National Records of Scotland head interviewed in Broadsheet

The latest issue of Broadsheet (49) carries an interview with the new Chief Executive of the National Records of Scotland, Paul Lowe, and Laura Mitchell, Deputy Keeper of the Records of Scotland.

Amongst othjer articles there is also an indepth piece reflecting on the commemorations of the Iolaire disaster of 1919 by Seonaid McDonald, archivist at Tasglann nan Eilean, and a focus on thirty years of work by the Ballast Trust in preserving business and technical records.

Broadsheet is freely accessible at https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Broadsheet-49.pdf

Chris

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Latest edition of Broadsheet now available

Issue 34 of Broadsheet, the magazine of the Scottish Council of Archives, is now freely available at www.scottisharchives.org.uk/magazine/current.

In this issue copyright reform and archives accreditation are looked at, there's an update on the Public Records (Scotland) Act of 2011, a feature on Lothian Health Services Archive's recognition by UNESCO for its HIV/AIDS collection, recent Scottish legislation of interest to archivists, an update on the Heritage Lottery Funded Opening Up Scotland's Archives traineeship scheme, ancestral tourism, and a celebration of Stirling Council Archives, now forty years old.

Chris

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Latest Broadsheet now online

The latest issue of Broadsheet, the magazine of the Scottish Council on Archives, is now available at www.scottisharchives.org.uk/news/magazine/current. Included in this month's topics is an interview with Hazel Lauder, Information and Records Manager at North Ayrshire Council, and articles on the Glucksman Conservation Centre at the University of Aberdeen, and the Scottish Brewing Archive Association.

(With thanks to Wendy Archer)

Chris

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Broadsheet issue 18 now online

Issue 18 of the Scottish Council on Archives' free monthly magazine Broadsheet is now online. In this month's issue there is an interview with an archivist at Inverclyde, an interview with the Scottish Information Commissioner, research on the City of Glasgow Police Memorial, the William Wallace letters, a National Sound Archive for Scotland, and even a piece on Wolverhampton City Archives in England winning the Annual Volunteering Award.

It's so juicy with content you could squeeze it, ferment it and call it a fine wine! The magazine is freely available as a PDF download at www.scoarch.org.uk/notice-board/broadsheet

(With thanks to Patricia Whatley @patwh)

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Broadsheet issue 15 - Family History Edition

Issue 15 of the free Scottish Council on Archives e-magazine is now available online, and this month it is a 'Family History Edition'.

Harvey Kaplan of the Scottish Jewish Archives looks at resources available for Jewish research in Scotland, Jane Petrie looks at a new 6 week family history course being established at Stirling by the local Archive and Library Service, Moira Stewart examines how Britain almost went to war with Brazil, and Nick Barrat asks if digitisation is being carried out at the expense of more pressing needs by the nation's archives.

There's also a look by Richard Aitken at the preservation of a school log book from Glencoe, Bruce Bishop, chairman of SAFHS is interviewed about the modern Scottish family history scene - and yours truly sings the praises of the Mitchell Library and the Burns Monument Centre for LETTING ME HAVE SOME OF MY LIFE BACK!!! :)

The magazine is freely available in PDF format at www.scoarch.org.uk/notice-board/broadsheet - as are the fourteen previous issues.

Ah go on - ye will...!

Chris

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