Annual Report 2003-2004 - National Archives of Scotland
Annual Report 2003-2004 - National Archives of Scotland
Annual Report 2003-2004 - National Archives of Scotland
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JOINT PROJECTS<br />
The exponential growth in project activity in the UK in recent years plus NAS’ growing list <strong>of</strong><br />
commitments, particularly on the digital front, meant that our ability to commit to new projects<br />
was sharply reduced. We were able to provide advice and support to the Prodigia project proposal<br />
to preserve and digitise the records <strong>of</strong> the South Uist Estate. Permission was also given to North<br />
Highland Archive to have various fishing registers from the Wick Customs and Excise outport<br />
series (CE 113) digitised for the Am Baile project showcasing archive material from the Scottish<br />
Highlands and Islands (http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/index.jsp). Various inventories <strong>of</strong> art<br />
collections included in the estate papers <strong>of</strong> the Dukes <strong>of</strong> Hamilton (NRAS2177) were digitised by<br />
NAS as part <strong>of</strong> the Virtual Hamilton Palace project.<br />
Kirsty Forbes <strong>of</strong> NAS with Steve<br />
Connelly, Perth and Kinross Council<br />
Archivist, at the Scottish Council on<br />
<strong>Archives</strong>' reception to mark <strong>Archives</strong><br />
Awareness Month <strong>2003</strong>.<br />
NAS continued to sit on the general and editorial boards <strong>of</strong> the Statistical Accounts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
and provided a detailed transcription <strong>of</strong> the 1791 account for the parish <strong>of</strong> Dumfries (the<br />
digitisation <strong>of</strong> this was noted in last year’s report).<br />
A good deal <strong>of</strong> time and effort at the start <strong>of</strong> the year was spent in organising the Scottish<br />
consultative meeting <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Archives</strong> Task Force. The ATF, which included the Keeper <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Records <strong>of</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>, was set up by the Museums Libraries and <strong>Archives</strong> Council in 2002,<br />
following an invitation by the Department <strong>of</strong> Culture, Media and Sport to review the state <strong>of</strong><br />
archives in the UK. The Scottish meeting was held at the <strong>National</strong> Library <strong>of</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong> on 25 April<br />
and attended by over 40 delegates. The ATF’s report Listening to the Past, Speaking to the Future<br />
was published in March <strong>2004</strong> and is accessible at<br />
http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/atf_report.pdf.<br />
September <strong>2003</strong> saw the first national <strong>Archives</strong> Awareness campaign. NAS participated in<br />
planning meetings, created a web exhibition on the campaign’s theme <strong>of</strong> ‘Love and Hate’, and<br />
provided General Register House as the venue for the Scottish Council on <strong>Archives</strong>’ reception to<br />
mark <strong>Archives</strong> Awareness Month.<br />
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