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William Harrison Ainsworth; Engraving of E. Finden, 1844. Courtesy of Birmingham City Archives. Cat ref: MS 168/114

Archives 4 All

Archives 4 All, the fourth phase of the Access to Archives (A2A) programme, began in September 2005 and is set to run until March 2008. Archives 4 All is an aUK (Archives UK consortium) programme to make archives more appealing and more accessible through activities and projects. Archives 4 All has encouraged Archivists to develop partnership projects between archive holders, users and community groups.

The projects have allowed Archives to expand into new and exciting areas, making use of technology such as digitised images, sound and video clips. Adding a community archives dimension has increased the sources and subjects open to users and has helped provide information about a greater range of society. The catalogues, digital images and other resources from the projects will be available via the Archives 4 All website