UK's archivist groups to merge.

• Position: ARCHIVES - The Society of Archivists - National Council on Archives - Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government - Brief article

The United Kingdom's three leading archivist organizations--The Society of Archivists (SoA), National Council on Archives (NCA), and Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government (ACALG)--have agreed to merge.

A legal merger is planned by August 2009, but full integration will not come until later, according to media reports.

The decision was reached after the three groups asked consultants to review the archives and records management sector in England and Wales last year. Each organization plans to consult its members in the coming months about the...