1. Digitization in state archives in the Slovak republic Monika Péková, Department of Archives, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak republic Debrecen, 22. -25. August 2010

2. Archival legislation the Act no. 395/2002 on Archives and Registries and on the Amendments of Certain Acts adopted on 17th May 2002 the Regulation no. 628/2002 of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic from 29th October 2002

3. Branches 1. Modra 2. Skalica 3. Šaľa 4. Trenčín 5. Trnava Branches 1. Čadca 2. Dolný Kubín 3. Lipt. Mikuláš 4. Martin 5. Považská Bystrica 6. Žilina Branches 1. Nitra 2. Bojnice 3. Komárno 4. Levice 5. Nové Zámky 6. Topoľčany City Archives Bratislava Bytča SNA Nitra Bratislava ŠÚBA B. Štiavnica Branches 1. B. Bystrica 2. B. Štiavnica 3. Kremnica 4. Lučenec 5. Rim. Sobota 6. Veľký Krtíš 7. Zvolen B. Bystrica Levoča Branches 1. Levoča 2. Poprad 3. Spišská Nová Ves 4. Stará Ľubovňa Prešov Branches 1. Prešov 2. Bardejov 3. Humenné 4. Svidník 5. Vranov nad Topľou Branches 1. Košice 2. Michalovce 3. Rožňava 4. Trebišov Košice Sieť štátnych archívov SR

4. Slovak National Archives – digitization equipment Betterlight 6000

5. Slovak National Archives – microfilm scanner

6. Slovak National Archives – digitization equipment Atlas

7. State Central Mining Archives Banská Štiavnica

8. Criteria for selection archival documents historic documentary value scope of real physical damage frequency of use by the research community

9. Original scan vs. Working scan Original scan is saved as TIFF none compression 300 dpi data files – 30 – 100 MB

10. Original scan vs. Working scan Working scan is saved as JPEG 60% compression 200 dpi data file has 1 – 3 MB

11. Digitization in numbers (quantity of scans)

12. Finding aids Total amount – 4000 units cca 2800 finding aids were made by typewriters cca 200 finding aids were made by rotary printing cca 650 finding aids were made in Microsoft Office Word cca 350 finding aids were produced in electronic form by means of application Bach – Inventories

13. Access to archives documents Archives shall only submit an original of archives for their study in exceptional cases, whilst it shall always submit a copy of archives, if: it concerns archives created before 1526; it contains informations with restricted access; any damage or possibility of damage could occur upon their study.

14. Medieval charters at the Slovak National Archives are administered by department of Early Fonds and Collections by provenience are included in: 1. the archival collections of ecclesiastical institutions (private historical archives of the Premonstratesian monasteries in Jasov and Leles, the Private Archives of the Bratislava Chapter, six fonds of credible locations) 2. the group of 98 archives of noble families and their feudal manors (arhives of the magnate noble families Pálfi, Erdödi, Esterházi, Habsburg...)

15. Medieval charters digitizazion

16. Program Bach - Charters NUMBER OF ARCHIVES NUMBER OF ARCHIVAL FOND SERIAL NUMBER NEW SIGNATURE SPECIFICATION OF STORAGE UNIT INSERED CHARTER PUBLISHER RECEIVER DATE OF ISSUE CONTENT FORM OF PRESERVATION LANGUAGE PHYSICAL STATUS VERYFYING TOOLS (SEAL) DORSAL NOTE ORNAMENT PUBLICATIONS NOTE NAME OF ARCHIVES FOND INVENTORY NUMBER OLD SIGNATURE NO. OF STORAGE UNIT PLACE OF ISSUE WRITING MATERIAL DIMENSIONS DESCRIPTION OF SEAL

17. Access to digital copies Virtual guide Archival fonds and collections from all state archives in Slovakia Opened up to the public April 2008 http://vademecum.vsnet.sk/sk/vade/

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