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What is the Council of Europe ?

32nd session of the SIO, ICA Thessaloniki, 26-29 september 2006 Presentation of the Council of Europe Archives. What is the Council of Europe ?. One of the oldest post 2nd world war international organisation Defense of democracy, human rights, and rule of law 46 member states

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What is the Council of Europe ?

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  1. 32nd session of the SIO, ICAThessaloniki, 26-29 september 2006Presentation of the Council of Europe Archives

  2. What is the Council of Europe ? • One of the oldest post 2nd world war international organisation • Defense of democracy, human rights, and rule of law • 46 member states • 2.500 people • 200.000.000 euros

  3. Some figures • 2.3 km of historical archives • 1 km of intermediate records • 4 people • 800 demands/year • 15.000 bibliographic records/year • 4 archiving trainings/year • Digitisation program : 150.000 pages/year

  4. Searching tools • Webcat : 170.000 bibliographic records (1991-2006) • Hyperion : 90.000 electronic documents (2002-2006) • Manual card catalogue : 200.000 bibliographic records (1949-1990)

  5. What’s new ? • Since january 2006 we belong to DIT • Since april 2006 our name has changed • ILCD • Computer specialists have joined the team

  6. Archivists vs Computer specialists • Long-term archiving • Archiving vs storage • Glossary

  7. Information System Strategic Plan • A new one for the 2006-2010 period • 5 key strategies : • Effective and simple use of the Information System • Setting up of virtual areas for information exchange • Management, preservation and enrichment of our information patrimony • An information system facilitating operational and administrative procedures • Seamless technological development

  8. A new mandate • Information management along the information life cycle • Implementation of the Council of Europe Archiving policy • Supporting institutional entities in correct record and files management and archiving • Supporting internal user autonomy in information retrieval and acquisition of information

  9. Council of Europe Archiving policy • . Adopted in 2001 • RAP-INF(2001)6 • mission • Role of Central Archives • Network of archives correspondents

  10. New Council of Europe Archiving policy • Why ? • Electronic Archiving Policy • What records are covered by the EAP ? • Who is reponsible ? • How to implement the EAP ? • Where will records be archived ? • What are the benefits ?

  11. Conclusion • The end of the year will be very busy ! • Participate more actively in the SIO activities • Host in Strasbourg one of the next SIO sessions

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