As Chairman of the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee I am pleased to today announce four newly Accredited Archive Services.
The Accredited Archive Services, which include the first ever services accredited in Scotland and Wales, showed they had reached national standards relating to the long-term collection, preservation and accessibility of the nation's archive heritage. They were also recognised for their good performance in all aspects of governance, management and resourcing as well as the care of their unique collections and the service they offer to their entire range of users.
As Chair of the Archive Service Accreditation Committee, I am pleased to emphasise that these awards are a tangible recognition of the sector's successes at preserving and making accessible the nation's archive heritage. All of the services should be proud of themselves and of the difference they have made to people, communities and businesses across England, Scotland and Wales.
Archive Service Accreditation, the UK-wide standards scheme for the archives sector, was established in 2013 to celebrate and recognise good practice, identify agreed standards and encourage and support development across archive services.
The four accredited services are:
• Falkirk Archives
• Richard Burton Archives, University of Swansea
• Unilever Archives and Records Management
• The National Archives
Archive Service Accreditation has been developed in partnership with the archive sector and its stakeholders and is supported by a UK partnership of the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland), Archives and Records Council Wales, The Welsh Government through CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, National Records of Scotland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Scottish Council on Archives, and The National Archives. The assessor body for Archive Service Accreditation for archives services in England is The National Archives.
For more information see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accreditation
Because of the core involvement of The National Archives in the management of the Accreditation process, I would make it clear that The National Archives was assessed by representatives of two other national assessor bodies, the Scottish Council on Archives and Public Record of Northern Ireland, as well as peer reviewers from the wider archive sector. All awards are agreed by a Panel drawn from representatives of the Archive Service Accreditation Committee.
Bruce Jackson
Chair of the Archive Service Accreditation Committee
20 March 2014
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