NPP/FAN Virtual Seminar Series – Call for Presenters

The NPP/FAN Virtual Seminar Series is organized by the New Professional Programme (NPP) in collaboration with the Forum of National Archivists (FAN), to give voice to our current international community of students and new professionals and provide an opportunity to engage with leaders in the profession. The series will commence with three seminars in the first half of the year (details below), with another three to be held in the second half of 2024. 

Social Media Campaign 2024

For 2024, we would like to ask our members what topic they would like to discuss virtually, so we invite you to click the following link to share your thoughts with us on the themes for the ICA social media campaign 2024.

ICA Digital Content Creator - Call for Applications

The International Council on Archives invites applications for the role of Digital Content Creator. Qualified applicants are invited to apply no matter their country of residence. The residence and work location of the successful candidate can be Paris or the successful candidate’s current country. 

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a motivated professional who believes in international cooperation. 

ICA Training Programme Coordinator - Call for Applications

The International Council on Archives invites applications for the role of Training Programme Coordinator. Qualified applicants are invited to apply no matter their country of residence. 

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a motivated professional who believes in international cooperation. 

Resource of the Month: Comma 2004-2 Proceedings of the XXXVIIth Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 October 2003

This issue of Comma features proceedings from a groundbreaking session of the International Conference of the Round Table on Archives (CITRA), that saw a resolution on human rights violations and archives that led to the formation of the ICA Human Rights Working Group (predecessor to the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights, or SAHR). In addition to several fascinating presentations on topics connecting archives and human rights, this issue also includes the transcript of a keynote speech given by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African leader and legendary human rights activist, on Liberation, Reconciliation, and the Importance of the Record.

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

NPP/FAN Virtual Seminar Series – Call for Presenters

The NPP/FAN Virtual Seminar Series is organized by the New Professional Programme (NPP) in collaboration with the Forum of National Archivists (FAN), to give voice to our current international community of students and new professionals and provide an opportunity to engage with leaders in the profession. The series will commence with three seminars in the first half of the year (details below), with another three to be held in the second half of 2024. 

Congress

Thursday, November 30, 2023

ICA Training Programme Coordinator - Call for Applications

The International Council on Archives invites applications for the role of Training Programme Coordinator. Qualified applicants are invited to apply no matter their country of residence. 

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a motivated professional who believes in international cooperation. 

Congress

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Tomorrow! – Final Webinar in the Transforming Heritage Series

Did you know that tomorrow is the final webinar in our series with EUreka3D? This webinar series, titled “Transforming Heritage: From 2D to 3D Digitisation” has featured three different webinars looking at this topic. 

The final webinar is taking place tomorrow at 15:00 CET (Paris time). This webinar, titled “3D Innovation and creativity in the cultural heritage sector” will feature Valentine Charles of the Europeana Foundation.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Summary of ICA Webinars – December

As we reach the final weeks of the year, our groups and programmes continue to offer a fascinating variety of webinars on topics of interest to all our members.

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

ICA Digital Content Creator - Call for Applications

The International Council on Archives invites applications for the role of Digital Content Creator. Qualified applicants are invited to apply no matter their country of residence. The residence and work location of the successful candidate can be Paris or the successful candidate’s current country. 

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a motivated professional who believes in international cooperation. 

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Have you Registered for the ICA/SPO Virtual Round Table? One Week Away!

The upcoming ICA/SPO Virtual Round Table is taking place next Monday 27 November at 15:00 CET (Paris time)! Be sure to register for this virtual session where the speakers will be discussing the tasks of collecting, preserving and promoting archives of sports and of the Olympic Games in the context of the preparation for the next Olympic Games, which will take place in Paris in 2024. 

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Let's get ready for 2024! Olympic Games - Register for the ICA/SPO Virtual Round Table

Wondering what Archives have to do with the Olympic Games? The ICA’s Section on Sports Archives (SPO) is hosting a virtual round table discussing the tasks of collecting, preserving and promoting archives of sports and of the Olympic Games in the context of the preparation for the next Olympic Games, which will take place in Paris in 2024.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Tomorrow! EGAD International Study Day on Early Implementations of Records in Contexts

Did you know that EGAD, the ICA’s Expert Group on Archival Description, will be publishing versions 1.0 of RiC-CM and RiC-O in November 2023, thereby officially releasing both resources in their fully developed form? This has been in process for many years and to spotlight this important milestone, EGAD, in collaboration with the Archives Nationales de France, want to spotlight some of the fascinating projects that have already been developed using RiC since the release of its first draft in 2016.

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Thank you to all those who joined us in Abu Dhabi!

It’s hard to believe that the ICA Abu Dhabi Congress 2023 was one month ago! We are thankful for the opportunity to gather with so many of you, exchanging ideas, making new connections and strengthening existing networks. Thank you for Empowering Knowledge Societies with us!

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

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

There is one week left to apply for funding through the PCOM Call for Projects 2024! This funding is provided each year by the ICA’s Programme Commission to fund archives and records management projects that support ICA’s professional progamme, strategic objectives and business plan. If you have a project that you want to develop in 2024, now is the time to apply! Be sure to complete the application form through LimeSurvey.

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ICA/SAR Online Talk – Problems, Challenges and Opportunities in the Personal Archives of Architects

This virtual talk, organised by the ICA Section on Architectural Records (SAR), will explore the countless problems, challenges and potential opportunities presented by the personal archives of architects to the information services where they are located or to recipients intending to use them. This session will take place on Monday 4 December 2023 at 18:00 CET (Paris time)

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SAHR Tuesday Talks – The use of the Khmer Rouge archives as judicial evidence, by Song Pheaktra and Helen Jarvis

SAHR Tuesday Talks – The use of the Khmer Rouge archives as judicial evidence by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal (1979) and the Extraordinary Chambers for the Courts of Cambodia (2007-2022), by Song Pheaktra, Head of Archives Section, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Helen Jarvis, former Chief of the Victims’ Support Section at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

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

ICA/SAHR Webinar – Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations, the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) will be hosting a webinar to take place on Sunday 10 December at 16:00 CET (Paris time)

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