Making the Case for Libraries and Archives

Online series

A free four-part online series to support the delivery of Scotland’s Skills Investment Plan for the Historic Environment exploring advocacy in practice across archives and libraries. All four webinars are now available on YouTube:

Useful links and resources from the series

Scottish Heritage Skills Forum:

Come and join a community dedicated to sharing knowledge, events, opportunities and thoughts around heritage skills in Scotland: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/15305021.

Skills Investment Plan:

The Skills Investment Plan for the Historic Environment is a sector-wide skills strategy that aims to ensure that Scotland has the skills it needs to promote, manage and protect our historic environment. You can read more about it here: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/learn/skills-and-training/skills-investment-plan-for-the-historic-environment/

Resources for ‘Lessons from Community Advocacy’

Community Archives and Heritage Group:

Scotland – Community Archives and Heritage Group Scotland – Scottish Council on Archives

UK and Ireland – Community Archives and Heritage Group | Supporting and promoting community archives in the UK and Ireland

Resources for ‘Understanding the Value of Records and How it Informs Decision Making’

Join the Scottish Media and Information Literacy Community of Practice. Alternatively, email sean.mcnamara@cilips.org.uk to join.

Robert Gordon University project: Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools (GenAISiS) – Responsible AI

Co-design project between Young Scot, CILIPS and theferret.scot to combat online disinformation

Article: Exploring the early manifestation of information poverty in young children, by Frances Breslin Davda and Steven Buchanan.

Campaign for Records

Scottish Council on Archives, Year in Review

Archives and Records Association Excellence Awards Winners