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Date(s)
- 1987-1989 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.08 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Greater Access to Publishing (GAP) was a campaigning body, set up in 1987 and affiliated to Women in Publishing. They were an independent group of women from various cultural backgrounds working in the publishing industry. Their companies included The Women's Press, Virago, Longmans, Harrap Columbus, Black Ink, Bogle-L'Ouverture, Arawide and Springboard. They aimed to highlight publishing as an option for Black women. They held meetings on the first Thursday of each month.
The group held a One Day Conference to highlight which offered workshops on various aspects of publishing and personal histories of women in publishing.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 LMA/4462/L 1987-1989 Collection 0.08 linear metres Greater Access to Publishing , campaign group
Greater Access to Publishing (GAP) was a campaigning body, set up in 1987 and affiliated to Women in Publishing. They were an independent group of women from various cultural backgrounds working in the publishing industry. Their companies included The Women's Press, Virago, Longmans, Harrap Columbus, Black Ink, Bogle-L'Ouverture, Arawide and Springboard. They aimed to highlight publishing as an option for Black women. They held meetings on the first Thursday of each month.
The group held a One Day Conference to highlight which offered workshops on various aspects of publishing and personal histories of women in publishing.
Their archive collections were the first deposit from the African-Caribbean community to be made to the London Metropolitan Archives, in 2005, with additional deposits since that time.
Records of Greater Access to Publishing, including minutes of meetings, funding applications, conference planning notes, and packs. Also press cutting from The Bookseller about the organisation and letterhead.
These records are arranged into one series: LMA/4462/L/001: Correspondence.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Copyright to these records remains with the depositors.
English
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
November 2009 to February 2010 Group communication Conferences Sex distribution Sex Women Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Communication personnel Publishers Publishing industry Publishing Groups Campaign groups Communication process Authors Organizations Rights of special groups Greater Access to Publishing , campaign group London England UK Western Europe Europe Personnel People by occupation People
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Their archive collections were the first deposit from the African-Caribbean community to be made to the London Metropolitan Archives, in 2005, with additional deposits since that time.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Greater Access to Publishing, including minutes of meetings, funding applications, conference planning notes, and packs. Also press cutting from The Bookseller about the organisation and letterhead.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
These records are arranged into one series: LMA/4462/L/001: Correspondence.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records remains with the depositors.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Communication process » Group communication
- Communication process » Group communication » Conferences
- Sex distribution
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Social and economic rights
- Social and economic rights » Equal opportunity
- Communication personnel
- Communication personnel » Publishers
- Publishing industry
- Publishing industry » Publishing
- Groups
- Communication process
- Authors
- Organizations
- Rights of special groups
- Personnel
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English