The British Solomon Islands Project is helping to preserve one of the archives' most important and valued collections. The collection is currently held in the National Archives Solomon Islands (NASI) but needs urgent conservation work to avoid reducing access to the collection.
Four major goals were identified for this project: preserve this highly unique collection; make the collection more accessible by provision of a finding aid; training relevant staff-members in basic conservation and access techniques; the development of a preservation manual. Training in conservation techniques has been provided and the collection is being reboxed. The first draft of the preservation manual for the National Archives Solomon Islands has been written. It will be sent to appropriate archives staff for review.