Jude Dicken, the Collections Information Manager for Manx National Heritage, speaks about the variety of collections she oversees. This ranges from Viking Archeology to early daguerreotypes of the island, and the contemporary showcase of the Isle of Mann's TT motor festival.

Jude discusses ambitious projects from as far back as the 1940s when an archive of recordings was made of the last native Manx speakers, to the recent 3D scanning and modeling project of the 200 early Medieval Viking crosses on the Isle. The promotion of their freely available digitized archive of Manx newspapers dating from 1792 has led to very positive engagement from both locally and further afield.

Patrica Dark, Archivist for the London Borough of Southwark, speaks about the exciting range of material she oversees, and the interesting people she gets to meet as part of her job.

From saving architectural drawings from the bin to helping with police investigations, you never know what useful information you might find. Patricia talks about two of her favorite collections; the Pat Brown Papers, the extensive writings of an insightful, everyday Peckham woman, and the Crutchley Archive, an invaluable record of 18th Century textile dying which has since been recognized as part of 'UK Memory of the World Register'.

Alison Cable, archivist at The Rochester Bridge Trust, talks about her experience of moving from roles in local authorities looking after dozens of collections, to this very specialised collection. The Trust is one of the oldest charities in England and the archive goes back to the early medieval time. It holds documents accrued by the Trust over the centuries, including civil engineering documents from suppliers nationwide and material of interest to local historians. She talks about the challenges of digitising oversized paper based plans and the challenge of archiving born digital material from contractors. Alison discusses her hopes for increasing visitor numbers to the archive with the refurbishment of the medieval chapel owned by The Trust.

Rob Baker, Information and Archives Executive for Blind Veterans UK, talks about working for archives in the third sector. The archive contains lifelong records of everyone the charity has ever helped since its inception in 1915 as well as its celebrity and royal supporters. It contains artifacts used by the veterans and Rob discusses the similarities and differences in the work of the charity over the last hundred years. Rob covers how the archive is used both by researchers and for the promotion of the charity. The interview shows how the archvie continues growing with born digital material.

Founded in 1964 by husband and wife team Hillary and Mary Evans and now comprising approximately 2.5 million unique and eclectic images (and still growing), The Mary Evans Picture Library is a fascinating example of a collection which started as a personal hobby but which has grown into a major international business.

Tom Gilmor, Head of Content, speaks to us today about managing a growing collection and how to continue to expand whilst still maintaining the personal ethos which helped make the collection so unique in the first place.

He tells us about the collection's international reach, how they have embraced the digital age and the importance of strong metadata. He also shares some of his personal favourites from the collection, including an (almost) accurate view of life 'In the year 2000' as imagined by French artist Jean-Marc Cote in 1896.

Archivist Lucy Bonner introduces the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a learned society and membership organization of 120,000 engineers in 140 countries. IMechE covers all engineering involving movement. The archive includes institutional records, engineering company records, personal records of members, large engineering drawings and related paintings, photos, models, and artifacts.

Hugh talks about the formation of Barnet as an administrative area in 1963, and the historical nature of the areas and archives it took on. He then goes on to describe the four sections that the physical archive covers: a reference section (mostly now online); the council minutes and reports; artifacts specific to the area from the former Church Farmhouse Museum; and the library's local history collection started back in 1927.

Jill William is Honorary President of The Egham by Runnymede History Society where she has been a member for 30 of its 52 years' existence. The society was originally set up in response to the redevelopment of the High Street in the 1960s as an attempt to document some of the historic buildings being demolished.