Archive for November, 2009

Joint PCOM and CITRA Bureau meeting

This morning PCOM and CITRA met to review this year’s CITRA and to talk about the programme for 2010. 
Nolda Romer-Kenepa opened the meeting. She expressed her satisfaction with CITRA 2009. She said in particular that the new format of parallel and plenary sessions had worked very well. She said that she realized that this had [...]

A word from Charles Farrugia, National Archivist of Malta

On the last day of the CITRA, the Flying Reporters met with Charles Farrugia, National Archivist of Malta.
Did CITRA 2009 meet your expectations?
Yes! My expectations have been met in many different areas. I have been very impressed with the level of quality of the plenary and parallel sessions. I got a lot of positive feedback [...]

And with that, the professional program draws to a close!

Last evening, Nolda Romer-Kenepa and Lew Bellardo concluded the professional program of CITRA 2009.  Both expressed their gratitude to our Maltese hosts, their satisfaction with the level of quality in all who presented or chaired sessions, and their confidence in the future of archival profession.  When asked if this CITRA had met her expectations, Nolda [...]

Learn to be a trainer: it’s everyone’s business!

When archival issues are unknown, misunderstood, or not taken into sufficient account in administrations, archivists and records managers must become trainers to get their point across. To help them, ICA is developing tools.
“Train the trainers in Records Management” is a project launched by EURBICA and developed by ICA. It uses the “Train the trainers” resources [...]

Educating the Extreme Archivist: an interview with Luciana Duranti

During her presentation called “Educating the Extreme Archivist: Is it Possible?”  Luciana Duranti spoke of the challenges involved in designing a program that responds to demands placed the “extreme archivist,” the archivist of the 21st century.
These new demands include being present at the beginning of the information lifecycle, assessing the authenticity of information and monitoring [...]

Martin Hampton, member of the Friends of the National Archives of Malta

Can you introduce your organization ?
The Friends of the National Archives of Malta is a voluntary, non-governmental organization, created in 2000. Our aim is to support the National Archives and to raise public awareness of the importance of preserving documents.
What does your organization do?
The support we can give to the National Archives falls into two categories

We [...]

IRMT : an approach to building excellence in Electronic Records Management in English-speaking Africa

Doctor Anne Thurston established the International Records Management Trust in 1989 to  develop and share solutions internationally through research and development, capacity building and consultancy services.
During the late nineties, in cooperation with ICA, IRMT developed a resources pack including courses, training materials, and a procedure manual to help building competencies in Electronic Records Management. These [...]

Tour of Mdina and Rabat

On Wednesday night CITRA 2009 participants had the pleasure of touring the historical city centers of Mdina and Rabat, culminating in a reception thrown by the Friends of the National Archives at the lovely Santo Spirito hospital, converted into the National Archives in the 1970s.  We wandered through the serpentine streets of Mdina, admired the [...]

Archival education for the 21th century

Want to learn about the young professional’s ideas for archival education? Come and attend our session this afternoon and engage with three young professionals in discussion about the possibilities for future archival education. We look forward seeing you there!!

Interview with Marian Hoy, Secretary, Section on Archival Education and Training (SAE)

Marian Hoy is a busy bee. She is the professional development and education officer at the Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA). She is also undertaking her PhD at the University of Canberra on early professional learning in collecting institutions such as museums, archives and libraries. And lastly but not least she is the Secretary, [...]