Policy


Legal Records at Risk Guidance now online

The Records at Risk Steering Group have updated Legal Records at Risk guidance for solicitors and law firms needing advice on keeping archives. The guide has been endorsed by the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Carl Stychin, the British Records Association and the Business Archives Council. The guide can be downloaded as a PDF here. Find out more about the BRA's records preservation work by visiting the Records at Risk page on our website. You can download  our 2012 Records and Risk report on risks to historical records in the East of ...

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Statement of Editorial Policy

The British Records Association (BRA) promotes the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for public benefit: the nation’s records preserved, accessed and interpreted for the benefit of all. The Association’s journal, ARCHIVES, supports these aims by providing information about the whereabouts, interpretation and historical significance of records in all media. It publishes essays, commentaries, case studies and reports on all aspects of the care, preservation, accessibility and use of archives. It welcomes submissions from ...

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