ARA Membership for ARMA International Members
The Archives and Records Association is the leading UK professional association for those working in the recordkeeping sector, our members include archivists, records managers, information governance professionals and archive conservators.
Like ARMA we are committed to providing our community of members with industry best practices and opportunities for professional development, ongoing education, and networking.
ARMA members will be able to join ARA as individual members at a discounted rate of £40. This provides access to many of the member benefits enjoyed by ARA members including discounted conference rates and discounted/free training sessions.
You can find details of our Membership benefits here
ARMA Members can join ARA by completing the Membership application form here.
You can find details of our 2025 annual conference, which will be held in Bristol (UK) and online this year from 27th-29th August – can be found here.
The 2025 theme is ‘Next Generation: Innovation and Imagination in Record Keeping'.
We live in a challenging world and in difficult times, but adversity breeds innovation, leading us to consider different, perhaps better, approaches. This year’s conference theme provides an opportunity to reflect on our successes and evaluate what could have gone better. To ensure a viable and proactive future for our associated groups of professions, it is imperative that any forward-looking discussions must be through the lens of Sustainability, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We must view them as fundamental pillars of the next generation of the recordkeeping sector and ensure that we move beyond well-meaning but tokenistic gestures. This year's conference theme: Next Generation: Innovation and Imagination in Recordkeeping gives us an opportunity to ask how things were, how things are, how things could be and what are we doing to get there?
ARMA members joining ARA as individual members will be entitled to the member discounted rate for the conference. Booking opens in March.
Our Training and Events programme is advertised on the webpage here. ARMA members joining ARA as individual members will be able to take advantage of membership rates for all our training. Some events hosted by our specialist sections and groups may be free to members.
Our individual members also receive:
ARA Today our monthly e-bulletin on the first Wednesday of each month
ARC Magazine our online bi-monthly magazine six times a year
Archives and Records – our academic journal (via online access) published three times a year
Information on these publications can be found here.
Members also have access to member only training resources and occasional discounts from third parties. Details of Member discounts can be found in the member area once membership is confirmed.