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News & Newsletter
Here, we will post news items relating to the SCA, the sector and other issues affecting archives and records management in Scotland. We will also be sending out a monthly newsletter to members and observers with a summary of events, activities and project updates from across Scotland. Please contact us at info@scoarch.org.uk if you would like us to feature a story about your service.
SCA Scottish Archives Blog
For regularly updated posts, information, comments and news please visit the SCA Scottish Archives blog. Feel free to visit, comment and share your own news.
Scottish Archives on Flickr
The SCA now administrates a Scottish Archives Flickr page showcasing images of documents and items from archive collections across Scotland. If you would like to contribute an image from your collection, please contact us at info@scoarch.org.uk
Scottish Archives Google Map
If you are looking for directions, or website links for archive services across Scotland, you might find the Scottish Archives Google Map helpful.
- ARA Archive Volunteering Award 2012 - Nominate Your Archive Service!
03 February 2012Do you want peer recognition for excellence? Do you need evidence to show your effective engagement with volunteers? If so, why not nominate your archive service for the ARA Archive Volunteering Award?- BROADSHEET - Issue 11 Now Available
02 February 2012Issue 11 (January/February 2011)of Broadsheet – the SCA Newsletter – is now available to download- SCA now accepting applications for 2012 Patrick Cadell Bursary
- 30 January 2012The Patrick Cadell SCA bursary is aimed at providing an annual CPD opportunity for an archivist, conservator or records manager working in a Scottish Archive or Records Management Unit.
- SCA Launch Hunt for Scottish Love Stories
- 20 January 2012SCA Launch Hunt for Scottish Love Stories
- Invitation to Attend ALMA-UK Economic Impact Toolkit Workshops
- 17 January 2012ALMA-UK Economic Impact Toolkit Workshops 22 February 2012 Edinburgh & 23 February 2012 Perth
- 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Records - The National Archives Seek Feedback on Draft Guidance
- 12 January 2012The National Archives is working with many partners to ensure that records created before, during and after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Cultural Olympiad are properly managed, permanently preserved, and appropriately shared – wherever these records are held.
- ARA Conference Brighton 2012 Call For Papers: Progression, Innovation and New Landscapes
- 11 November 2011ARA Conference Brighton 2012 Call For Papers: Progression, Innovation and New Landscapes
- Economic Impact Toolkit launched for archives and museums
- 24 October 2011A major new tool which enables archives and museums to accurately assess their economic impact has been launched by the Archives, Libraries and Museums Alliance UK (ALMA-UK) and is now available on the AMLA-UK web site at http://almauk.org.
- Launch of 'Scotland's Archives Matter'
- 12 September 2011On 31 August Scotland’s Archives Matter, a publication by the Scottish Council on Archives, was officially launched by Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs.
- The Edible Archive - Scotland on Sunday Feature
- 22 August 2011The Scottish contribution to this year's National Archives Awareness Campaign, The Edible Archive, has been featured in Sunday's (21 August 2011) Scotland on Sunday newspaper.
