Looking for a lunch break read? Have a look at our updated A Year in the Life of a Community Archive blog which is following the Museum of Scottish Railways Archive (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway). Learn what they have been doing here:
scottisharchives.org.uk/community-arch…

If you identify as LGBTQI+ and have experienced the UK’s asylum system/displacement/migration, why not join this fabulous workshop on World Refugee Day.
Organised by OurStory Scotland Scottish Refugee Council 🧡 and Scottish Archives and will be held CCA.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving-s…

To celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay here's some embroiders concentrating on their work at an Embroidery Exhibition in Glasgow School of Art Museum c.1920.

Photograph from the The Glasgow School of Art Archive

Today marks #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD which aims to get people thinking about digital accessibility and inclusion. The Make Your Mark in Volunteering Volunteering Toolkit highlights how you can make digital resources more accessible. View the toolkit below: makeyourmark.carrd.co

The Mitchell Library, #Glasgow holds an extensive collection of maps & atlases, from an early world atlas (1647) to modern maps including those by Ordnance Survey

See libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/coll…

Glasgow City Archives ARA Scotland Scottish Archives

#MapMonday

We're gathering volunteer stories from heritage organisations in Scotland to share throughout #VolunteersWeekScot (3-9 June).

If you have a story to share, get in touch with us: makeyourmark.scot/call-out-share…

Celebrating nurses past and present this #InternationalNursesDay

Photograph of three nurses in a ward at Inverness District Asylum, c.1903 courtesy of the Highland Archive Centre

Call for papers: Scottish Records Association Conference

Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Location: Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen and online
Topic: Estate Papers and their Use in Historical Research

Find out more and how to submit:
scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/news/sc…

Open for submissions: The Tunnock Prize 2024

The Tunnock Prize is an essay competition aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers kindly sponsored by Thomas Tunnock Ltd.

Find out more and how to submit: scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/the-tun…

Do you want to learn how to save, edit and preserve digital sound files? Then join our free Digital Know Webinars. To book a free spot head to Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/digital-kno…

The Improving Access Project Spring Symposium, taking place next week, will explore barriers to the heritage workforce and ways to improve access to it. Book a space here:
bookwhen.com/hes-strategy-a…

Historic Environment Scotland

Do you have a successful volunteering activity to share or do you have a situation with your volunteers with which you’d like some support?

Join our next volunteer network peer support session to connect with peers & seek advice from other attendees: eventbrite.co.uk/e/volunteer-ne…

Are you a community group that needs help establishing or maintaining your archive? We can offer help through our new project Community Stories – Community Archives. For more information and to get in touch head to: scottisharchives.org.uk/community-arch…

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Scotland's archives tell our nation's history, enrich our communities, and connect us to our past while preserving our stories for the future #WhyArchives #Archive30

We are excited to announce that this year we will be following the Museum of Scottish Railway's Archive. Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

To see what they have been up to so far head to: scottisharchives.org.uk/community-arch…

Make sure to book your free space for our upcoming lunch time webinars that focus on the long-term preservation of your digital sound files: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/digital-kno…

Are you a community group in Scotland that needs help with its archive or wants to start one? Contact SCA to register your interest in a new community archives training project.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Find out more: scottisharchives.org.uk/community-arch…

There was some very exciting and engaging presentations and discussions happening at the Connecting Community Archives event on Tuesday as part of the Our Heritage Our Stories (OHOS) project and we left with lots to think about!

CAHG are looking for people to submit papers for their upcoming conference in London. For more details see below:
scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/news/co…

Next wednesday join us at our April Business Bites session with BAC to hear from Scotland's very own Surveying Officer!

All are welcome at this session, book a place here bac.whitefuse.net/events/busines… to find out how surveying records can help you in your archive