Information about how to develop your workforce, manage performance and strengthen governance.
Assessing the environmental impact of your building and operations can not only help you meet organisational commitments to sustainability, but can also reduce running costs and increase efficiency.
The archive sector is undergoing a period of unprecedented change and challenge.
Find out how we're implementing a collaborative action plan to address the challenges facing charity archives.
Private archives encompass the archives of non-public organisations including businesses, charities, religious bodies and private individuals.
Workforce Development Strategy In 2017, The National Archives engaged the independent research consultancy Pye Tait to carry out an extensive evaluation of the archive sector using roundtables, phone interviews and a national online workforce survey.
In this managing and governing section, we provide you with resources related to organisational health.
Managing performance helps to develop services that are better and more sustainable, and ensures resources are used efficiently and effectively.
Archive services of all types and sizes need to consider issues of equality and diversity.
On this page, we provide guidance for local authorities and their staff to make decisions that ensure their archives and records are sustainably managed.
A forward plan is a powerful tool for service improvement and is a key requirement for Archive Service Accreditation.
The archives sector is inherently collaborative.
Planning and delivering a new archive building or store or refurbishing an existing building can be a significant challenge.
There are a number of ways archive services generate income.