Archives Consultancy

Our aim is to create a user-friendly resource which can be used to tell your distinct story.

History Ink can help you create, build and manage your archive.

We have extensive expertise in the corporate archive sector, with over twenty years of in-house experience in creating and managing archives for some of the biggest brand names in banking as well as other industries including hospitality, energy, and property.

We also help private clients organise, manage and preserve their own personal archives.

History Ink is adept at dealing with not only traditional records but also historic artefacts, valuable works of art and digital assets.

What we do:

• Collection assessments: assess and appraise your collection through inventories, surveys and written reports. We can also plan and budget your archives project, implement policy, procedures and systems, and support recruitment.

• Cataloguing: describe and arrange your collection according to archival principles, from start to finish.

• Digitization: develop digitization plans and strategies. We work together with the best digitization vendors to ensure your collection is digitially preserved and shared with a wide audience.

• Preservation and conservation: draw up budgets and recommendations for archival packaging materials. We can also re-package your archives so they are preserved for the future.

• Policies and procedures: create bespoke policies and procedures to properly manage your archive on a day-to-day basis.

• Archives training: deliver mentorship and training programmes designed to empower employees to manage archival resources in the long-term.