BISA is an organisation set up to facilitate the exchange of information on all practical aspects of audio archiving in Britain and Ireland and to co-ordinate activity deemed by the membership to be in support of their professional interests.
Membership is free and anyone is welcome to contact us, attend our events and activities. Members come from all kinds of organisations across the archive sector, including research institutes and universities, libraries, museums and record centres, galleries, broadcasters, as well as private individuals.
The BISA committee is a group of volunteers from within the BISA membership who co-ordinate the activities of BISA.
The current BISA Committee in 2025/26 are:
- Kevin Bacon, University of Sussex
- Alistair Bell, National Library of Scotland
- David Govier, Manchester Central Library
- Charlie McCann, National Library of Scotland
- Nicholas Melia, University of York
- Kate O'Neill, Essex Record Office
- Will Rene, National Poetry Library
- Katie Scaife, Bristol Archives
- Janet Topp-Fargion, British Library
See the https://www.bisa-web.org/terms-reference for more details.