A word from the Information Marketplace: APEnet

The Flying Reporters spoke to Wim van Dongen of the National Archives in the Netherlands. Mr. van Dongen is here with Peder Andren and Susanne Danelius (National Archives of Sweden) to present the Archives Portal Europe, also called the APEnet. APEnet is a project supported by the European Commission in the eContentplus programme. Its objective is to build an internet portal for all archives in Europe. Fourteen national archives in close cooperation with the EUROPEANA initiative will create single access point to European archival material and deliver archival content to the EUROPEANA portal as an aggregator for the archival domain.

The project started in 2009 and will be completed in 2012. Its objective is to provide access to born-digital and digitized archival documents, finding aids, and information about the archival institutions.

Wim van Dongen hopes to increase awareness about the project during CITRA and looks forward to engaging in discussions with conference participants about the portal. The portal was developed based on international archival standards, such as the ISAD(G)/EAD, EAC, EAG and METS.

It is an ambitious project with a short timeframe, and given the enthusiasm and hardwork of all participants, this project will be an important contribution to on-line access and preservation of European cultural heritage.

For more information, see the website: www.apenet.eu