RCAHMS welcomes Scran

Scran provides access to more than 360,000 rights cleared images, movies and sound clips from museums, galleries, archives and the media.

Scran takes its name from the Scots term for ‘food’ and this unique service offers an extensive gallery of online resources to suit every taste in historical and cultural research. Resources are fully searchable, and each one is accompanied by supporting information and a range of tools which enable the user to see where the subject is located on a map, save it for future reference, share it with friends and even publish it directly to a blog.

Scran is a subscription service providing users with full access to these functions. All local authority schools and most colleges and universities in Scotland have full access, and many local authorities support it in their public libraries. Individuals can also take out a subscription to the service – full details are available on the Scran website at www.scran.ac.uk .

Scran will be developed in the future and will be integrated into RCAHMS’ Education and Outreach activity.