Financial Records Training

Financial Records

On Monday 24 November 2008, the BACS in conjunction with the Society of Archivists Scotland Region held a training day on financial records at the Museum on the Mound, Edinburgh.  This training was aimed at archivists who care for collections that include financial records.  the training included an overview of the history of accounting, the common types of records found and their function and look at the issues of appraisal.  The day also included practical tasks to help put into practice what delegates had learned during the day.

The presentations from the day are available below.

• An Introduction to Double Entry Book Keeping by Alan Cameron, Convenor of the Business Archives Council of Scotland
• The Main Books of Account by Clare Paterson, Glasgow University Archives
• Tracing Transactions task – instruction sheet for practical tast tracing transactions through three sets of documents
• • Tracing Transactions – Document Set 1
  • Tracing Transactions – Document Set 2
  • Tracing Transactions – Document Set 3
• Beyond Books of Entry by David Powell, BACS Surveying Officer
• The certain statte of yowr book – presentation by Reto Tschan, HBOSplc Group Archives.  The text of the presentation is also available: The certain statte of yowr book – text
• Retention and Use of Accounting Records by Prof. Sam McKinstry, University of the West of Scotland