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4 February 2012
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The National Records of Scotland (NRS) is responsible for administering and running the Scottish Register of Tartans. NRS is an executive agency of the Scottish Government and is headed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, the NRS exists to select, preserve, and make available the National Records of Scotland in whatever medium, to the highest standards; to promote the growth and maintenance of proper archive provision throughout the country; and to lead the development of archival practice in Scotland.

NRS also holds historical records created by businesses, landed estates, families, churches and other corporate bodies. Every year tens of thousands of people from all over the world use the NRS's services to carry out research, seek advice on record keeping, and enhance the learning and teaching of history.

The NRS is headed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, who is responsible to the Scottish Ministers for the management of the NRS and to the Lord President of the Court of Session for the efficient management of the court and other legal records in Scotland. The office of Keeper of the Records of Scotland was created in 1949, although its antecedents date back to the 13th century. The present Keeper of the Records of Scotland is Mr George MacKenzie. The Keeper of the Records of Scotland is also the Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartans, with George being the first incumbent of this position.

Mr George MacKenzie 
George MacKenzie has been Keeper of the Records of Scotland since January 2001. George is also the first Keeper of the Scottish Register of Tartans. Before that he was Director of External Relations in the NRS and worked on the Scottish Archive Network, an Internet-based project combining catalogues, online reference services and digital images. He is a member of the Programme Commission of the International Council on Archives (ICA), with responsibility for co-ordinating projects on electronic records and archive automation. He worked for ICA as Deputy Secretary General in their Paris office for two years, 1995-1996, where he was responsible for the professional programme. He carried out missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina for UNESCO, advising on the protection of archives. He has also carried out consultancy work on archives for ICA, UNESCO, and the World Bank. He has acted as external examiner for postgraduate archives and records management students at the universities of Liverpool and Aberystwyth.

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