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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!!
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 [...]
Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand, National Archivist of Haiti presented an analysis and perspectives on archival education and training in African, South American, and Asian countries, which could also hold true in some countries of Eastern Europe.
There is great diversity between these countries, but also some constants regarding archives and records keeping : insufficient or underdeveloped legal frameworks ; public policies [...]
Setareki Tale, National Archivist of Fiji and President of PARBICA, and Vice President for Branches gave a presentation called “Freedom of Information: Readying the Horse and Cart in Developing Nations”. Here is a summary of some key points from that presentation.
Record Keeping has a way to go in many developing nations:
It’s a low priority ; the complexity and [...]
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