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Advancing Education through Cathedral Libraries and Archives in the UK and Ireland

This initiative aims to enhance education by promoting, preserving, and protecting cathedral libraries and archives across the UK and Ireland. It encourages all Anglican cathedrals to join, while offering associate membership to individuals and organizations interested in these resources. Key activities include annual meetings, discussions on records management, and reviews of cathedral inventories. The project also highlights the importance of religious archives, facilitating better access to historical materials, and advancing best practices in library management.

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Advancing Education through Cathedral Libraries and Archives in the UK and Ireland

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  1. Working for Cathedral Libraries and Archives Text @20102011

  2. Aims: • To advance education by the promotion, preservation and protection of cathedral libraries and archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland • The provision of appropriate access thereto • All Anglican cathedrals within this geographical area are encouraged to join; associate membership is available for other appropriate individuals and organizations.

  3. Meetings CLAA Annual General Meeting 2009 – Westminster Abbey 2010 – Norwich Cathedral Visitor Centre 2011- St. George’s Chapel, Windsor CLAA Triennial Meetings 2007 – Manchester 2010 - Norwich 2013 – (Provisionally) Dublin

  4. Cathedral Libraries – Library interiors – York Minster

  5. Cathedral Libraries - library interiors- Hereford Cathedral

  6. Current topic – Looking at Records Management in Cathedrals, in relation to libraries and archives http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchcommissioners/librariesandarchives/recordsmanagementguides.aspx

  7. Current topic – Review of Cathedral Inventories: their purpose scope and compilation. CFC England, Procedural Guide no. 6. http://www.churchofengland.org/media/59631/PG6.pdf

  8. Current topic – Awareness of Religious Archives Survey coordinated by the National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/religiousarchives/

  9. Current topic – Church of England Records Centre: Record Management Guide

  10. Past issues of interest – Combined Catalogue of Cathedral Library holdings, 1700 to 1900 Treasures of Cathedral Libraries book proposal Designation of Cathedral Libraries – outstanding Full Disclosure project bid

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