An archive is much more than records or stack of bottles, and both Diageo and Dewar’s have a full time team to keep a track of what they’re doing in the present, and continue to fill in the gaps from the past.

In this class, we’ll be joined by two of the industry’s best known archivists:

• Jo McKerchar is a senior archivist for Diageo, helping to build and maintain the company’s archive which has grown significantly since its founding more than 30 years ago to now cover 5,000 square meters. She specialises in both malts and gin.

• Jacqui Seargeant is Global Heritage Manager for Dewar’s, a role that she has developed since starting at the company in 1999 on a one year contract to build an archive. She now manages the company’s collection of historical materials, two museums and digital archives.

This class promises to give insights into the history of two of Scotland’s oldest whisky companies as well as how they research and maintain the knowledge of their past and present, hosted by two of the most knowledgeable archivists in the industry.