This blog post has been provided by National Records of Scotland (NRS) and reflects the partnership working between NRS and the Scottish Parliament on web archiving and the release of the Scottish Parliament’s new website. The Scottish Parliament (SP) launched …
Some 4 years ago, the Parliament decided it was time to solve the problem of its old out-dated website. Last month the project to replace that website completed with the new service going live. This blog sets out our journey …
Deciding what needs to be on our website To solve the first part of the problem, we defined what information had to be maintained (we call this core parliamentary information or CPI). Then we had to decide how best to …
We’ve just launched our content on Visit the Scottish Parliament on beta. It felt a bit strange to create this content given the current situation with Covid- 19 and nobody being able to physically come to the building. But we’d …
What next
There’s a lot to know about Parliament. From parliamentary processes, to what it’s like to work at Holyrood, to when the Parliament was first established, people have a lot of questions. Part of what we’re doing on the new site …
give lots more information to do with the motion in one place - including any amendments that were made, links to related Bills, and a breakdown of how a party or MSP voted make information more flexible and shareable – …
An opportunity When the pandemic hit, the Parliament building closed to the public. Without my normal activities, I was looking for ways I could help other teams. The Web Project were offering the opportunity to learn about content design and …
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