The Paper Treasures project was led by Aberdeenshire Council and developed in 2011. It's aim was to teach primary school pupils how to gather historical information from archive resources. Available on the North East Folklore Archive website, the information available explores the different ways in which local historical sources can be used in education.
Charting the Nation was a collaborative digital imaging and cataloguing project which explored the early maps of Scotland. Thousands of high-quality images, together with important textual sources, were made available online. It is based at the Department of Geography of the University of Edinburgh and involves Edinburgh University Library and a core consortium of 9 other higher education and national institutions within the UK. The archives contributed a number of images relating to the north-east cartographer, James Gordon of Rothiemay.
With support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Aberdeenshire's Heritage Education Partnership completed the 'Hard Vrocht Grun' project in 2014, which created an education resource for schools, colleges and researchers that explores the effect of World War 1 on the North-east of Scotland. The resource can be downloaded on the NEFA website.
In September 2018, the Scottish Council on Archives received a National Lottery grant of £9,600.00 from the Heritage Lotter Fund for its ‘Theatre of Remembrance’ project. The project focused on using material held by local archives to create dramatic performances, bringing to life the voices and stories of individuals and their communities during the First World War. Working with pupils from Mackie Academy in Aberdeenshire, a series of scripts were created, taken directly from WWI diaries, letters and archive material. The project culminated in a live community performance around the time of the 100-year commemoration of Armistice day on 11 November 2018. Amongst the audience at Mackie Academy was Aberdeenshire Council CEO Jim Savege, who wrote afterwards of the “poignant and inspiring” performance.