Voting open for ARA Excellence Awards 2023

Written By Deborah Mason

Voting is now open and will close at 5pm on 14th July 2023.

You can vote for your choice in the three categories: Record Keeper, Record Keeping Service and New Professional

Vote here

Find full details about the nominees and the awards here.

The awards give us the chance to celebrate the best of what we do and help raise the profile of archivists, conservators and records managers across the UK and Ireland.

The Archives and Records Association created the awards to recognise excellence and contributions by individuals and teams in our sector.

To celebrate the achievements of record keeping professionals and their contribution to society, ARA has four special awards: Distinguished Service Award (DSA), Record Keeper of the Year, Record Keeping Service of the Year, New Professional of the Year Award.

This year we have:

Distinguished Service Awards - 5 nominations - DSAs will be decided by the ARA Board

Record Keeper of the Year - 3 nominations:

  • Erika Freyr

  • Louise Neilson

  • Joanne Shortland

Record Keeping Service of the Year - 3 nominations:

  • Edge Hill University Archive and Special Collections

  • Jersey Archive

  • Wolverhampton City Archive

New Professional of the Year - 3 nominations:

  • Fran Horner

  • Kurt Jameson

  • Eleanor McKenzie

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