Presentation of the cross border cooperation project "Memory without borders" - written historical sources of Austrian and Slovak archives online - given by Corinna Ziegler at the workshop "Österreichische Archive in Europa", 17th & 18th of October 2012 in the Austrian State Archives in Vienna

1. MEMORY WITHOUT BORDERS
THE ETC PROJECT CRARC
A multiplier for cross border cooperation of Slovak
and Austrian Archives
www.crossborderarchives.eu
WRITTEN SOURCES OF SLOVAK AND AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES ONLINE

2. PROJECT PARTNERS

3. PROJECT PARTNERS
LEADPARTNER → ICARUS
International Centre for Archival Research
PARTNER 1 → THE AUSTRIAN STATE ARCHIVES
PARTNER 2 → THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
The State Archive in Bratislava & the Archives of the
Capital City of Bratislava
PARTNER 3 → NETZWERK GESCHICHTE NÖ
In cooperation with the Lower Austrian State Archive

4. DURATION
February 2012 June 2014

5. FINANCING
Creating the Future www.sk-at.eu
ETC: Cross border cooperation programme Slovak Republic – Austria 2007 - 2013
Overall Budget ~ € 800.000
European Regional
National Co - Financing /
Development Fund PARTNERS Equity Capital 15%
(ERDF) 85%

6. CROSSING THE BORDER
WRITTEN SOURCES OF SLOVAK AND AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES ONLINE
OUR GOALS
CLOSE COOPERATION
→ OVERCOMING THE NATIONAL
BARRIERS WITHIN ARCHIVAL WORK

7. CROSSING THE BORDER
WRITTEN SOURCES OF SLOVAK AND AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES ONLINE
OUR GOALS
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING
→ COMMON AND BORDERLESS
WORKING OPPORTUNITIES
→ COMMON HANDLING OF CHALLENGES
WITHIN THE ARCHIVAL WORK

8. CROSSING THE BORDER
WRITTEN SOURCES OF SLOVAK AND AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES ONLINE
OUR GOALS
FREE & UNLIMITED
AVAILABILITY
→ EASY ACCESS TO HISTORICAL SOURCES
→ RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE
SHARED HISTORICAL & CULTURAL ROOTS
→ MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS
(IN TOURISM, SCHOOLS, ADULT EDUCATION, FOR EXPERTS,
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & HOBBY RESEARCHERS etc.)

9. CROSSING THE BORDER
BORDER AREA AUSTRIA – SLOVAK REPUBLIC

10. THE INITAL SITUATION
CHALLENGES FOR RESEARCHERS
→ WIDESPREAD & DECENTRALIZED STORAGE IN
NATIONAL, CLERICAL AND REGIONAL ARCHIVES
→ LIMITED ACCESS
→ UNDERSTANDABILITY OF LANGUAGE
→ READABILITY OF ANCIENT SCRIPTS

11. „Memory without borders“ offers the possibility to free online
access, borderless & timeless utilization of written historical
documents

12. THE INITIAL SITUATION
CHALLENGES FOR ARCHIVES
→ PROVIDERS OF ANALOG DOCUMENTS BECOME PROVIDERS
OF DIGITAL MATERIALS
→ UNIQUE & VERSATILE CHARACTERS OF WRITTEN HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS
• Different materials & non-uniform sizes / formats
• Conservation status
• Historical contents
→ TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
• Which scanner will be suitable?
• Which angle should be used for digital recording?
• Which form of database fits best for easy online researching?

13. „Memory without borders“ offers the possibility to share
experience and to face the new ventures into the path of digital
future jointly

14. ACTIVITIES AUSTRIA
DIGITIZATION OF WRITTEN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS REFERRING TO THE AT-SK BORDER REGION
→ MILITARY CHURCH
REGISTERS
→ REGISTER BOOKS OF
CATHOLIC PARISHES

16. ACTIVITIES SLOVAK REPUBLIC
→ DOCUMENTS OF THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION IN BRATISLAVA
→ WRITTEN SOURCES OF HISTORICAL
COUNTIES IN THE BORDER AREA
SK-AT
→ COLLECTION OF CHURCH BOOKS
(1616-1895)
→ SMALLER COLLECTIONS FROM
OTHER ARCHIVES

18. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AS CONTEMPORARY WITNESSES…
→ ACTIVE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCING HISTORY
TO FOSTER & DEEPEN A TRANS-BORDER CONSCIOUSNESS

19. WORKSHOPS
THE WORLD OF DIGITAL ARCHIVES
LECTURES ABOUT OUR
• PROJECT PROGRESSES
• WORKING METHODS
• HANDLING THE ONLINE
PORTAL
• POSSIBILITIES OF ACTIVE
WORKING WITH DIGITIZED
ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS
→ FOR EXPERTS AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC
→ ALTERNATELY IN VIENNA & BRATISLAVA

20. COURSES
WORKING TOOLS OF ARCHIVES
→ FOR INTERESTED PEOPLE LIKE HOBBY
HISTORIANS, PUPILS, STUDENTS,
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES etc.
• HISTORICAL RESEARCH
→ ALTERNATELY IN VIENNA & BRATISLAVA
→ STARTING 2013 • GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
• WORKING METHODS WITH OUR
ONLINE PORTAL
• READING OLD FONTS

21. EXCURSIONS
LIVING HISTORY & JOURNEYS BACK IN TIME
→ CROSS BORDER
EXCURSIONS
→ FREE GUIDED TOURS IN
AUSTRIAN OR SLOVAK
ARCHIVES (INCL. BUS
TRANSFER)
→ FOR INTERESTED PEOPLE
LIKE HOBBY
HISTORIANS, PUPILS, STUDE
NTS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
etc.

22. PR ACTIVITIES
→ 10.000 BILINGUAL FOLDERS IN GERMAN &
SLOVAK
→ FLYERS FOR GUIDED TOURS, WORKSHOPS,
COURSES
→ PROJECT WEBSITE
WWW.CROSSBORDERARCHIVES.EU
• ONLINE PORTAL FOR RESEARCH
• FORUM AREA
• EVENT CALENDAR
→ PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
→ FINAL CONFERENCE IN JUNE 2014

23. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION
→ DIGITIZATION FROM ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS
~ 800.000 SCANS UNTIL JUNE 2014
→ SCAN EQUIPMENT USED
BOOKEYE 3 COLOR A1
• COLOR SCANS TO DIN A1
• RESOLUTION MAX. 400 DPI
• IR-/UV FREE LED ILLUMINATION
• MOTORIZED BOOK CRADLE
• INTEGRATED GLASS PLATE

24. ONLINE - PORTAL
Work in progress…
Available approximately in December 2012
PORTAL
www.crossborderarchives.eu
IMAGES from the
partner METADATA for example
webservers www.matricula.findbuch.net

25. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Corinna Ziegler
ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research
Email: corinna.ziegler@icar-us.eu
Web: www.crossborderarchives.eu | www.icar-us.eu