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Helen Forde

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Helen Forde
Academic work
DisciplineArchivist
Institutions
  • University College London
  • National Archives
  • British Postal Museum & Archive
  • Banbury Museum

Helen Forde FSA is an archivist and academic.

Career

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Forde taught postgraduate courses on archives at University College London and worked as an archivist in local government and at The National Archive.[1]

Forde was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 14 June 2001.[2]

Forde has served on various administrative and charitable boards. She is a trustee of the British Postal Museum & Archive and served as its Chairperson from 2011 to 2015,[3] is a board member of the Banbury Museum,[4] and has served on the board of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.[4]

On 1 July 2019 Forde was re-elected for a further two years as a committee member to the Advisory Committee on National Records and Archives.[1]

Select publications

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  • Forde, H. 1997. "Preservation policies - who needs them?", Journal of the Society of Archivists 18/2, 165-173.
  • Forde, H. 1998. "Preservation and conservation of documents; problems and solutions", Janus, 32-48.
  • forde, H. 2002. "Archival training in the United Kingdom - new directions?", In W Stepniak (ed). Archives in the Information Society; papers of the international conference at Popowo. Warsaw, Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwow Panstwowych. 133-140.
  • Forde, H. 2005. "Access and preservation in the 21st century". Journal of the Society of Archivists 2005/2
  • Forde, H. 2006. "Access and the social contract in publicly funded institutions". In Gorman, GE and SHep, SJ (eds) Preservation Management for Libraries, Museums and Archives
  • Forde, H. 2007. Preserving Archives.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Committee Members reappointed to the Advisory Committee on National Records and Archives". Department of Culture, Media and Sport. 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Fellows Directory". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "British Postal Museum & Archive Chairman to pass on her mail bag as new £22m museum planned for 2016". Museums and Heritage Advisor. 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Helen Forde". Banbury Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2020.