Coleção GB 0074 LMA/4462/L - GREATER ACCESS TO PUBLISHING

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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.

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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

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.

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English

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.

• inglês