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Principles and Functional Requirements for Records in Electronic Office Environments: Call for Comments on Exposure Drafts of Three Modules

February 26, 2008

The International Council on Archives is pleased to publish for the information and comment of the international archives and records community, exposure drafts of three modules developed by an international project team working under the auspices of the ICA's Electronic Records Priority Area:

CITRA 2007, Quebec

November 22, 2007

The 40th CITRA met in Quebec City (Canada) from 11 to 17 November 2007. The delegates from 66 countries adopted the resolutions attached. Please circulated them largely.

The list of participants is also attached. The presentations will be shortly available on the site as well.

Materials: 3 files

ICA draft Strategic Vision

September 26, 2007

We would like to invite comments from ICA members, the worldwide archival community and our partner organisations on the draft Strategic Vision that is attached. It has been developed by a working group of the Executive Board.

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IN MEMORIAM: KEN HALL

June 18, 2008

It is with deep sadness that the ICA Secretariat informs you of the death of Ken Hall on 12 June.

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From the Vice-President CITRA 2008-2012

June 16, 2008

To all ICA members

Words of thanks CITRA VP Election

Willemstad, June 12, 2008

Dear colleagues,

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ICA Strategic Direction 2008-2018

June 9, 2008

Comments are now invited on the draft Strategic Direction 2008-2018 for ICA. Earlier versions have been discussed extensively by the Executive Board. This is now your chance to influence the future development of the organization. Comments from all ICA bodies (including sections and branches) and from individuals will be most welcome.

Archivists throughout the world celebrate International Archives Day on 9 June

June 6, 2008

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At its last Annual General Meeting (Québec, November 2007) the voting members of ICA decided that International Archives Day should be celebrated on 9 June. It was on this day in 1948 that ICA was founded in Paris at UNESCO. The first ever International Archives Day is, therefore, also the 60th anniversary of ICA.

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KL Congress Programme is now available online

June 2, 2008

We are pleased to announce that the full Congress programme, as well as the schedule for the business meetings, is now available on the website using the following link: http://www.kualalumpur2008.ica.org/en/sessions

Event: XVIth International Congress on Archives