Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 19  Number 2  October 1998

Short-term Contracts: a template for an agreement
Lieselotte Clark and Dee Cook  149

The Society of Archivists’ Salary Survey 1997: an overview
Jacquie M. Crosby  169

Skills of the Archival Labour Pool
Andy Dawson  177

A Social Services Department and Local Government Reorganisation: a records management project
Gillian Clark  189

‘Knowsley Local History’: using the internet to enhance access
Simon Wilson  199

Electronic Records: the new archival frontier?
Sally McInnes  211

The British Records Association: a friend in need and a friend with deeds!
Susan Snell and Sarah Henning  221

Recordari: the 50th anniversary of the Society of (Local) Archivists
Amanda Arrowsmith  229

OBITUARY  235

BOOK REVIEWS  239

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED  259

TITLE PAGE,CONTENTS AND INDEX OF VOLUME19 265

Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 19  Number 1  April 1998

Privacy in a Public Place: managing public access to personal information
controlled by archives services
Paul J. Sillitoe  5

Changing Attitudes in Government to Record Closures
Patricia M. Andrews  17

Access in the Digital Information Age and the Archival Mission: the United
States
Richard J. Cox  25

A Publicity Working Party at the Wellcome Institute
Christopher Hilton and Sue Gold  41

The Pastoral Function of Church Archives
Robin Gard  53

Expositio Vocabulorum: a medieval English glossary as archival aid
Don C. Skemer  63

The Post-war Decade 1945–55: the memoir of a county archivist
Freddy Stitt  77

Assessing the Immediate Impact of a records Management Centre
Olusegun Olawande  93

SHORTER COMMUNICATIONS
Rediscovering Pastels: report of the IPC conference 26 June 1997
Heather Edwards  103

The Artists’ Papers Register
Robin Bourne and David Tomkins  107

OBITUARY  111

REVIEW ARTICLE
Recent Annual Reports
Julie Gregson  113

BOOK REVIEWS  119

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED  137

Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 18  Number 2  October 1997

Business Archives: some principles and practices
Michael Gasson  141

Surrey History centre: the experience of lottery application
David Robinson  151

Preservation Policies—who needs them?
Helen Forde  165

A Current View of Education and Training in Archive Conservation
Jonathan Rhys-Lewis  175

Archival Training at the University of Liverpool
Caroline Williams  181

Scottish Record Office Computerised Records Location System
Laura M. Mitchell  189

British Political Parties’ Archives: an exemplary case
Ilaria Favretto  205

BOOK REVIEWS  215

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED  241

TITLE-PAGE, CONTENTS AND INDEX OF VOLUME 18  245

Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 18  Number 1  April 1997

Changing Times, Changing Aims
Michael Cook  5

Living with Insecurity: lessons from the University of Glasgow Archives and
Business Record Centre
Michael Moss  19

Archives and Museums-threat or opportunity?
Matthew Jones  27

Survey of Local Authority Archive Services: 1996 update
Heather Forbes and Rosemary Dunhill  37

Preservation Policies and Strategies in British Archives and Record Offices: a survey Paul Eden and John Feather  59

Wrapping Up Records: an archive packaging programme
Jerry Weber  71

The Legal Implications of Electronic Data Exchange
Peter Wienand  83

The Establishment of the International Council on Archives' European Archival Programme 1992-1996
Sarah Tyacke  93

OBITUARY  103

REVIEW ARTICLE
Record Office Guides
Stephen K. Roberts  105

BOOK REVIEWS  109

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED  133

Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 17 Number 2 October 1996

Dealing with Business Depositors: the Guildhall Library experience
S. G. H. Freeth 157

Automating Archival Collections Using MARC-AMC and Z39.50 at the
University of Liverpool: a case study
Paul B. Watry and Maureen M. Watry 167

The Results of a Survey of Visitors to Warwickshire County Record Office
Anthony L. Buttler 175

The Records of Forest Eyres in the Public Record Office, 1179 to 1670
David Crook 183

The Archives of Learned Societies
Bernard Nurse 195

The Democratisation of Historical Research: the case for DA301
Michael Drake 201

OBITUARIES 209

BOOK REVIEWS 215

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 241

TITLE PAGE, CONTENTS AND INDEX OF VOLUME 17 247

Journal of the Society of Archivists

Volume 17 Number 1 April 1996

CONSERVATION FORUM
The Allowable Temperature and Relative Humidity Range for the Safe Use and
Storage of Photographic Materials
Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart 7

Avoiding Disaster at the Norfolk Record Office: a retrospective view
Mark Hingley 23

Subject Indexing and Authority Control in Archives: the need for subject
indexing in archives and for an indexing policy using controlled language
Fernanda Ribeiro 27

The Use of Information Technology in the European Searchrooms-results from
the Danish pilot project Ouverture
Charlotte Steinmark 55

From Collodian to CD: the experimental image retrieval system at the Museum
of Science and Industry in Manchester
Ann Jones 67

Post-graduate Courses in Archive Administration and Records Management in
the UK and Ireland 1995: an overview
David Robinson 73

Developing Standards for Professional Education: the Society of Archivists'
accreditation criteria
Clare Rider 85

Short-term Contracts: dilemma or opportunity?
Lieselotte Clark 97

OBITUARIES 105

REVIEW ARTICLE
Recent Annual Reports
Cressida Annesley 119

BOOK REVIEWS 123

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 147