On joining the YAS, you have a choice of becoming a full or an Associate members. All members have borrowing rights for a small fee, they will also receive copies of the Society newsletter, Update, a programme of events, information about the Annual General meeting, and full members will additionally receive a copy of Yorkshire Archaeological Journal when published, usually every year. Membership runs from 1st January to 31st December each year, Membership Cards, with a unique number, are issued with the spring mailing in April/May. We can also send Update by email. More immediate news is sent out by email (at the members request) and through the web site which all members can access. It is hoped to set up a 'Members Only' section in the near future. This area will contain information of specific information relevant to members.

For information on the special interest Sections, please see the 'Sections' page.

Borrowing
In order to comply with HMRC rules on Gift Aid borrowing rights are no longer included in membership subscriptions. All members may borrow up to 6 books at a time for a period of 3 months on payment of an annual fee of £1 to the librarian. Please do not send borrowing fees along with membership fees, but pay the Librarian on duty.

Membership subscriptions for the YAS plus sections

Institutional membership

From 2011 institutional membership subscriptions will be administered by Maney Publishing
All current YAS institutional members should have been contacted by Maney to explain the situation. All enquiries regarding YAS institutional subscriptions and all payments for institutional membership (not sections) should be directed to Maney.

Institutional members who also subscribe to the YAS special interest sections or publishing sections (Family History Section, Industrial History Section, Medieval Section, Parish Register Publishing Section, Prehistory Research Section, Record Series Publishing Section, Roman Antiquities Section, Wakefield Court Rolls Publishing Section) should continue to send payment for section membership(s) to the YAS. All institutional members who subscribe through Maney will still receive the YAS plus section reduced membership rates.

If you are a new insitutional member please consider subscribing to a section. For more information see http://yas.org.uk/content/membership.html
Please contact the YAS membership secretary for more information.

All individual and affiliated society membership continues to be administered by the Society.
However, from 2011 the Yorkshire Archaological Journal will be published and sent out by Maney Publishing. Copies of YAJ from 2011 onwards will also be available for purchase from Maney.
Copies of the YAJ prior to 2011 are available from the YAS yas.shop@googlemail.com