Archive Pace Setter Scheme - Partners
Geoff Pick, Chair, National Council on Archives
“The National Council on Archives is delighted to be working with strategic partners across the UK to develop and deliver the Archive Pace Setter scheme. Over the last twenty years the NCA has developed a track record of supporting innovation within the archive sector, through ground-breaking reports, funding advice and advocacy work. We see the Archive Pace Setter scheme as a timely initiative, bringing together many strands of work within the sector to continue the drive toward improvements to archive services. We hope that archives of all shapes and sizes will be able to directly benefit from becoming Archive Pace Setters, and that, in the longer term, the sector as a whole will benefit from shared learning derived from these projects.”
Roy Clare CBE, Chief Executive, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
“MLA welcomes this initiative to encourage Archives around the country to become Pace Setters. Our local archives are an invaluable resource containing the histories and stories of local communities across the country.
This scheme will give them confidence to try new ways of working and to develop best practice in managing the resources which they hold on behalf of all of us. It will help them strengthen their bonds with local communities, and foster local pride and identity.
The scheme will support MLA in delivering its priorities and those Archives Services which are identified as Pace Setters will rightly receive the national recognition which they deserve.”
Natalie Ceeney, Chief Executive, The National Archives
“Archive services are facing a range of challenges as the changing information world alters user expectations and presents new and complex needs in managing digital records. In order to meet these, it is vital for the archive sector to work together and this scheme demonstrates the commitment of the UK archive sector in driving forward service improvements, even in times of financial constraint.
The National Archives fully supports the Archive Pace Setter scheme in its overarching aim to encourage innovation across the archive sector. The Archive Pace Setter scheme will enable us to showcase, at a national level, new working practices within archive services. It will also support capacity building within the sector as a whole by encouraging, through sharing good practice and reflected learning, opportunities for organisations and individuals to develop new skills.”
Peter Emmerson, Chair, Society of Archivists
“This is an excellent initiative which will help archivists, records managers and conservators demonstrate their skills to their employers, archive users and colleagues. It is particularly important, as many services are facing budget cuts, that the innovative and ground-breaking work being done by recordkeeping professionals should be recognised and shared. The Society of Archivists supports Archive Pace Setters as a means of marking the unique contribution of its members to the cultural, business and democratic life of the UK.”
Gordon Reid, Director, Scottish Council on Archives
"The Archive Pace Setter scheme provides an excellent opportunity for archive services throughout the country to showcase and celebrate the many innovative and exciting projects they are delivering and, as such, the Scottish Council on Archives fully supports it."
Alun Ffred Jones, Minister for Heritage, Welsh Assembly Government
"The Welsh Assembly Government welcomes the development of this scheme, and the opportunity it provides to highlight and inspire innovative practice across the archive sector. The Archifau Arloesol / Archive Pace Setter brand will provide the means to recognise and celebrate the excellent work of archive services across the country, and the essential value that archives can add to the national life of Wales."