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I. Barnes, The Scottish archive network, Arh. vjesn., god. 41 (1998), str. 45-49 Oporuke nastale u razdoblju između 1500. i 1875. godine postat će dostupne digitalizacijom kazala osoba, mjesta, zanimanja i datuma, koja će biti pretraživa preko mreže. S podacima iz kazala bit će povezane digitalizirane slike oporuka. Ukupno će trebati digitalizirati oko 3,3 milijuna slika. Treći dio ovoga projekta je razvoj postojećih elektroničkih inventara u Državnom arhivu Škotske. Postoji velik broj takvih inventara, koji su već sada pretraživi do razine dosjea, svežnja ili pojedinačnog dokumenta. Sažetak izradio Tomislav Cepulić Scotland has a magnficent archival heritage and Scots of every age want access to it. Every year more and more people visit archives and the two fastest growing areas are genealogy and local history. Access to the information available in archives is however hampered for the following reasons: - searchers don't know what information is available, - they don't know which archives hold what information, - much of the information is only available in central Edinburgh, - even when people know where to look, old paper catalogues may be almost impossible to search, because of their complexity or size. New technology and the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund provide the opportunity to open up our archival heritage to everyone. This proposal is for the creation of an electronic network and search room which will link every Scottish archive and make the information in them available throughout Scotland and world-wide. The proposal is split into three parts: 1. the creation of the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) 2. the automation of the register of testaments, or the wills of Scots from 1500 to 1876, an immensely rich historical source 3. the development of the existing electronic catalogue in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS)

2 so that the wills and the existing automated catalogues can be made available not just in the search room of the NAS in central Edinburgh but throughout Scotland and elsewhere. These 3 parts are described in detail below. 2 The name National Archives of Scotland (NAS) is used rather than Scottish Record Office, because it is more widely understood outside Scotland. 46