The archive contains the minutes, correspondence, committee papers, working group papers and reports produced by the Scottish Library Association (SLA) from 1912-2005, before it became the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) in 2005. Also included are photographs from various SLA conferences, video cassette tapes and CD-ROMs produced by the AV Scot Archive which is the Scottish branch of the Library Association Audio Visual Group.

The archive contains a small collection of materials belonging to W(illiam) B Paton, former President of the SLA, and a number of Dissertations and Theses which were held by the SLA. The archive also contains a small selection of correspondence with the Library Association as well as minutes from several Library Association committees.