by Deborah Jenkins, Chair of the European Region, International Council on Archives
Malaga 14 November 2018
The idea that the international community has a role to play in rescuing and defending archives as cultural artefacts is a long standing one. The Blue Shield symbol, for instance, goes back to the 1954 Hague Convention. However, it is only in 1996 that Blue Shield International was founded (originally as the International Committee of the Blue Shield) by four international heritage bodies including the International Council on Archives. Their object was to take action in respect of archives and other heritage assets at risk as a consequence of conflict and, more recently, natural disasters including climate change. International Council On Archives – Blue Shield International weiterlesen →
by Deborah Jenkins, Chair of the European Region, International Council on Archives
Girona 9 October 2018
It is a commonplace of archive management that the structure of an organisation shapes the records it generates. An interesting example of this was discussed at a recent meeting of the Sports Section of the International Council on Archives held in Girona on 9th October 2018. International Council On Archives – Sports Archives Seminar weiterlesen →
by Deborah Jenkins, Chair of the European Region, International Council on Archives
The new conservation standard EN 16893:2018
Conservation of Cultural Heritage – Specifications for location, construction and modification of buildings or rooms intended for the storage or use of heritage collections Greening the archive weiterlesen →
by David Sutton, International Council on Archives (ICA)
Introduction: one Section among twelve
SLA is one of a varied group of Sections which operate within ICA. The twelve Sections reflect the fact that in many languages there are two meanings for the word “archives” – archives as documents, and archives as institutions. Some ICA Sections are based around archives as institutions – for example, the Section of International Organisations (SIO), the Section on University Archives (SUV) and the Section of Local, Municipal and Territorial Archives (SLMT). Other Sections are based around archives as subject-based documents – for example, the Section on Sports Archives (SPO), the Section on Architectural Archives (SAR), the Section for Archives of Faith Traditions (SAFT), and our Section for Archives of Literature and Art (SLA). A few Sections may be said to combine both meanings – for example, the Section on Business Archives (SBA) and the Section for Archives of Parliaments and Political Parties (SPP). The work of a Section within the International Council on Archives: the example of the Section for Archives of Literature and Art (SLA) weiterlesen →
by Deborah Jenkins, Chair of the European Region, International Council on Archives
Although sport is one of the great binding human preoccupations around the world, the care and management of Sport archives has not been given a prominent place in archival debate. From country to country, from sport to sport, different provision has been made for the documentation generated by sporting associations and clubs. When London was chosen for the Olympic games of 2012, London Metropolitan Archives undertook research on what had happened to the papers of the Mexico, Barcelona, Sydney and many other games – the findings of the research was that a patchwork of different approaches currently existed. The care and management of Sport archives weiterlesen →
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