Archives and Records Association

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Archives and Records Association

Founded	1 June 2010
Type	Professional Organization
Focus	Archivists, Archive Conservators & Record Managers
Location	Taunton, Somerset
Origins	Merger of the National Council on Archives, Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government and the Society of Archivists
Area served	UK and Ireland
Method	Accreditation, Industry standards, Conferences, Publications
Members	>2400 (2015)
Employees	4
Website	http://www.archives.org.uk

The Archives and Records Association (ARA) is the principal professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers in the UK and Ireland. The Archives and Records Association (ARA, UK & Ireland) came into existence on 1 June 2010 and is the result of a merger of the National Council on Archives (NCA) and the Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government (ACALG) with the Society of Archivists (SoA).^[1] It is a member of the International Council on Archives.