1. 21st Meeting of the European Archives Group
DLM and EARK report
Zoltán Szatucsek
21st Meeting of the European Archives Group
Bratislava,

2. Two DLM MM meetings since EAG Hague
There are new faces around the table
Very short introduction
Athens celebration
We are not only celebrated, but worked in Athens
An exceptionally good composition of the EC
RSD, GIMMAL, PRESERVICA, SP
MECD, ARS, NAH,
IST, UPHEC
Now DLM management is very well representedn, with a good balance of companies
In Copenhagen we
There are ups and downs and we
Information Governance
There are
Knowledge exchange which field? Digital archives
For this E-ARK is an extremely iportant instrument

4. E-ARK Final steps until January 2017 Tools – Roda, ESS, AIT
7 major pilots
Knowledge Center
General model
Specification sustainability - DAS Board
Final conference, Budapest 6-8 December

5. Discussion paper - Current challenges
Archives are more and more involved in e- government initiatives
In government everything is digital by now.
Open and reusable public data is regarded by Digital Single Market strategy as a driver for economic growth
Centralized government services and open data portals are emerging.
Digital preservation is beyond its infancy.
Archives are part of information industry
Budget constraints are not in line with this

6. Discussion paper - Recommendations
R.1. Change how people think about archives R.2. Automate more R.3. Collaborate more R.4. Educate more R.5. Win the argument for funding

7. Discussion paper – specific actions
A.1. Gather and share information about our progress. A.2. Share the EARK findings and tools. A.3. Exploring the intersection of data protection and archives law. A.4. In education there is a need for a database of trainers. A.5. Collaborative projects

8. 44 members included 20 NAs National Archives of Luxembourg
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
ARMA International
City of Rotterdam
Estonia Dept of Information
Head of Archives and Records European Central Bank
ES Solution
Finnish Municipal RM Association
Gimmal LLC
GORDIC spol s.r.o
HP Autonomy Systems Ltd.
INESC-ID
Lulea University of Technology
Ministry of Interior of Czech Republic
Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
National Archive of Austria
National Archive of Denmark
National Archives of Estonia
National Archives of Finland
National Archives of Germany
National Archives of Hungary
National Archives of Ireland
National Archives of Latvia
National Archives of Luxembourg
National Archives of Malta
National Archives of Norway
National Archives of Poland
National Archives of Scotland
National Archives of Slovenia
National Archives of Spain
National Archives of Sweden
National Archives of The Netherlands
National Archives of the UK
National Records & Archives Authority
Dr Peter Faester Nielsen
Office of Chief Archivist of Lithuania
Open Text Corporation
Rasmus Greve
RecordPoint Software
RSD
Russian Records Managers Guild
State Enterprise Centre of Registers
Preservica
Torben Juul
University of Brighton
Ministry of Justice, The Netherlands
The most painful part for the archives, because record creators tend to transfer records in diverse way, with poor metadata, breaching the regulations, and archives feel responsibility even for the badly prepared records.
This is the area what the archives struggling with the most.
The aim is EARK SIP related activity IS to design a structure which is simple enough and undersandable for major archives’ digital archives systems.
activities:
analysis of existing SIPs
formulate requirements
moreq integration
first draft specification, final specification next May

9. Executive Committee

10. Malta AGM May , 2017

11. Brighton, Triennial Conference, 13-15 September, 2017
Andrea Hanger, Bundesarchiv,
David Anderson, UoB
Melanie Blondin IRC,
John Sheridan, TNA
Tim Callister ARMA,
Ricardo Vieira, IST
James Lappin, independent consultant
José Borbinha, IST
Steven James Howard UN Kosovo,
Karin Bredenberg, RA

12. Thank you for your attention!
Zoltán Szatucsek
chair, DLM Forum Foundation