Archive Service Accreditation

Archive Service Accreditation is the UK standard for archive services. Standards, schemes and frameworks help archives to manage and improve their efficiency and effectiveness through external validation, and by identifying good practice.

About Archive Service Accreditation

Accreditation gives archive services scope to consider how they manage acquisition, preservation and access, and enables ongoing service development.
Apply for Archive Service Accreditation

These pages will help you prepare and submit an application for Archive Service Accreditation in English.
Management of Archive Service Accreditation

How Archive Service Accreditation is managed, and accreditation status decided.
Assessment and award of Archive Service Accreditation

How we assess applications for Archive Service Accreditation, and the possible award outcomes.
Retaining Archive Service Accreditation

How accredited status is reviewed, and what services need to do to keep their accredited status.
Accredited archive services

A variety of archive services have gained accredited status since the standard was launched.

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