Current initiatives
We are delivering projects directly and in partnership so that more people of all ages and backgrounds benefit from and are inspired by archives, on site and online. These projects aim to meet the priorities for the sector described in Archives for the 21st Century. Read about these projects here.
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Accessions to Repositories 2012
Find out about the annual survey of repository acquisitions for 2012.
Accreditation
Learn about the co-creation of the new archives standard using expertise from a wide range of archives stakeholders.
Architecture, building and construction records
Read about the identification and preservation of Britain's key records relating to architecture, building and construction.
Archive Pace Setters
Read about the partnership scheme encouraging organisations to apply to brand individual archive projects.
Archiving the arts
Learn about a strategy for archives that supports collection development and sustainability for archival arts collections.
Digitisation consortium
Find out about the pilot to digitise school registers dating from before 1914.
Explore Your Archive
Find the Explore Your Archive toolkit here, a resource to raise public awareness of archives.
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Family and estate records
Learn about the steps we are taking to promote the preservation and use of family and estate archives.
Finding Archives
Discover how we are improving our online tools and resources about the location and nature of collections on British history.
Funding the archives sector
Find out about how we are working in partnership to investigate funding for the UK archives sector.
London 2012
Learn about how records from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Cultural Olympiad will be preserved.
Manorial Documents Register
Discover how we are digitising the registers of manorial documents in partnership with county record offices.
Opening Up Archives
Find out how this programme provides an entry into the archives sector for people who have not followed a traditional route.
