XXXV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ROUND TABLE ON ARCHIVES
Reykjavik, Iceland, October 10-13, 2001
Archives and society : what to preserve? Acquisition and appraisal
Program
Hotel Loftleidir Conference Center
Pre-Conference
Tuesday 9 October
09:00-12:00 | ICA Bureau meeting [National Archives of Iceland] |
09:00-12:00 | Section of Professional Archival Associations (SPA) Bureau meeting [National Archives of Iceland] |
14:00-16:00 | Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF) Bureau meetings |
16:00-17:00 | CITRA Bureau |
17:00-19:00 | EURBICA meeting |
20:00 | Reception in The Culture House |
Programme of the Conference
Wednesday 10 October
08:45-09:15 | Opening ceremony. |
09:15-09:35 | Archives in contemporary society : general introduction to the CITRA themes 2001-2003 : Ian Wilson, National Archivist of Canada and CITRA Chair. |
10:00-12:00 | 1st session : Public Records : Strategies for Acquisition and Appraisal Chair : Mi Murambiwa, Director, National Archives of Zimbabwe.
The changing role of the archivist in contemporary society : Berndt Fredriksson, Foreign Office, Sweden.
Evolution of Acquisition and Appraisal Principles : Maria Luisa Conde Villaverde, Archivo General de la Administración, Spain.
- The PRO’s Acquisition and Disposition Policies : Duncan Simpson, Public Record Office, United Kingdom.
- The Functional Approach to Appraisal: the Experience of the National Archives of Australia : Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Acting Director, Archives of Australia.
- Reengineering National Archives and Records Administration Records Management Policies : Susan Cummings, NARA, USA.
- Discussion.
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13:30-15:00 | 2nd session : Public Records : Rules and Practices of Acquisition and Appraisal.
Chair : Martine de Boisdeffre, Director, Archives of France.
- Legal Framework for Appraisal : Claes Gränström, Chair of ICA Committee on Legal Matters.
- Standard ISO 15489: Kathryn Dan, National Archives of Australia.
- The Appraisal of Electronical Records: What is new? : Terry Eastwood, University of British Colombia, Canada.
- Discussion.
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15:30-17:00 | Continuation of the 2nd session.
- Cooperation Between Archives and Producing Services: Josip Kolanovic, Director General, Croatian State Archives.
- Effects of Complexity and Automation of Administrative Procedures on Appraisal: the Example of France : Rosine Cleyet-Michaud, Chair of ICA Committee on Appraisal.
- Is it Possible to Establish Standardized Archive Conservation Rules? : Moncef Fakhfakh, Director General, National Archives of Tunisia.
- Discussion.
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17:30-19:30 | Visit of Reykjavik and National Archives. |
Thursday 11 0ctober
08:30-10:30 | 3rd session : Memory of Society : Businesses Chair: John Carlin, Archivist of the United States.
The Memory of Society: Businesses : Lesley Richmond, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
- Privatization of Public Sector Functions: Polish Case : Daria Nalecz, General Director, State Archives of Poland.
- Privatisation of Sector Public Businesses: Strategies of Archives : Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand, Director General, National Archives of Haiti.
- Multinational’s Obligations : Hervé L’Huillier, TotalFinaElf.
- Business archives of Multinational Corporations in Asia : Balancing of Competing Interests, Rajeswary Brown, University of London, United Kingdom.
- Perspective from a former member of Davos Forum : Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Former President of Iceland.
- Discussion.
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11:00-12:30 | Continuation of 3rd session: Memory of Society : Associations.
The Associative Phenomenon Throughout the World : Michel Doucin, Haut Conseil de la Coopération Internationale, France.
- The Policy of the Archives of France respecting Associative Archives : Georges Mouradian, Directeur du Centre des Archives du Monde du Travail, France.
- Associative Archives in Latin-America : Juan Manuel Herrera, Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico.
- The Archives of International Non Governmental Organizations : Jens Boel, Chair of ICA Section of International Organizations.
- Discussion.
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13:30-18:00 | Excursion to the Blue Lagoon.
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20:00 | Concert. |
Friday 12 0ctober
08:30-10:00 | 4th session : Memory of Society : Individuals.
Chair : Graham A. Dominy, Chief Director, National Archives of South Africa.
- Ordinary People and People Forgotten by History: their (shortfall in) representation in written records : Ian Wilson, National Archivist of Canada.
- The New History and Private Documents in the MERCOSUR Countries : Alicia Casas de Barran, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay.
- The Selection of Case Files: The Right to Social Memory Versus The Right to Social Oblivion : Inge Bundsgaard, Provincial Archives of Sealand, Denmark.
- The Icelandic Health Sector Database : Eiríkur Gudmunsson, National Archives of Iceland.
- Discussion.
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10:30-12:00 | Continuation of 4th session : Memory of Society : the potential of oral archives.
- Oral History Throughout the World: Current and Future Prospects : Dora Schwarzstein, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Archival Strategies Towards Oral Sources in Southeast Asia: Southeast Asia’s Forgotten History : Lily Tan, National Heritage Board of Singapore.
- The African project “ Re-figuring of the Archive ” : Ndyoi Mutiti, Director, National Archives of Zambia.
- Oral history as a Tool in Archival Development : James Fogerty, Minnesota Historical Society, USA.
- Discussion.
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13:00-15:30 | Branches meetings. |
15:30-17:30 | ACARM Assembly. |
15:30-17:30 | AIAF Assembly. |
15:30-18:00 | Meeting of ICA Committees and Sections chairs. |
18:15-19:30 | CITRA Bureau. |
20:30 | Gala Dinner The Pearl Restaurant. |
Saturday 13 October
08:30-10:00 | SPA Assembly. |
10:30-12:30 | Administrative Session and Delegates meeting, closing ceremony. |
14:00-16:00 | ICA Bureau [National Archives of Iceland]. |
| Optional excursions. |