Major Recognition for University Archives

ISWE is pleased to announce that Bangor University Archives and Special Collections has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation. 

Accredited status is the primary measurement of good practice and agreed standards for archive services across the UK, assessing an organisation’s ability to develop, care for and provide access to its collections. 

The archives at Bangor are responsible for the management and custodianship of some of Wales’ most significant estate collections, which provide an essential evidence-base for the projects developed by ISWE. 

The Accreditation was officially bestowed during a ceremony in December, which was attended by Dr. Sarah Horton from the Welsh Government’s Museums, Archives and Libraries and Division (MALD), Vice-Chancellor and ISWE Advisory Board Member Prof. John G. Hughes and a group of regular archive users.

Many congratulations to Elen Wyn Simpson and her team on this fantastic achievement.   

Publication date: 6 February 2017