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It is great to see so many organisations celebrating their volunteers this #VolunteersWeekScot! Why not catch up on what the Mus_ScottishRailways volunteers have been up to in our A Year in the Life of a Community Archive blog: scottisharchives.org.uk/community-arch…

For #volunteersweekscot we loaned items from the Sandy McLean collection to Mus_ScottishRailways for a pop up display to showcase just some of the work our Ballast Trust volunteers do. Each week our vols contribute an average of 60 hours listing, sorting and cataloging records!

📣Lloyd's Register of Yachts 📣 From June 2024, the historic collection of over 110 volumes will be freely available across Internet Archive Google Books and HEC website!👏 Learn more 🔗ow.ly/nFPg50SfkRy

Proudly partnering with @ancestry on the launch of Ireland, Railway Employment Records, 1870-1940 -300k records to learn more about the lives of those who worked Ireland's railways during a period of great change. The collection is available at: ancestry.com/search/collect…

Delighted to share that our Surveying Officer, Rachael has been nominated for the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) 'Record-Keeper of the Year' award. The winner is chosen by public vote and voting closes 8th July archives.org.uk/record-keeper-…

Excited to say that bookings for our conference with BAC are now open to all 👉bac.whitefuse.net/events/liquid-… Draft programme here busarchscot.org.uk/wp-content/upl… and details about the venue and getting to Glasgow here busarchscot.org.uk/events/confere…

Still time to get tickets for "Blowing Hot & Cold" a talk by shipbuilding historian Ian Johnston about the invention of air-conditioning on the Clydeside. "Blowing Hot and Cold: Thermotank and the story of air-conditioning at sea". 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-story-of…

I’ve not been posting much from@#ARA2024 conference, but huge congratulations to former colleague and champion of business archives ⁦Rachael Muir⁩ who’s received ⁦Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)⁩ Recordkeeper of the Year award.

Congratulations to all the Archives & Records Association Excellence Award winners, and particularly for our wonderful colleague Rachael Muir, Record Keeper of the Year 2024. A very well-deserved honour for Rachael and her work supporting the preservation of business archives 🎉

Rachael provides consultancy services to the Scottish business sector to support the management and preservation of their archives and heritage. Learn more about her recent work here: surveyingofficer.co.uk/testimonies/ #BusinessArchives Ballast Trust

So proud of Rachael, our Business Archives Surveying Officer who won the record keeper of the year award last night ARA UK+I Conference for her work as Surveyor and with business archives archives.org.uk/news/ara-excel…

📣Digital Transformation Survey 📣 Lloyd's Register Foundation is embarking on a Digital Transformation Project to overhaul our digital estate and update the LRF Heritage & Education Centre website! Share your thoughts on the website and navigation 👉👉numiko.optimalworkshop.com/treejack/b62e7… 🚨Deadline: 26th September

We're delighted to announce our Visiting Research Fellows for 2025! Thirteen scholars from a range of disciplines will join us in Glasgow to carry out research using our unique collections. Find out more: ow.ly/pqS250V2Nn9

Our first 'Business Bites' session for 2025 with BAC is next week on Wednesday 26th February. Book here bac.whitefuse.net/events/busines… to join us to chat about cataloguing business archives with Emma Blowers Dorset History Centre and Kath Roper-Caldbeck UofGlasgowASC