Mr Karl Magee

University Archivist

Library and Archives Research Support Stirling

Mr Karl Magee

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About me

Archivist at the University of Stirling since 2003.

Over 25 years professional experience in a range of cultural institutions including the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; the National Archives of Ireland; and the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

Trustee / Director of the National Library of Scotland Foundation.

Chair of the Archives & Records Association, the leading professional body for archivists, records managers and archive conservators in the UK and Ireland (2018-2020).

Responsible for the care, management and promotion of collections held in the University of Stirling Archives which include the NHS Forth Valley Archive, the Musicians' Union Archive and the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive.

Current projects:

  • Digitisation of the Bill McLaren Archive (collaboration with the Bill McLaren Foundation)

  • Digitisation of the Scottish Castles Association Archive

Recent projects include:

  • The cataloguing of the archives of Aberlour Children's Charity (supported by the Archives Revealed Programme)
  • Culture on Campus: Opening-up the University of Stirling's Archives and Art Collection (AHRC, Capability for Collections Fund)
  • Back to the Future: Archiving Residential Children's Homes in Scotland and Germany (Co-Investigator, AHRC / German Research Foundation collaborative research scheme)

Archival curator of Hosts and Champions: Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, a touring exhibition which has visited twenty venues across Scotland since the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Project manager of Tales from the Ring: Celebrating Scotland's Boxing Heritage, a National Heritage Lottery Fund project collecting and preserving the history of Scottish boxing.

Advocacy and professional support for the wider archival sector through trustee role with the Archives and Records Association, the professional membership body for archivists, records managers and archive conservators in the UK and Ireland.