1. Threats to Openness in the Digital World 24-25 th Nov 2015, Northumbria University A post-conference discussion Julie McLeodJulie McLeod, Michael Moss & David ThomasMichael Moss iSchool, Northumbria University, UK Blog https://threats2openness.wordpress.comhttps://threats2openness.wordpress.com

2. Context & conference aim  Impact of the digital on access to records – More or less available to users? – EU - Safe Harbour and Google decisions  Aim – Debate the issue & discuss action needed – High profile speakers from different disciplines provided perspectives on threats to openness – Themes: digital context & nature of the record; legal perspective; experience of current issues; trust & consent; what must be done  Sponsors – Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust www.jrf.org.uk IT as a Utility (ITaaU) www.itutility.ac.uk www.jrf.org.ukwww.itutility.ac.uk

3. Session 1: The digital context and the nature of the record Twitter @threat2openness

4. The Future Digital Archive And Sensitivity Review Michael Moss (Northumbria University) Tim Gollins ( National Records of Scotland & University of Glasgow)

5. Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton

6. @archivesofwar Andrew Hoskins University of Glasgow

7. Session 2: The legal perspective

8. Do changes to records technology or management practices threaten openness? Dr David Thomas, Visiting Professor, iSchool, Northumbria University

9. Dr. David Erdos Faculty of Law University of Cambridge

10. Dr David Willcox 25 November 2015 Transferring born-digital records to The National Archives: Challenges and opportunities for UK government

11. Making Public | Making Publics november 2015 Agnes E.M. Jonker

12. Session 3: Current issues

13. Digital records in the UK government Sir Alex Allan, Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice & Cabinet Office Records review (6/11/2014) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370930/ RECORDS_REVIEW_-_Sir_Allex_Allan.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370930/ RECORDS_REVIEW_-_Sir_Allex_Allan.pdf Government digital records and archives review (17/12/2015) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-records-and-archives- review-by-sir-alex-allan https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-records-and-archives- review-by-sir-alex-allan

14. Closing historic documents: lay scrutiny of closure requests Arthur Lucas

15. Session 4: Trust and Consent In search of ‘a paper trail’. Irish public records in a digital age Mary E. Daly, UCD/RIA

16. https://threats2openness.wordpress.com/photographs-of-conference/ https://threats2openness.wordpress.com/photographs-of-conference/ Threats to Openness blog https://threats2openness.wordpress.com/ Twitter @threat2openness

17. Session 5: What must be done  What is the key issues/challenge (e.g. research question, archival issue or political issue or …) and therefore what is the most important action needed, why is it important, who should be responsible by when

18. Threats to Openness in the Digital World 24-25 th Nov 2015, Northumbria University A post-conference discussion 9 th Feb 2016, World Bank Group webinar Twitter @threat2openness Blog https://threats2openness.wordpress.comhttps://threats2openness.wordpress.com