Cataloguing Creativity: A Symposium of Literary Archives Working Press, books by and about working class artists, Cataloguing Collaboratively
Background: University for the Creative Arts Six Art Schools and Technical Institutes dating from late Victorian times Campuses at Canterbury, Rochester, Maidstone (Kent), Epsom, Farnham (Surrey) Specialising in the Creative Arts
Beginnings of The Working Press Initiated by Dr Stefan Szczelkun, with Graham Harwood Working Press poster About working class identity First self funded titles in 1987
About The Working Press Class, gender and race perceptions (1980s-1990s politics) Digital innovations Self-funded publishing activity Archive includes: Correspondence Conference records Draft manuscripts Finance Publicity and distribution
Class, Identity, and Culture Conference 1994
Letters of reviews of Working Press Letter to Stefan Szczelkun relating to the pamphlet ‘Artists Liberation’
Working class women artists
Working class black artists
Publicity Nothing Special, by Micheline Mason (a day in the life of a girl in a wheelchair)
Links between different publishers The Federation of Worker Writers & Community Publisher letter, confirming funding for the 1994 conference
Partners in the project Dr Stefan Szczelkun, Artist bookRoom, UCA research cluster.
Cataloguing requirements Initial talks with Stefan: Cataloguing as an artistic process History of Working Press Information about individuals
Cataloguing requirements Discussions on and Involvement in: Arrangement Description Definitions
Cataloguing requirements Searchability and Accessibility - Exploring links between books and archive material - Subject terms(including librarian knowledge)
Under exploration Online presence Voice recordings Student involvement Visual Guides Exhibitions
In summary… Greater understanding of collection Arrangement Description Subject terms Links between published/unpublished material Involvement leading to engagement
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