Jasmine is the Development Officer for Comann Dualchas Innse Gall, the Outer Hebrides Heritage Forum.  The Forum works on behalf of and for its members to promote, facilitate and strengthen the work of community heritage organisations and comann eachdraidhs (historical societies) in the Outer Hebrides. Gàidhlig is a working language …

Ishbel is Senior Officer for Archives and Local & Family History at Culture Perth and Kinross where she is responsible for managing Perth & Kinross Archive and the related Local Studies collections in AK Bell Library, Perth. The Archive looks after official, business, community, family and personal records relating to all aspects …

Lorna Steele is the Community Engagement Officer for the Highland Archive Service, whose four archive centres contain historic documents, covering a third of Scotland’s landmass and dating from the 1200s to the present day.  Her role involves connecting a diverse range of audiences, from school pupils to prison inmates, with these …

Phil Astley is City Archivist for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives. With over twenty years’ experience in the archive sector, he has previously worked at Aberdeen University (2004-2008), the North Highland Archive (2003-2004) and the Orkney Library and Archive (1994-2003). He is also a trustee of the Scottish Council on Archives.

Seonaid is the Archivist at Tasglann nan Eilean, the archive service of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – the local authority which serves the Outer Hebrides. As well as running the public archive service, part of her role involves offering advice and support to the network of thirty comainn eachdraidh (local historical societies) …

Alison is Highland Archivist at Highland Archive Service (part of High Life Highland)  which collects, preserves, catalogues, and celebrates the documentary heritage of the Highlands and has collections spanning over 700 years. 

Stevan is a volunteer administrator, trainer and technology architect at the Assynt Digital Archive, established in 2011, and consisting of an eclectic and growing set of collections held at the offices of the Assynt Crofters’ Trust. Stevan has wide experience in corporate IT, and a more recent degree in Scottish Cultural Studies, …

John Pelan is the Director of the Scottish Council on Archives. John has worked in the culture and heritage sectors in Scotland for several decades including as the Director of the Scottish Civic Trust and he has held senior positions with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. John is …

Alison is Registrar at the National Register of Archives for Scotland (NRAS), the body which has been supporting private owners in Scotland with advice on all issues relating to the care and preservation of their archives since 1946. There is now information on over 4500 private collections on the Register and the …