Fraser of Allander 40th year

To mark its 40th anniversary, 2015 will see the creation of the Fraser Economic Commentary Digital Archive. This massive undertaking by the University of Strathclyde Andersonian Library recognises the national importance of the Fraser archive as quite simply the single most complete, publicly accessible archive of detailed analyses and commentary on Scotland's economic development from 1975 to the present.

The aim is to make the archive not only freely available to all online but to make it as accessible as possible to users; hence every outlook, review and article has an abstract and a 'key words' search. The Fraser Archive is available at Strathprints, the digital repository of research publications of the University of Strathclyde.

Of course, the ultimate aim is to encourage its active use by researchers, students, journalists and the wider global public to help answer the many questions concerning Scotland’s economic transformation over the past forty years.

In this latest Commentary Isobel Sheppard and George Macgregor publish Part One of the Fraser Economic Commentary catalogue for 1975 and 1990. This provides a fascinating overview of articles, topics and issues that drew the attention of Fraser economists and others interested in Scotland's economy. Articles range from 'The Demand for Energy in Scotland' (1976) to 'The Effects of Iraq on the Scottish Economy' (1990). The catalogue for 1991-2000 and 2001-present will be published in subsequent Commentaries.