Gabriella Ivacs

Emerging Archives / Parallel Archives

New Digital Distribution Model

• Free Information Exchange
• Rights Management
• Commons
• Interoperability of systems

• public assessment and use without constraints
• not any components or extensions that have dependencies on formats or protocols that do not meet the definition of an Open Standard
• free from legal or technical clauses that limit its utilisation
• managed and further developed independently of any single vendor in an open  process open
• available in multiple complete implementations

• open XML-based document file format for displaying, storing and editing office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, and presentations.
• application-independent file format by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)
• approved by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as an

• Long -term access to information
• Platform independent
• Complies with constitutional rights: equal opportunity, access to information, decreases the digital divide

• immediate
• permanent
• free online access

The Open Content: Digital Distribution of Content  for Fair Use

How about Archives?

Conditions for Trusted Digital Archives

• System: make conscious decisions about IT infrastructure, preservation plan
• Standards: XML, ISADG, ODF, DC stb.
• Access: Declassification, policies and procedures, modern reference services (off line and online)
• Content: item level processing, good metadata, context, digital images and text
• Sustainability: business plan and risk management
• Professionals: archivist as information brokers, merging roles

Case Study:Trusted Repository/ Soros Network Archival Portal (SNAP)

Attributes of the Parallel Archive as a Potential Model for Open Archives

• Folksonomy  vs. Hierarchy
• Individual/Community needs  vs. Institutional needs
• Thematic Collections vs. Collections based on Provenance
• United Collections vs.  Dispersed Collections
• Sharing  vs. Individualistic Approach
• Persistent URLs vs. Existing citation models
• Enhanced Access to Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sources
• Preservation Service vs. Centralized Preservation
• Multilingual, Crossdisciplinary vs. National, language centered
• New Business Model vs. Non-profit Institution
• Visibility vs. Isolation

• Folksonomy can lead to chaos and delay high quality research
• Intellectual Altruism?or Marketing?
• Losing Context for Archival Records
• Huge Preservation Capacity
• Technology issues
• Language Barriers
• Legal Issues, IPRs, Copyright, Archival Act, Secrecy, Privacy
• Sustainibility
• Spontaneous Digitization, lack of Best Practices, Standards
• How to deliver archival content to Publishers?