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

2. PROJECT PARTNERS

3. PROJECT PARTNERS LEADPARTNER → ICARUS
International Centre for Archival Research
PARTNER → THE AUSTRIAN STATE ARCHIVES
PARTNER → 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. Creating the Future www.sk-at.eu
FINANCING
Creating the Future
ETC: Cross border cooperation programme Slovak Republic – Austria
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 85%
National Co - Financing / Equity Capital 15%
Overall Budget ~ €
PARTNERS

6. CROSSING THE BORDER OUR GOALS FREE & UNLIMITED AVAILABILITY
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→ MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS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.)

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

8. CROSSING THE BORDER OUR GOALS INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING
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

9. BORDER AREA AUSTRIA – SLOVAK REPUBLIC
CROSSING THE BORDER
BORDER AREA AUSTRIA – SLOVAK REPUBLIC

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

11. THE INITIAL SITUATION
→ 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→ UNIQUE & VERSATILE CHARACTERS OF WRITTEN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS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
Scanner?
Databases?

12. ACTIVITIES AUSTRIA → MILITARY CHURCH REGISTERS
→ REGISTER BOOKS OF CATHOLIC PARISHES
→ „FRANZISZEISCHES KATASTER“

14. 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 ( ) → SMALLER COLLECTIONS FROM OTHER ARCHIVES

16. CULTURAL AKTIVITIES WORKSHOPS FINAL CONFERENCE
Modern face of archival science – archival documents on-line
5 June 2012 University Library Bratislava
Austrias Archives in Europe
October 2012 Austrian State Archives
In rivers confluence – Life on Slovak-Austrian border
March 2013 Bratislava Castle
Cross Border Archives
7 November 2013 Lower Austrian State Library
FINAL CONFERENCE
Memory without borders. Archives of the Austrian-Slovak border region. Present and future
13 – 14 May 2014 Bratislava Castle & Austrian State Archives

18. CULTURAL AKTIVITIES
COURSES FOR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
Working with the Inline-Portal, Reading old scripts …
GUIDED TOURS IN AUSTRIAN & SLOVAK ARCHIVES
u.a. Slovak State Archives, Cty Archives in Bratislava, Slovak National Archives, Austrian State Archives, Lower Austrian Archives, Vienna City and State Archives …

20. PR ACTIVITIES → 10.000 BILINGUAL FOLDERS IN GERMAN & SLOVAK
→ FLYERS FOR GUIDED TOURS, WORKSHOPS, COURSES
→ PROJECT WEBSITE
ONLINE PORTAL FOR RESEARCH
EVENT CALENDAR
→ PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

21. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION
→ DIGITIZATION FROM ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS
~ SCANS UNTIL JUNE 2014
→ SCAN EQUIPMENT USED
BOOKEYE 3 COLOR A1
COLOR SCANS TO DIN A1
RESOLUTION MAX. 400 DPI

22. ONLINE - PORTAL PORTAL www.crossborderarchives.eu
IMAGES from the partner
webservers
METADATA for example

23. ONLINE – PORTAL http://crossborderarchives.eu

24. County Bratislava 1

25. Archdiocese Vienna

26. Lower Austrian “Herrschaftsarchive”

27. Franciscean Catasters

28. Austrian War Archives

29. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Corinna Ziegler ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research Web: |