Scottish Council on Archives


The Scottish Council on Archives is an advocacy and development organisation for archive and records management services in Scotland. The Council is Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Projects

The Scottish Council on Archives funds and delivers various projects. They include and address: the research and development of professional conservation and preservation, digitisation and education and learning.
Recent advocacy work has included the presentation of evidence to the Scottish Parliament Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee regarding the Public Records Act 2011, and the publication of Scotland's Archives Matter which was launched in 2011 by Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs.
In 2011 the Council co-ordinated the Scottish contribution to the annual Archives Awareness Campaign by developing a project entitled The Edible Archive.
The Council works with a number of partner organisations. These include Museums Galleries Scotland, Scotland's History Festival, and the Business Archives Council of Scotland. The Scottish Council on Archives is also a member body of the Archives Libraries and Museums Alliance UK. The current chair is Dr Irene O'Brien. The current director is John Pelan