This original version of this guidance was published in PDF format in 2013. Most of the original case studies have been retained in this iteration, along with new case studies, as they still make valid points, even though circumstances may have moved on.
The majority of the Record Office’s holdings are distributed between several out stores with the remainder being held on the main site.
The original city centre building housing this business archive was part of a major re-development programme, and the new plans did not have capacity to house the archive on the main site.
In 2011 a substantial new wing of a national museum was opened encompassing a new purpose-built library and archive.
In 2011 a local record office combined with the local studies library to become a history centre, in the central library.
A county archive service runs three sites, each of which has a public access site.
A local authority service (the host) built a new archive office which, in accordance with best practice, had plenty of expansion space in its repository.