Realising exposition on the internet – very easy thanks to „digital-extra“

Werner Matt, Archivist of the city of Dornbirn (AU) – Doing expositions on the internet

Also smaller archives think more and more about doing a part of their public relations on the internet. More traditional forms of expositions consume a lot of resources and are often only for a limited time visible. Moreover have many [...]

Interview with Marc Fresko

Marc Fresko, Project Leader of Moreq 2, gently accepted the invitation to talk about Moreq 2, the future of Moreq, and collaboration with the ICA.

Interview with Professor Eric Ketelaar

Eric Ketelaar, Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam, kindly accepted to share his knowledge about the competences of record professionals in the digital age and the challenges faced today in the profession.

Online access to archives – not longer just a dream!

Petra Rauschenbauch, German Federal Archive:
Using retro- conversion of finding aids and digitalisation of archival documents to achieve an all-embracing online presence of archives

The Federal Archive got the mission the give an online access to the fund of the first free elected chamber of the people („Volkskammer“) of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) on [...]

Flying reporters: the making of

Digital Preservation Processes: Archival Judgement and Automation

(By Ruud Yap, National Archives of the Netherlands)
So many presentations, so little time. What sessions does one choose. I guess one should go for the sessions with practical solutions to everyday problems. The excellent session of Robert Sharpe “Digital Preservation Processes: Archival Judgement and automation” proved just to be that. The session concerned the issue [...]

ECA 2010 cubes !

Interview with Jason R. Baron

Jason Baron, Director of Litigation from the US National Archives and Records Administration, kindly accepted the request to speak about e-discovery. During the interview, Jason shared his views and experience about the balance between what to keep and legal compliance, risk management and change management, and the role of the Archivist of the future.

Mentoring Program’s poster

A difficult task: translating ICA-Req into french

Alice Chateau presented this morning the work achieved by a team of French young professionals working on a volunteer basis under the leadership of Marie-Anne Chabin (Archive 17) to deliver a French version of the ICA standard, ICA-Req. This ICA project not only aims to provide the translation, but also to develop a reflection on [...]