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Accessions 2015 is underway! Our annual Accessions to Repositories survey opened in December 2015. We have invited over 300 archive services to send us a comprehensive list of accessions of manuscripts and records they have taken in during 2015. Information gathered during the accessions survey is used to update records and record creator information within Discovery<http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> and is published on our Accessions<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/> page. It also provides a vital knowledge base for The National Archives' work with the wider sector, and allows us to trace the location of archives and manuscripts, as well as to monitor the transfer of public records and manorial documents. You can find out more about the survey here<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/accessions.htm>. Taking part in the survey provides repositories a great opportunity to showcase their new archive acquisitions. We've had some fantastic returns from archives across the UK and Ireland with hundreds of archive collections reported to us so far. These include 60 digital oral history recordings relating to experiences of Plymouth in the Second World War, part of the 'Plymouth Oral History Project'<http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F269808>, and the personal papers of crime writer Alan Hunter<http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F269853> and playwright Snoo Wilson<http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F269854> at the University of East Anglia Archives. We are busy adding this information to Discovery<http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> and preparing it for publication on our Accessions pages<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/> later this year. If you would like your accessions for 2015 included in this year's survey, more information is available on our website<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/accessions.htm>. Local authority places of deposit may be eligible for 'New Burdens' funding for reporting certain classes of public records in their survey return by the deadline. More information about this and the 20-year rule programme is available here<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/20-year-rule-and-records-of-local-interest.htm>. If you haven't done so already, please return the template to us by 31st January 2016. Please do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you have any queries. Rosie Logiudice Accessions 2015 Editor Archives Sector Development Tel: +44 (0)20 8876 3444 ex 5328 The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU nationalarchives.gov.uk<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra