Dublin City Council Archive – A city response to Covid-19
Back in March, when the pandemic took hold in Ireland and the first lockdown was introduced, it was clear that we were […]
Business Archives Council Scotland Supporting Scottish businesses for 60 years.
2020 marks the 60th anniversary of the Business Archives Council of Scotland (BACS). In 1977 the BACS Executive Committee, matching funding from […]
Taking History Day online – Creating a digital fair to discover history collections
Since 2014, History Day has brought together students, researchers and history enthusiasts with professionals from archives, libraries, publishers and other organisations with history collections. Past […]
Bridging the Digital Gap Traineeships Bring New Skills into Archives
Today’s documentary evidence is recorded as a series of 0s and 1s and stored on hard drives and servers. Therefore, archives need technical people and new approaches to capture and preserve these digital records today to ensure […]
Featured Archive – The University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections
The University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections (ASC) moved from our lovely loch side reading room to computers hastily set up […]
ArchI’ve Discovered – Manage Your Collections
I will never forget my very first experience of working in an archive and feeling the excitement at cataloguing a small collection […]
ArchI’ve Campaigned
The Archives and Records Association, Scotland’s social media campaigns: #ArchiveZ and Instagram I think it is safe to say that this year […]
Accidental Travel
In the UK, before Covid-19 many of us travelled with relatively little thought – whether by private or individual means, or public […]
#ExploreYourArchive Day: a focus for our campaign
Have you heard about #ExploreYourArchive Day? Read on to find out all about it… What is #ExploreYourArchive Day? We introduced #ExploreYourArchive Day […]
Archibald Leitch, the art of football architecture
Architectural plan of Ayresome Park stadium – Archibald Leitch