mainly professional issues. After the creation of the Archives and Records Association in 2010, the title remained Journal of the Society of Archivists until 2012 (volume 33); after which, from 2013, the journal was retitled the Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association. The Society also published a monthly newsletter, ARC (Archives, Records Management, Conservation); and a fortnightly recruitment supplement called ARC Recruitment. Periodically more in depth guides on particular types of records or professional issues were published. Manual of Archival Description Michael Cook & Kristina Grant Manual of Archival Description. London: Society of Archivists, 1984 Margaret Procter & Michael Cook Manual of Archival Description; 2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower, 1989 Margaret Procter & Michael Cook Manual of Archival Description; 3rd ed. Aldershot: Gower, 2000 Training In terms of professional training for archives and records management, the Society accredited externally provided postgraduate diploma/degree programmes. For some twenty years the Society itself ran a distance-learning Diploma in Archives Administration, but this was discontinued in 2001. For archive conservation, the Society ran a Certificate in Archive Conservation as an in-service scheme restricted to Society members only. It was also involved in the Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers (PAC-R) scheme. Other training events for members were organised by the Regional committees or Special Interest Groups of the Society and co-ordinated by the Society's Training Officer. Professional members were encouraged to participate in the Society's Registration Scheme, which acted as a formal process of continued professional development. A register was first established in 1987, initially with a clause allowing professional members to be accepted automatically if they had been working in a recognised post for at least two years. This clause was closed in 1996, and full completion of the scheme made the only way to become a Registered Member of the Society of Archivists (RMSA). References External links Official website of the successor body: Archives and Records Association (United Kingdom and Ireland) Archivist associations History organisations based in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1947