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Hi Community! I’m David, Starter Marketing Manager and part of the Community Hub team. It’s a pleasure to be here with you and have a chance to create this space for our global user community to connect, collaborate and share best practice and knowledge with each other. Feel free to introduce yourself here in the thread – you could share where you work, live, your role, and even how you are using Preservica at your organization. (Share your bigger Preservica story here). Why not add other interesting information about yourself or even a fun picture with your pet. This is the best way for all of us to get to know one another! I haven’t got any pets but my daughters keep me busy, so that’s the picture I’m sharing (hat strategically placed by my oldest  ) I look forward to connecting with you all on the Community Hub! DavidDavid Portman  

Name: Laura Cook  I've been with Preservica for… 3 months  The thing I like most about my job is… As a Product Owner, you spend a great deal of time on discovery and planning, so seeing all of these details come to life is really satisfying.  If I could meet any historical figure it would be… Something I’d enjoy would be an afternoon cut outs workshop with Matisse. I’d bring my daughter and her crayons along, and see if he wanted to swap collages at the end.   When I'm not working, I like to... Spend time with my daughter. She’s one and a half, so this mostly involves slides, painting, hobby horses, and cake. Luckily, we have a lot in common :)  Something that would surprise people about me… I can make relatively good clothes. 

Name: Brad Houston Organization: Milwaukee Municipal Research Center My role involves managing records and records management for the City of Milwaukee, including large numbers of microfilm/digital records, and preparing physical records for transfer to the City Archives at Milwaukee Public Library. I also manage the City Mailroom (a holdover from the City Records Center’s time as Milwaukee Printing and Records). My proudest digital preservation achievements include starting a digital preservation program from the ground up at my former place of work, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library, Archives Department. I did a lot of self-teaching, experimentation with various tools and approaches and created what I described in many professional presentations as “the duct tape/baling wire approach to digital preservation”. In the end I had a reasonably robust preservation process, if not an integrated system, and I laid the ground for my successor to improve on my work. My top tips for oth

Name: Amy Lundell Organization: Maryville College My role involves all aspects of archival work from every stage of archival processing (physical and digital) to providing access to our collections. I work closely with students, faculty, and staff of Maryville College as well as alumni, local community organizations, external academic researchers, family historians, and other members of the general public. I also oversee a small, dedicated group of alumni who volunteer weekly in the Archives. My proudest digital preservation achievements include simply starting! Being a part-time lone arranger with a 200+ year backlog of physical material, simply having the opportunity and means to get started no matter how small is a big step. My first collection was just 6 files: three scanned early 19th century letters written by our first college president and the three corresponding transcriptions. My top tips for other Preservica Starter users are: (1) Make a test folder to play around with the s

 Episode 2 - listen here Tune in for the second episode in our 'Tales from the archive - a decade in review' podcast. We invited our favourite podcast heroes to join host Nathan Voogt to discuss the evolving role of the corporate archivist and archives through the past decade and into the next.Hannah Raeburn - Digital Archivist at The John Lewis Partnership, Anne Archer - Heritage Collections Manager at BT and Tamara Thornhill - Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL) share career defining moments and lessons learnt across the last decade of their archival careers. Hear about the shift in attitudes and how it's helping to elevate the archives and position it within the business as a valuable resource that can be utilised for product innovation, authentic brand storytelling, corporate governance, compliance and employee engagement.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of The John Lewis Partnership, BT and TfL.

 Episode 1 - listen here Tune in for this special 2-part edition of our podcast series, 'Tales from the Archive'. We invited our favourite podcast heroes to join host Nathan Voogt to discuss the evolving role of the corporate archivist and archives through the past decade and into the next.Hannah Raeburn - Digital Archivist at The John Lewis Partnership, Anne Archer - Heritage Collections Manager at BT and Tamara Thornhill - Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL) share career defining moments and lessons learnt across the last decade of their archival careers. Hear about the shift in attitudes and how it's helping to elevate the archives and position it within the business as a valuable resource that can be utilised for product innovation, authentic brand storytelling, corporate governance, compliance and employee engagement.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of The John Lewis Partnership, BT and TfL.

 Episode 2 - listen here Hannah Raeburn is the Digital Archivist at The John Lewis Partnership, the Partnership owns and operates two of Britain's best-loved retail brands - John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners. Established nearly a century ago, the Partnership is now the largest employee-owned business in the UK, with more than 80,000 employees who are all Partners in the business and share in its profits.In this second episode we hear from Hannah on how the archive interacts across the business, building awareness and advocacy for digital preservation, educating partners on the importance of protecting digital content against file format obsolescence and the need to keep content permanently. Hannah talks about the types of content and records that the archives are protecting and making accessible including the Gazette, an internal staff newspaper that has been running for more than 100 years and over 25,000 design records that represent a huge asset for the business.

 Episode 1 - listen here Hannah Raeburn is the Digital Archivist at The John Lewis Partnership, the Partnership owns and operates two of Britain's best-loved retail brands - John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners. Established nearly a century ago, the Partnership is now the largest employee-owned business in the UK, with more than 80,000 employees who are all Partners in the business and share in its profits.In this first episode we hear from Hannah on how the archive team have used technology to improve efficiencies and engage partners and customers by bringing to life the history of the business, through product innovation and storytelling. Hannah explains how the archive team are able to demonstrate real business value and deliver a better understanding to senior stakeholders of the role the archives play in the future of this quintessential British brand.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of The John Lewis Partnership.

 Episode 2 - listen here Anne Archer is the Heritage Collections Manager at British Telecom (BT), a leading British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London with operations in around 180 countries and the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK.In this second episode we hear from Anne on how the BT archives are supporting the wider organisation. From employee engagement with tours of the archive to enabling departments such as corporate affairs, legal, HR and in particular the brand function - who utilise the archive for internal and external communications with a heritage focus, developing campaigns and acquiring authentic assets for key anniversaries and brand inspiration.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of BT.

 Episode 1 - listen here Anne Archer is the Heritage Collections Manager at British Telecom (BT), a much loved British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London with operations in around 180 countries and the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK.Join us for as we hear from Anne about how the BT archives are supporting the wider organisation. From employee engagement with tours of the archive to enabling departments such as corporate affairs, legal, HR and in particular the brand function - who utilise the archive for internal and external communications with a heritage focus, developing campaigns and acquiring authentic assets for key anniversaries and brand inspiration.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of BT.

 Episode 2 - listen here This is the second part of our interview with Tamara Thornhill is the Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL), the local government body responsible for the day-to-day operation and planning of London’s public transport network, TfL are custodians of the Underground, the famous red buses and the capital's main roads.Hosted by Preservica's Nathan Voogt, in this podcast we hear from Tamara as she describes how the TfL archive is ensuring the usability and authenticity of historical assets and the long-term business records and the role of digital preservation in managing the explosion of content.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of Transport for London.

 Episode 1 - listen here Tamara Thornhill is the Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL), the local government body responsible for the day-to-day operation and planning of London’s public transport network, TfL are custodians of the Underground, the famous red buses and the capital's main roads.Hosted by Preservica's Nathan Voogt, in this podcast we hear from Tamara as she describes how the TfL archive is ensuring the usability and authenticity of historical assets and the long-term business records and the role of digital preservation in managing the explosion of content.Listen, share and enjoy as we journey into the corporate archives of Transport for London.