Archive for November 20th, 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 [...]