pdf presentation by Chezie Kasnett: What's in an archive? The Israel Archives Survey at the EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture, Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013 http://www.digital-heritage.org.il Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.il

1. 12/11/2013

2. The Israel Heritage Archive Network

3. So what is it?
 A platform for cultural heritage archives to improve
the quality of and access to their collections
 A single access point to the catalogs and digital
images of archival material on the object level

4. Strategic National Heritage Project
Covers BREADTH of Heritage
Archives
Index of ALL
Archives
Access Assets
of Selected
Archives
Access
Heritage
Assets
Long-Term
Digital
Preservation

5. BUT

6. So what’s in an Archive?
We know what we EXPECT to be in the archive
We know what we WANT to be in the archive
But we don’t really KNOW what’s in the archive
Actually, does the archive even EXIST?

7. and the OPPOSITE too!
We do not KNOW that there is an archive
We certainly do NOT EXPECT there to be an archive
There IS an Archive!

8. Some Stats:
• 518 Heritage archive s AND COUNTING…
• Started with a list of 388
• 409 “Surveyable”
• Team of 6 “Surveyors”
• 70 to go
• 31/12/2013 survey Complete

9. Some Stats:
JERUSALEM/
EAST
CENTER
SOUTH
NORTH
15
28
2
5
LARGE
17
47
10
31
MEDIUM
6
53
51
144
SMALL

10. The Survey:
 Online
 Unique ISO Archive ID
IL.ISA349
 8 Sections
 80+ Questions

11. The Survey:
 Section 1 – Archive Description
 Section 2 – Collections
 Section 3 – Media Collections
 Section 4 – Special Holdings
 Section 5 – Technology
 Section 6 – Physical Storage
 Section 7 – Conservation/Facilities
 Section 8 – Visitor Services
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12. Analyzing the Data:
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Dedicated team to analyze the data
4 members, 2 observers
Objective: Define criteria of analyzing the data and
selecting archives
Propose a list of recommendations and proposed
archives to Content Committee
Summary report of survey and all archives

13. Analyzing the Data:

14. Analyzing the Data:

15. Thank You!
Chezkie Kasnett
chezkiek@nli.org.il