The Cultural Centre La Nau hosts from 23 to 25 October the "VII Conference on Digital Documentation and Historical Memory: Chasing Ghosts?", organized by the AAV (Association of Archivists and Valencian Records Managers). This is a proposal for knowing not only 'traditional' archivists management, linked to culture , heritage , history and identity values , but also attempts to explore the electronic administration and the latest changes in document management.
A joint analysis which will feature contributions of experts in that field in order to improve in the professional development, in social presence and in the role at the head of the institutions, as also in the academic recognition. All of this at a quite delicate and strategic moment that this appropriate forum for the reflection and analysis of archival reality suggests.
The conferences will be inaugurated on Wednesday, 23 October, at 17:00 in the Aula Magna of the Cultural Centre La Nau. At 17:30, it will take place a lecture by the Italian diplomatic and INTERPARES project manager Luciana Duranti, entitled 'The documentary historical memory in the cloud: an oxymoron or inevitable future'.
Biography of Luciana Duranti
Native to Italy, she lives in Vancouver, Canada. Since 1987 she is Professor and Full-University professor in the Archival Studies at The University of British Columbia, since 1998, Director of InterPARES program, which aims to develop the essential skills for long-term preservation of documents created and stored in digital format, and also provide the basis for the rules, policies, strategies and plans of action capable of ensuring the longevity of these materials and the ability for users to trust its authenticity.
She is Director at the Centre for the International Study of Contemporary Records and Archives since 1999. In this centre she performs, procures and manages grants for projects aimed at creating knowledge and mobilizing the scope of the electronic documents and files as well as its dissemination.
She is a member of the UNESCO Memory of The World Program since 2007. She is also a member of the section of Archival Education and Training at the International Council on Archives, ICA, since 2008, which aims to establish contacts between archival professionals and work on the development of the methodology and the creation of necessary tools for teaching and the development of this profession.
Luciana is also an associate professor at the University of Washington since 2011, and director in Records In the Cloud (RIC) since 2012. The latter is a research project that focused on the management, operational, legal and technical issues surrounding the storage and management of records in the cloud. More recently, in 2013, Luciana has also become a researcher at the Research Data Alliance - Preservation e- Infrastructure WG. Additionally, she has also been appointed Director of InterPARES Trust, which pretends to generate theoretical and methodological frameworks for the development of local, national and international integrated and coherent policies, regulations and legislation relating to digital records on the Internet, to ensure the audience the confidence in the evidence of good governance, the strength of the digital economy and the possibility of a persistent digital memory .
Luciana Duranti studied History and, although he planned to continue studying for a career in historical research, she followed the recommendations of a lecturer who suggested her to study archival studies. Luciana has been involved in the field of archives since 1973.
VII Conference AAV Digital Documentation and Historical Memory: Chasing Ghosts?
Inaugural Session: October 23/Aula Magna of the University of Valencia. C /Universidad , 2.
Remaining conferences: Hall of residence Principal Peset. Horno de San Nicolás Square, 4.
All information of the VII Conference on: http://7jornadesaav.blogspot.com.es/
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Last update: 22 de october de 2013 16:26.
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