Susan Shanks and Alice Millard are archivists working on the New Jerusalems new towns archive project. Susan is based at County Durham Records Office while Alice is based at West Sussex record Office.

Sarah, Alice and Susan talk about

1. How they took different routes to the same job
2. Finding satisfaction in uncovering forgotten stories and putting things in order
3. Balancing access and preservation for archival materials
4. The headaches caused by constant digital progress

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