Investing in the Past: Upgrading Bangor University Archives

班戈大学的档案和特别收藏是图书馆和档案馆的一部分，自2016年以来一直是一项经认证的档案馆服务。我们负责照顾和管理大学自1884年成立以来获得的手稿和稀有印刷材料。档案和特别藏品是大学学术和知识转移活动的核心，对改善学生体验和与档案馆服务的更广泛的社区接触做出了重要贡献。该项目的目的是更换档案馆和特别藏品主要坚固房间中老化的机动移动货架，目前我们74%的档案藏品，从12世纪到现在的独特项目，都存放在那里。该项目将涉及：-对目前在货架上松散、无保护或包装不当的一些物品进行装箱和重新装箱--在更换机动货架的同时，将1,523米长的独特手稿材料从储存区分流到临时储存地点--拆除和移除已有55年以上历史的现有货架系统；拆除石棉地砖和平整地面安装的新的手动移动货架-将手稿材料重新放置到储藏区和新的机动货架。该项目的好处将是深远的，并巩固了我们的使命，即确保大学收藏的藏品得到长期维护和保存，继续接受和适当地管理定期赠送给大学的物品，并向大学内外的研究人员开放这些独特的来源。该项目将支持我们的藏品更高效的存储计划，并将容量增加30%的主要强大空间。该项目将使我们能够通过购买档案盒和包装来解决围绕档案收藏的保存问题，并提供机会对过去半个世纪随机散落在存储区域的未编目材料进行盘点。该项目将通过允许更多地访问我们目前隐藏的藏品来促进关于编目项目的研究。该项目是一个可行和及时的解决方案，解决了我们对藏品的维护、管理和可获得性方面的许多担忧。它将帮助我们实现承认我们的档案是威尔士最好的大学档案之一，并加强我们目前为研究、教学和学习提供的支持，以及与世界各地的其他合作伙伴合作。

The Archives and Special Collections at Bangor University, part of the Library & Archives Service, has been an Accredited Archives service since 2016. We are responsible for the care and management of manuscripts and rare printed material acquired by the University since its foundation in 1884.The Archives and Special Collections lies at the heart of academic and knowledge transfer activity in the University, and makes a key contribution to improving both the student experience and engaging with the wider communities that the Archives serves.The purpose of this project is to replace the aging motorised mobile shelving in the main strong room of the Archives and Special Collections on which 74% of our archival collections, unique items which date from the twelfth century to the present day, are currently housed. The project will involve: - boxing and re-boxing of some items which are currently loose and unprotected on the shelves or housed in unsuitable packaging - decanting of 1,523 linear metres of unique manuscript material from the storage area to a temporary storage location while the replacement of the motorised shelving is conducted - dismantling and removal of the current shelving system, which is over fifty-five years old; the removal of asbestos floor tiles and levelling of the floor - fitting new manual mobile shelving - recanting manuscript material to the storage area and the new motorised shelving.The benefits of the project will be far reaching and underpins our mission to ensure the long-term care and preservation of the collections held by the University, to continue to accept and appropriately curate items regularly gifted to the University, and to open up access to these unique sources to researchers within and beyond the University. The project will support a more efficient storage plan for our collections and an increase in the capacity by 30% of the main strong room. The project will allow us to address preservation issues surrounding the archival collection with the purchase of archival boxes and packaging, and provide opportunity to take stock of uncatalogued material that has been randomly scattered throughout the storage area over the last half century. The project will promote research in respect of cataloguing projects through enabling greater access to our currently hidden collections.This project is a feasible and timely solution to many of the concerns that we have surrounding our collection's care, management and accessibility. It will help us achieve the recognition of our archives as one of the finest university archives in Wales and to enhance the support that we currently offer for research, teaching and learning, and working with other partners worldwide.