APEx apeEAC-CPF think pool in Berlin

Newsletter #6 – 13 March 2013
Contents
APEx apeEAC-CPF THINK POOL IN BERLIN
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APEx EVALUATION IN FEBRUARY 2013
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DUBLIN CONFERENCE (26–28 JUNE 2013)
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FEATURED EXHIBITION
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PRESS RELEASES
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APEx PROJECT WEBSITE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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APEx apeEAC-CPF think pool in Berlin
This joining of twenty participants from eight countries (mainly WP4
members) on 26–27 February 2013 primarily served to advance the apeEAC-CPF
profile and functionalities in the Archives Portal Europe.
To start the meeting off, six presentations about the use of EAC-CPF in our
APEx partner countries allowed for a comparison of the country-specific status quo
of EAC-CPF profiles and laid the foundation for further dialogue. Against this
backdrop it was possible to gather fresh ideas for the Archives Portal Europe:
possibilities such as providing a "search entry via persons, families and corporate
bodies", "linking to other cultural heritage data via persons, families and corporate
bodies", "creating an European archival authority file" or the question on how to
"extend archival information on persons, families and corporate bodies by linking to
existing authority files (eg VIAF), projects (eg SNAC) or other sources (eg
Wikipedia)" are just a few topics that were examined.
Even more inspiring for the Archives Portal Europe was Daniel Pitti’s
(University of Virginia) presentation as Project Director of the SNAC project (The
Social Networks and Archival Context Project) and the NAAC (National Archival
Authorities Cooperative). He highlighted features that could possibly be re-used in
the Archives Portal Europe and shared his ideas for further enhancing the portal's
overall proficiency.
The presentations, agenda and list of participants etc of the meeting can be found
here.
You can find a review of this meeting by Anna Laszuk (NDAP) in Polish here.
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APEx evaluation in February 2013
Since the beginning of this year, a variety of actions have already been taken by
WP4 and WP6 in order to evaluate and improve the portal:
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All in all, eleven APEx partner countries participated in the evaluation of
the handling of the back-end of the Archives Portal Europe by conducting
interviews and task observations with archivists in situ (Austria/ICARUS,
Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta,
Portugal and The Netherlands).
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So far, 174 users of the Archives Portal Europe have participated in the
online questionnaire.
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The focus group carried out their evaluation within the Country Manager
workshop in Pisa on 30 January 2013.
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The results of the webtracking via Google Analytics have been analysed.
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The deliverables D4.2/D6.3 are currently being prepared.
WP4 and WP6 would like to thank all participants for their very fruitful cooperation:
thank you to all the test persons, observers, the APEx evaluation core group and
the focus group participants!
Dublin conference (26–28 June 2013)
The proposal submission deadline for the conference has now passed and we
are happy to announce a total of 59 international submissions. Furthermore, WP7
has invited a range of highly qualified, international keynote speakers to share their
experience and knowledge within their respective panels. They include
Jane Stevenson (Archives Hub, GB), Julia Fallon (Europeana), Manfred
Thaller (Computer Science for the Humanities, University of Cologne, DE), Vlatka
Lemic (Croatian State Archives, HR), Oliver Morley (The National Archives, GB),
Daniel Pitti (Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of
Virginia, US), Stefano Vitali (Soprintendenza Archivistica per l'Emilia Romagna, IT),
Susanne Waidmann (Federal Archives of Germany, DE), Björn Jordell (Riksarkivet,
SE), Antonella Ambrosio (UNINA, IT) and Thomas Aigner (ICARUS).
WP7 is currently working on evaluating the proposal contributions and
finalising the conference programme.
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Featured Exhibition
The preparation of a featured exhibition is progressing. The first objects have
come in; first was the Slovenian National Archives which will show a very
interesting document establishing national authority in Slovenia in 1942.
Press releases
The French Ministry of Culture and Communication has issued a press release
on the Archives Portal Europe 1.1 which you can read here.
It was followed by a wide range of articles on online sources as follows:
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Les infostrateges – Maîtriser tous les aspects de l’information pour
comprendre le monde: Une nouvelle version du portail européen des
archives
ActuaLitté – les univers du livre: Un nouvel essor pour le portail européen
des archives
archimag – Stratégies & ressources de la mémoire & du savoir: Le portail
européen des archives, nouvelle version
ÉchosDoc – Le portail des specialists Information & Documentation:
Nouvelle version du portail européen des archives
LivresHebdo.fr: Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication a
annoncé la mise en ligne d’une nouvelle version du site
La revue française de Généalogie: Les archives européenes réunies sur
un portail
LaLIST – LaLIST de vos informations scientifiques, techniques et
stratégiques: Mise en ligne de nouvelle version du portail européen des
archives www.archivesportaleurope.net
Digital Humanities International – Veille sur les Humanités Numériques et
champs associés: Le portail européen des archives
RSLN – Regards sur le numérique: Le portail européen des archives fait
peau neuve
GénéInfos – L’actualité des archives en ligne par Guillaume de Morant:
Portail européen des archives: version definitive en ligne
Portail de l’IE – Centre national de ressources et d’information sur
l’intelligence économique et stratégique: Nouvelle version du portail
européen des archives
APEx project website
The project website has a new section “Past events”. This is where we will post
reviews of major milestone events such as the Country Manager workshop in Pisa.
Another new section is in the works: “Publications” within “Outcomes”. This is
where press releases and publications will be linked.
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Upcoming events
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20–21 March:
2 April:
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18 April:
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26 April:
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26–28 June:
WP7 face-to-face meeting in The Hague (NL)
ESC meeting along with EBNA/EAG meetings in
Dublin Castle (IE)
First APEx review with the European Commission
at the National Archives of the Netherlands, The
Hague (NL)
Presentation of the Archives Portal Europe by
Maria Gussarsson Wijk (WP7 Leader) within the
international conference
“Democratising or
privileging: the future of access to archives“ in
Dundee (GB)
Title of presentation: A trans-national gateway to
history: Archives Portal Europe
The programme is available here
APEx conference “Building infrastructures for
archives in a digital world“ at Trinity College in
Dublin (IE)
More information can be found here
(Compilation: Kerstin Muff, APEx Editorial Manager)
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