High Life Highland’s archive service has been nationally recognised for its work, being awarded accredited status by the National Archives.
Accreditation is the national quality standard and recognises good performance in all areas of archive service delivery.
The accreditation panel commended the Highland Archive Service saying its archive centres are “of high quality, providing robust standards of protection for the collections” and provided “enviable facilities for public services”.
The Highland Archive Service has a suite of policies that underpin all our operations and activities and help us meet the high standards required for accreditation.
Policies
Mission statement
Access policy
Acquisitions policy
Collections care and preservation policy
Collections development policy
Collections information policy
Collections management policy
Digital preservation policy
Distressing language advisory statement
Engagement policy
Ethical research statement
