|  | Links to Professional and representative bodies |
Organisations in the UK devoted to raising and maintaining standards of practice or professional status, or to cooperation bewteen institutions. Includes both individual and institutional membership organisations. | |
| | Aslib | | A corporate membership organisation, promoting best practice in managing information in a changing world.
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| Business Archives Council | | Promotes the preservation of business records, conducts surveys of records and issues guidance to businesses on the management of their records. |
| Film Archive Forum (FAF) | | Represents the public sector film and television archives which care for the UKs moving image heritage.
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| Geological Curator's Group | | Dedicated to improving the status of geology in museums and raising the standard of geological curation. Strives to raise awareness of and create a forum for discussion for all aspects of geological collections care. |
| Group for Literary Archives and Manuscripts (GLAM) | | Established to bring together archivists, librarians, curators, writers, researchers, and anyone else with an interest in the collecting, preservation, use and promotion of literary archives and manuscripts in Britain and Ireland.
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| M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries | | A collaborative organisation that works to improve library and information services within the M25 region and more widely across the East and Southeast. |
| Museum Professionals Group | | MPG is a membership organisation which reflects the interests and aspirations of people working in or for museums. |
| Museums Association (MA) | | Represents the interests of museum and gallery employees, museums and galleries as institutions and their collections. |
| Museums Galleries Scotland | | The membership organisation for local museums and galleries in Scotland. Combines strategic leadership for the sector with provision of professional information, advisory and support services to members. |
| National Acquisitions Group (NAG) | | Create and encourages dialogue and improvements for all involved in the library acquisitions process. Members include organisations in publishing, bookselling and library systems supply as well as librarians in academic, public, national, special and gove |
| National Council on Archives (NCA) | | Brings together the major bodies and organisations, including service providers, users, depositors and policy makers, across the UK concerned with archives and their use. It aims to provide an authoritative common voice for the archival community. |
| National Museum Directors Conference (NMDC) | | Represents the leaders of the UKs national collections. These comprise the national museums in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the three national libraries, and the National Archives. |
| Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC) | | Supports museums in Northern Ireland in maintaining and improving their standards of collections care and service to the public and promotes a coherent framework of museum provision. |
| Records Management Society of Great Britain (RMS) | | An organisation for all those concerned with records and information management, regardless of their professional or organisational status or qualifications, including organisations wishing to develop records or information systems and those which provide |
| Society of Archivists (SoA) | | The professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers. Its aims are to promote the care and preservation of archives and the better administration of archive repositories, to advance the training of its members, and to encourage |
| Society of Chief Librarians in England and Wales (SCL) | | A professional association made up of the chief librarians of each public library authority in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Aims to take a leading role in the development of public libraries by influencing statutory, financial and other decisions. |
| Society of Indexers (SoI) | | The British and Irish professional body for indexing. Promotes indexing, the quality of indexes, and the profession of indexing. |
| United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG) | | An independent professional interest group which exists to encourage the exchange and promotion of ideas on printed and e-serials and the process of scholarly communication. |
| Visual Arts and Galleries Association (VAGA) | | A membership body that represents the interests of organisations and individuals concerned with the exhibition, interpretation and development of modern and contemporary visual art on behalf of the public. |
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