INTRODUCTION
The Scottish Public Records Strategy is a project which has been set up to examine existing legislation, guidance, standards and practices relating to Scottish public records and archives, together with the roles and functions of the key stakeholders in relation to those records, and to consider whether these need to be amended or updated. There has been a growing recognition that the existing Scottish public records legislation (in particular the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937) is in need of review. This has been highlighted by the introduction of recent legislation, in particular the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Data Protection Act 1998, and developments in technology such as electronic/digital records. The overall objective of the Strategy is to develop measures for managing Scottish public records in the 21 st century, ensuring that the appropriate records are kept, maintained, preserved and accessible to the public.
More details of the purpose, scope and objectives of the Strategy. These will be reviewed regularly and may well change as work progresses on development of the Strategy.
Information about evidence-gathering workshops which are the first stage in the development of the strategy.
Details of background information produced to support the development of the Strategy.