1. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti 32nd session of the SIO, ICA Thessaloniki, 26-29 september 2006 Presentation of the Council of Europe Archives

2. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti What is the Council of Europe ? One of the oldest post 2nd world war international organisation Defense of democracy, human rights, and rule of law 46 member states 2.500 people 200.000.000 euros

3. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Some figures 2.3 km of historical archives 1 km of intermediate records 4 people 800 demands/year 15.000 bibliographic records/year 4 archiving trainings/year Digitisation program : 150.000 pages/year

4. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Searching tools Webcat : 170.000 bibliographic records (1991-2006)Webcat Hyperion : 90.000 electronic documents (2002-2006) Manual card catalogue : 200.000 bibliographic records (1949-1990)

5. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti What’s new ? Since january 2006 we belong to DIT Since april 2006 our name has changed ILCD Computer specialists have joined the team

6. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Archivists vs Computer specialists Long-term archiving Archiving vs storage Glossary

7. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Information System Strategic Plan A new one for the 2006-2010 period 5 key strategies : Effective and simple use of the Information System Setting up of virtual areas for information exchange Management, preservation and enrichment of our information patrimony An information system facilitating operational and administrative procedures Seamless technological development

8. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti A new mandate Information management along the information life cycle Implementation of the Council of Europe Archiving policy Supporting institutional entities in correct record and files management and archiving Supporting internal user autonomy in information retrieval and acquisition of information

9. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Council of Europe Archiving policy. Adopted in 2001 RAP-INF(2001)6 mission Role of Central Archives Network of archives correspondents

10. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti New Council of Europe Archiving policy Why ? Electronic Archiving Policy What records are covered by the EAP ? Who is reponsible ? How to implement the EAP ? Where will records be archived ? What are the benefits ?

11. ILCD-2006-BP-1 © Council of Europe, 2006, Benjamin Palermiti Conclusion The end of the year will be very busy ! Participate more actively in the SIO activities Host in Strasbourg one of the next SIO sessions