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Vote for us in the Record Keeping Service of the Year award

  • 7th April 2017

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the 2017 Record Keeping Service of the Year Award!

This award is part of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Excellence Awards and aims to recognise the achievements of services across the sector. Voting is open now until 30th April and we would be hugely grateful if all of our readers would support us. Voting only takes a few seconds and can be done by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ara_awards2017 

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