Publishing Scotland

Marketing material, board meeting papers, annual reports, purchase ledgers, promotional catalogues, brochures and miscellaneous publishing papers/journals

Publishing Scotland is a not-for-profit company established to provide representation for publishers across Scotland and to help further develop the publishing sector it describes itself as 'the network for tade, training and development'. It is a registered charity and was originally established in 1973 by ten Scottish publishers, as the Scottish Publishers Association and formally launched in 1974. Its founding aim was to collaborate for marketing, information and attending book fairs at a time when the Scottish publishing industry was in serious decline. The body was initially chaired by Robin Lorimer. It adopted its present name in April 2007. The organisation is based in Edinburgh and continues its original remit along as dealing with new challenges facing publishers such as digitisation issues.

Usually chronological within series.

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

The records were deposited by Publishing Scotland in December 2011 (2011/471) with further deposits received in January 2012 (2012/480) and February 2014 (2014/620).

Publishing Scotland is a not-for-profit company established to provide representation for publishers across Scotland and to help further develop the publishing sector it describes itself as 'the network for tade, training and development'. It is a registered charity and was originally established in 1973 by ten Scottish publishers, as the Scottish Publishers Association and formally launched in 1974. Its founding aim was to collaborate for marketing, information and attending book fairs at a time when the Scottish publishing industry was in serious decline. The body was initially chaired by Robin Lorimer. It adopted its present name in April 2007. The organisation is based in Edinburgh and continues its original remit along as dealing with new challenges facing publishers such as digitisation issues.

A full box list is available as a Word document in MS but loose items in compact shelving not listed.

The records are predominantly on paper but also include CD ROMS

Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, May 2014 Description compilation was assisted by information from http://www.publishingscotland.org/about-us/ and http://www.publishingscotland.org/about-us/our-history both accessed 6 May 2014

Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

Material held by Publishing Scotland

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MS 337