This document discusses open access to archives and historical records. It notes that the National Library of Wales has been a strong advocate for open access by making the Welsh Journals and Newspapers projects fully open online. This allows students in Glasgow to study Welsh wills freely instead of Scottish wills that require paying fees. The document calls on the Scottish Government to consider this lesson and expand open access to more of its archives. It concludes by providing contact information for the author Lorna M. Campbell.

1. open.ed
Lorna M. Campbell

6. CC BY, Lorna M. Campbell, lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com

7. © RCAHMS, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/4100/details/lewis+traigh+na+berie/

9. Prof Andrew Prescott, Digital Humanities, University of Glasgow,
http://digitalriffs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/dennis-paywall-menace-stalks-archives.html

10. Prof Andrew Prescott, Digital Humanities, University of Glasgow,
http://digitalriffs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/dennis-paywall-menace-stalks-archives.html
“….NLW has been a staunch standardbearer for
the cause of Open Access. The excellent Welsh
Journals and Welsh Newspapers projects are fully
open access. Because of the NLW’s enlightened
approach, Scottish students in Glasgow now
study Welsh wills (freely available) rather than
Scottish wills (locked behind a brightsolid
paywell) – a lesson for the Scottish Government
to ponder there, surely.”

11. Melissa Terras, http://melissaterras.blogspot.co.uk/

16. Lorna M. Campbell
Blog: https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/
Mail: lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com
Mail: lorna.m.campbell@ed.ac.uk
Twitter: @lornamcampbell