Data Engineer @UKNatArchives, (Digital Archiving). Plus, singing, promming, cycling and bell ringing and #WWI. Own views.
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Getting setup on Mastodon just in case @DavidUnderdown@digipres.club
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I will cover the Doom PDF soon.
In the meantime, check my livestream recordings on the PDF basics if you’re not comfortable with the unique structure of PDF files.
youtube.com/live/q6KgFezu8tw…
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We have worked with volunteer researchers (including the In From the Cold Project) to identify over 1,700 members of South African labour units who will be named on the new memorial in Cape Town.
We spoke to their descendants, hear their heartfelt stories below:
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📣 New file release from MI5!
Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today.
In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk…
ALT A black and white on-quarter headshot of a man (a young Anthony Blunt) in military uniform with a neutral expression, beside a card marked 'Capt AF Blunt'.
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Under the ‘Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018’, we monitor samples of public sector websites and apps.
The latest report is published here: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
ALT A mobile phone displaying a webpage from GOV.UK about public sector accessibility monitoring
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Data from ~38,000 British soldiers from 1755-1758 yields an average age of ~28. A just little younger than Christopher Duffy's "well-set up man in his early thirties."
Compare that to:
US soldier in WW2 was 26.
Vietnam it was 19-23.
Today in the US it is ~27.
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Our Messiah concert on 21 December is sold out. You can join a waiting list for returns via @LandmarkArts. Next up a workshop day on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 led by @HowardIonascu and @kirstyjhopkins on Sat 1 Feb @Surbiton_Church (St Andrew’s) twickenhamchoral.org.uk/even…
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#fileformat Friday! Lots of extensions, same format. Looking at NCH Software formats. #digipres #software preservation.tylerthorsted.c…
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📜 Important changes to #QueenslandGovernment recordkeeping
The Public Records Act 2023, effective today, will help increase transparency and preserve history for Queenslanders.
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NCA takes out network that laundered ransomware payments bit.ly/4f0cBN9
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Also, you can now find us in another place bsky.app/profile/prommerscha…
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We can now announce the distribution of this year’s collection promenadersmusicalcharities.… @YLvsCancer @HelpMusicians @SoundaboutUK @RHNuk @hearmeoutuk
If you’d like to be one of next year’s charities, we are now open for applications (see info in post)
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Our Call for Papers is live for our
#ARA2025 conference - the theme is ‘Next Generation: Innovation and Imagination in Record Keeping', giving plenty of scope for everyone - full details and how to submit here openingdoors.eventsair.com/a… ... deadline 17 January
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👋🏽DPC Members with an interest in preserving AV materials👋🏽 Please join our #Audiovisual Special Interest Group event on Mon 25 Nov, 11-12 AEDT, with a presentation by the National Museum of Australia and Q&A for all. More info: buff.ly/4fT9WWs
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This is a fitting culmination to an amazing story - back in 2020, I wrote in the @CatholicHerald about archaeologists' firm identification of the relics of St Eanswythe in Folkestone catholicherald.co.uk/st-eans…
Yesterday saw a very rare event: the relics of Eanswythe of Folkestone, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon saints, were translated into a new shrine. Her remains were hidden at the Reformation, rediscovered, and recently confirmed to date to the 7th century. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp87…
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To wrap up #wdpd2024 and for #fileformat Friday, I took a look at RealVideo #digipres preservation.tylerthorsted.c…
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Good thread and a reminder of how pre-twentieth century armies lost men whilst in camp.
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For World Digital Preservation Day, we thought we'd share some of the work we've been doing on preserving digital records for future generations. Find out more over on our blog essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/…
#WDPD2024 #digitalpreservation #archives #heritage #Essex
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New Digital Preservation Toolkit for Community Archives Launches on World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2024 🚀
This great new resource is designed to empower community archives at every stage of their digital preservation journey!
dpconline.org/news/launch-dp…
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Subadar-Major Bawa Singh, 23rd #Sikh Pioneers, was 1 of 128 men from Panjaur, Hoshiarpur, #Punjab who constituted 1.5 million Indian men who fought in #WW1.
Names of Punjabi soldiers can be found in the WW1 Punjab recruitment registers @UKPHA.
#WeWillRememberThem
#1914Sikhs
#SikhSubedar
#KhandaPoppy – at London, England
Dr. Tejpal Singh Ralmill, a Sikh GP, found a passion for military history while researching his great-grandfather, Subedar-Major Bawa Singh, a WW1 veteran. Tejpal is now fighting to ensure the sacrifices of those who fought beside the British from the Commonwealth are remembered.
ALT Dr Tejpal Singh Ralmill stands outside a building with yellow arches, smiling at the camera while holding a black and white photo of his great-grandfather, Subedar-Major Bawa Singh with fellow officers.
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This week the #WW2 Medal Index Cards were released by the @UkNatArchives onto paid genealogy sites although there is some free access for a while. I first became aware of these when I acquired an unreturned Card many years ago (below). What do these record cards tell us? 🧵
