Helen Forde
{{short description|English archaeologist}}
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Helen Forde {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|size=100%}} is an archivist and academic.
Career
Forde taught postgraduate courses on archives at University College London and worked as an archivist in local government and at The National Archive.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/committee-members-reappointed-to-the-advisory-committee-on-national-records-and-archives |title=Committee Members reappointed to the Advisory Committee on National Records and Archives |publisher=Department of Culture, Media and Sport |date=4 October 2019}}
Forde was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 14 June 2001.{{cite web |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=forde |title=Fellows Directory |publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London |accessdate=23 January 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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,{{Cite web |url=https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/british-postal-museum-archive-chairman-to-pass-on-her-mail-bag-as-she-steps/ |title=British Postal Museum & Archive Chairman to pass on her mail bag as new £22m museum planned for 2016 |work=Museums and Heritage Advisor |date=17 February 2015}} is a board member of the Banbury Museum,{{cite web |url=https://www.banburymuseum.org/helenforde/ |title=Dr Helen Forde |work=Banbury Museum |accessdate=23 January 2020}} and has served on the board of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
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.
Select publications
- 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.
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