ICA Abu Dhabi Congress 2023 – Programme Now Available!

Are you planning out your trip to Abu Dhabi? We’re excited to announce that the preliminary programme is now available! It is full of engaging workshops, thought-provoking presentations, creative posters, and so much more. There are more than 300 different papers, lightning talks, co-labs, panels and posters ready to be presented, with authors representing more than 95 countries! We can’t wait for this exchange of ideas as we discuss Enriching Knowledge Societies.  

Don’t Forget to Register for the ICA Abu Dhabi Congress 2023!

It’s just over two months until the ICA Congress in Abu Dhabi! Can you believe it? We’ve put together an incredible 5-day programme with speakers from all over the world and we can’t wait to exchange ideas and learn together with all of you! Aside from all of the wonderful sessions and workshops, you can also look forward to the invited keynote speeches, the Gala Dinner, the different local tours and so much more. 

Register here!

Comma 2021:2 is Now Available in Digital and Print Formats!

The ICA is delighted to announce that Comma Volume 2021, Issue 2 is now available in both digital and print formats. We can’t wait for you to read this special issue of Comma on Climate Change, edited by Amy Tector, Jörg Ludwig and Frans Smit. 

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Friday, September 29, 2023

CFP: 2nd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference

(A)rchival endeavors should not be about documenting the past, nor even about imagining the future…but about building a liberatory now. - Michelle Caswell, Urgent Archives: Enacting Liberatory Memory Work (2021, 13)

The biennial ...

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Resource of the Month: John Hocking's Keynote Speech at the ICA International Congress 2016

With the ICA Abu Dhabi Congress 2023 just around the corner, we have been reflecting on past Congresses and Conferences. In 2016, the ICA International Congress was held in Seoul, South Korea, with a theme of “Archives, Harmony & Friendship”. We had no idea that it would be another 7 years until the international archival community gathered once again at a Congress, with our typical four-year interval being disrupted by COVID. Even though much has happened in those 7 years, including the impact of emerging technologies and climate change, John Hocking’s words are still incredibly relevant to us today. 

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Friday, September 22, 2023

ICA/EGATTT - Survey on Archival Security 2023

As part of its ongoing mission to collect and disseminate information pertinent to the fight against criminal activity involving archives, the Expert Group on Theft, Trafficking, and Tampering (EGATTT) is conducting a survey to identify the needs and priorities of the archival community vis-à-vis archival security.  

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Closing Tomorrow! - FIDA Call for Projects 2024

This is it! The FIDA Call for Projects 2024 is closing tomorrow.  

FIDA is a distinct programme of grants to support those projects which endeavour to develop an archive or to support individual archivists, through career development, mentoring and other methods, to enable archives and their archivists to acquire professional and management competencies needed to manage the archives in their countries, regions or communities.  

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Presentations webinar The Archives as a Destination now available

The presentations of our latest Webinar are available here. For more information see our earlier news entry 

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

ICA Meetings Schedule 2023

After a long wait, we’re excited to be gathering in Abu Dhabi with all of you for the ICA Congress 2023! For all the ICA members participating in this event, we have prepared a schedule for you where you will find the dates, the times and the places where the ICA Governance Meetings and the ICA Group Meetings are taking place during this event. Check the Downloads section to find the latest version of this schedule.

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Saturday, September 9, 2023

Promoting Environmental Democracy: comments submitted by the SAHR towards the UN Human Rights Council in October 2023

ICA SAHR commends the preparation of a comprehensive report by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment on ‘Promoting Environmental Democracy: procedural elements of the human right to a clean, health and sustainable environment’ (for 55th session of the Human Rights Council).

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Friday, September 8, 2023

FIDA Call for Projects 2024 – One Week Left to Apply!

The ICA Fund for the International Development of Archives’ (FIDA) role is to support the development of archives and archivists in countries, regions and communities where archives and records provision could be strengthened due to lack of resources or training opportunities, or for other reasons. 

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Comma 2021:2 is Now Available in Digital and Print Formats!

The ICA is delighted to announce that Comma Volume 2021, Issue 2 is now available in both digital and print formats. We can’t wait for you to read this special issue of Comma on Climate Change, edited by Amy Tector, Jörg Ludwig and Frans Smit. 

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Monday, September 4, 2023

Two Weeks Left! FIDA Call for Projects 2024

We can’t wait to look through all of the applications for FIDA funding! We love seeing how our international community is supporting the development of archives and archivists in under-resourced communities! There are only two weeks left to apply for funding – the deadline is 15 September 2023.  

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SAHR Tuesday Talks – The Archives of Victims: The Guatemalan Mutual Support Group (GAM)

SAHR Martes de Conversaciones – Los archivos de las víctimas: el Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) de Guatemala

The presentation will be in Spanish without translation into other languages | Register here

ICA Abu Dhabi 2023 Congress

Monday, October 9, 2023 to Friday, October 13, 2023

The ICA Abu Dhabi Congress, Enriching Knowledge Societies, will be an opportunity for the global archives profession to share innovative ideas and research and for colleagues from allied and other professions to join the discussion at this important event. The 21st century information challenges do not simply belong to archives and records professionals; they belong to everyone.  

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Don’t Forget to Register for the ICA Abu Dhabi Congress 2023!

It’s just over two months until the ICA Congress in Abu Dhabi! Can you believe it? We’ve put together an incredible 5-day programme with speakers from all over the world and we can’t wait to exchange ideas and learn together with all of you! Aside from all of the wonderful sessions and workshops, you can also look forward to the invited keynote speeches, the Gala Dinner, the different local tours and so much more. 

Register here!

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