the “Archives, Access and AI” conference. She noted: “I thought this was a fascinating and thought provoking conference and I am still thinking about many of the themes which came up in it and hope to draw on in my practice. many thanks to Dr Lise Jaillant for all her hard work in putting this together.” See also her tweet and conference activity on Twitter – #ArAcAi.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2020
URL
https://anoldhanddigital.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/archives-access-and-ai/
Blog post by William Kilbride (Executive Director, Digital Preservation Coalition) following the “Archives, Access and AI” conference
Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?
No
Geographic Reach
International
Primary Audience
Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact
William Kilbride (Executive Director, Digital Preservation Coalition) wrote this blog post following the “Archives, Access and AI” conference. A not-for-profit membership organization, the DPC was founded in 2002, and now gathers 100 agencies from 13 countries.
William Kilbride noted: “The blog post that I produced as a follow up has been popular, with 1250 views making it the most read blog of 2020 so far (the average for 2020 so far is 525 views). The blog would not have been written if I had not been challenged to do so in the context of your project. The DPC blog is mostly provided as a forum for debate and discussion among DPC members to whom it is actively promoted, including archivists, records managers, information architects and senior leaders in the IT sector. Thinking about the diverse contexts of the DPC membership in academic institutions but also in government industry and regulatory bodies. I would suggest this will have created an impact for your project in sectors and geographies that would not typically be able to engage with research of this kind.”
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2020
URL
https://www.dpconline.org/blog/nothing-about-us-without-us
Exhibition at the John Rylands Library (Manchester) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Carcanet Press
Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?
No
Geographic Reach
International
Primary Audience
Public/other audiences
Results and Impact
Over 250,000 people visit and engage with the John Rylands Library each year. Among these international visitors, many have had an opportunity to see the Carcanet exhibition, which opened in October 2019. The exhibition explores three themes: Carcanet’s relationship with Arts Council England, its place within the broader UK poetry publishing landscape, and its role in publishing the work of female poets including Elizabeth Jennings and Sujata Bhatt. The exhibition was in the Rylands Gallery until March 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2019, 2020
URL
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2019/october/carcanet-press-exhibition/
Workshop “Carcanet approaching 50: Poetry Publishers, Archives and the Digital Revolution”
Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?
No
Geographic Reach
National
Primary Audience
Public/other audiences
Results and Impact
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Carcanet, the workshop offered unique insight into a publishing house central to the contemporary literary landscape. More generally, it asked how independent poetry publishers can compete against multinational publishing firms in an increasingly concentrated economy. The workshop brought together publishing industry professionals, biographers, creative writers and poetry readers (total of 35 participants).
Attendees included academics and non-academics including:
- Michael Schmidt (founder of Carcanet Press).
- Distinguished poets and writers including Grevel Lindop; Roger Garfitt; John Mcauliffe; Matthew Welton; Robert Hampson; Jon Glover; Rebecca Goss; Alex Wong
- Editors and publishing professionals: Judith Willson; Helen Tookey
- Archivists, librarians and museums professionals: James Peters and Jane Gallagher (John Rylands Library); Rachel Foss (British Library); Richard Temple (Senate House Library, London)
Following the workshop, we circulated a survey. 75% of respondents found the workshop “very useful” and 25% found it “useful.”
All the respondents found the workshop “well organised.”
Respondents praised the high quality of presentations and the diversity of the programme (with many sessions led by poets and publishing professionals):
“Consistently very high quality of contributions”
“Great line of speakers – including writers, publishers, editors, critics, curators”
“Best thing: roundtable with Grevel Lindop, Roger Garfitt, Michael Schmidt and Judith Willson”
“Good variety of speakers”
The workshop resulted in further oral history interviews that are now available on the project digital resource.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity
2019
URL