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

09:00-12:00ICA Bureau meeting [National Archives of Iceland]
09:00-12:00Section of Professional Archival Associations (SPA) Bureau meeting [National Archives of Iceland]
14:00-16:00Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF) Bureau meetings
16:00-17:00CITRA Bureau
17:00-19:00EURBICA meeting
20:00Reception in The Culture House

Programme of the Conference

Wednesday 10 October

08:45-09:15Opening ceremony.
09:15-09:35Archives in contemporary society : general introduction to the CITRA themes 2001-2003 : Ian Wilson, National Archivist of Canada and CITRA Chair.
10:00-12:001st 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.
13:30-15:002nd 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.
15:30-17:00Continuation 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.
17:30-19:30Visit of Reykjavik and National Archives.

Thursday 11 0ctober

08:30-10:303rd 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.
11:00-12:30Continuation 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.
13:30-18:00Excursion to the Blue Lagoon.
20:00Concert.

Friday 12 0ctober

08:30-10:004th 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.
10:30-12:00Continuation 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.
13:00-15:30Branches meetings.
15:30-17:30ACARM Assembly.
15:30-17:30AIAF Assembly.
15:30-18:00Meeting of ICA Committees and Sections chairs.
18:15-19:30CITRA Bureau.
20:30Gala Dinner The Pearl Restaurant.

Saturday 13 October

08:30-10:00SPA Assembly.
10:30-12:30Administrative Session and Delegates meeting, closing ceremony.
14:00-16:00ICA Bureau [National Archives of Iceland].
Optional excursions.