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XX. Nordiska arkivdagar 6 – 10 augusti 2003 Reykjavík, Island

Explore the possibilities and challenges of cooperation between archives, libraries, and museums (ALM) in the digital age. This seminar discusses the changing societal demands, ICT revolution, and the role of ALM institutions in democratizing access to knowledge and sources.

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XX. Nordiska arkivdagar 6 – 10 augusti 2003 Reykjavík, Island

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  1. XX. Nordiska arkivdagar6 – 10 augusti 2003Reykjavík, Island Seminariet ABM-samarbeid Gudmund Valderhaug 8 augusti 2003

  2. ABM-samarbeid Cooperation between archives, libraries and museums Gudmund Valderhaug, XX Nordiske arkivdagar Reykjavik 8.08.03

  3. What is ALM-cooperation? • Cooperation between individual institutions? • “…this has been done for a long time… nothing new in this…” • Or is it possible to identify a certain ALM-perspective? • Common for archives, libraries and museums

  4. Searching for the ALM perspective… • A change of mentality? • The ICT revelation • A new social role for the archives? • Some societal challenges • Democratising knowledge and sources • The multicultural challenge • One sector – and three sectors

  5. A change of mentality? • “The archives to the people – from isolation to openness” • ”…to follow the development of archives from an apathetic and isolated society to an open user-orientated organisation…” • A shift of focus • From preservation towards giving access • From serving researchers towards serving a broader public

  6. Why do we exist? • Archives, libraries and museums are social institutions • Set up by the society to contribute to some purposes, which may change over time: research, popular education, nation building • What are the society’s challenges today – and how can we contribute?

  7. The ICT revelation • ICT has led to fundamental changes in our societies – two cues for archives, libraries and museums: • The information society • The knowledge society • New demands • New possibilities

  8. New demands from the society • Archives, libraries and museums are… • Organisations which a society establishes to achieve certain societal values there are general agreement should exist • Equal rights to information and knowledge • Make the individuals capable of taking part in a living democracy • Give individuals equal opportunities to act as active participants in the society (Stortingsmelding om arkiv, bibliotek og museum)

  9. New possibilities… • From the reading room to the Internet: • New ways of communication • New user groups • New professional challenges • A new social role for the archives?

  10. Archives as social institutions • ”Society’s challenges are our challenges” • What are the most important challenges? • In which areas can we contribute? • How can we contribute? • What should we give priority?

  11. Two important challenges • Democratising access to knowledge and sources • Expanding our “markets” • Adapting to new users • The multi-cultural society • How do we create contacts? • How do we give/get documentation?

  12. Democratising… • New user groups: • Lifelong learning • Schools • How do we serve new user groups • Who only use our web-services • Who often lack adequate qualifications to make use of and understand archives

  13. Methodology and pedagogy • The methodical challenges: • How to intermediate the sources together with administrative and historical contextual information? • How to adjust sources without loss of integrity? • The pedagogical challenge: • How do we get through?

  14. Multicultural societies • Norway: • Aboriginal people: Samí • National minorities: Jews, kvenar, rom, romani, skogfinnar • New immigrant groups • Ratification of international conventions: • Prepare conditions so that national minorities may express, preserve and develop their identities

  15. ALM and national minorities • Contribute to documentation and intermediation of history, culture and historical rights: • Archives are mainly created by and tell the majority’s version of the history • Minorities may have other sources for history and historical rights than the written document

  16. One sector – three sectors • In confronting social challenges archives, libraries and museums in many ways represent one sector: • Memory- and knowledge institutions • Providers of services the society needs • The way they keep their collections still make them three separate professions

  17. And… • In the tension of being both one and three sectors, we maybe will find the most challenging and exciting ALM-perspective?

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