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Interviews

“The most sustainable building is the one you’ve already built” Interview with Kirsten MacQuarrie

We spoke with Kirsten MacQuarrie, Sector Development Manager at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS), to discuss the Green Libraries Initiative, what it aims to achieve and how information professionals around the world can get involved.   (Archivoz) Could you tell us a little bit about the Green Libraries Initiative and how it was established? (Kirsten MacQuarrie) ‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need,’...

Audiovisual documentation
“Nanook of the North”: a pioneering work in the documentary genre
“Nanook of the North”: a pioneering work in the documentary genre

“Nanook of the North”: a pioneering work in the documentary genre

The documentary genre is booming: on most audiovisual resource platforms, such as Netflix, it is common to find many works in this genre. It is a narrative resource that has evolved: our readers will have in mind the classic animal documentaries, which nowadays...

Interviews
“Our hope is that the projects will provide an enjoyable way for participants to interact with historic maps, whilst also engaging in a useful activity that will produce long-term benefits”: Interview with Christopher Fleet and Katie Haffie, of the National Library of Scotland

“Our hope is that the projects will provide an enjoyable way for participants to interact with historic maps, whilst also engaging in a useful activity that will produce long-term benefits”: Interview with Christopher Fleet and Katie Haffie, of the National Library of Scotland

Today, we are talking with Christopher Fleet, Map Curator, and Katie Haffie, Community Data Harvester, about a three-tiered crowdsourcing maps project that has just kicked off at the National Library of Scotland. We discuss the mechanics of data harvesting, the...

Audiovisual documentationEphemeris
Ephemera, February 25: The first electrical recording
Ephemera, February 25: The first electrical recording

Ephemera, February 25: The first electrical recording

Since the beginning, the evolution of audio recording techniques has been remarkable and rapid. Some of these formats, wax cylinders for instance, were mechanical in nature: recordings were engraved on the cylinder’s outer surface and were reproduced by means of a...

Audiovisual documentationEditorialNews of interest
3rd Archivoz Symposium (Second Session): Writing Cultural Wrongs: Decolonisation and Restitution Cultural Institutions

3rd Archivoz Symposium (Second Session): Writing Cultural Wrongs: Decolonisation and Restitution Cultural Institutions

This second workshop brings together three speakers working on projects and research related to decolonisation in the heritage sector. Each speaker has a slightly different background and area of expertise, covering academic research, archives, and museums. This...

Audiovisual documentationEditorialNews of interest
3rd Archivoz Symposium (First Session): Citizens in Archives
3rd Archivoz Symposium (First Session): Citizens in Archives

3rd Archivoz Symposium (First Session): Citizens in Archives

The first session of our two-part workshop brought together three speakers working on projects that involve citizen participation in the work of archival preservation. Crowdsourcing has been integral particularly to transcription projects in recent years, and our...

EditorialNews of interest
The Archivoz Team wish you Merry Christmas
The Archivoz Team wish you Merry Christmas

The Archivoz Team wish you Merry Christmas

Christmas is approaching and with it a well-deserved vacation for the team. I would like to reflect for a moment and analyze how the year has unfolded. I would like to thank the entire Archivoz team who are always willing to do their best to make the magazine grow...

ABOUT ARCHIVOZ

Archivoz is a free online magazine, international in scope for the general public, interested in archives and document management. Born in June 2017 as a collaborative and voluntary project, its team includes professionals from all over the world.

The journal aims to disseminate news development interests, experiences and best practices for those interested in archives and information management.

HOW WE WORK

Our team analyses the worldwide scenario to create, and publish articles of interest. It also takes into consideration the readers opinions and ideas on specific subjects. The magazine has specific areas to promote and disseminate activities or projects done by institutions (archives, museums, libraries…).

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Over time, the magazine has become a wide-ranging informative medium within the archives sector. It broadcasts opinions and experiences of professionals from all over the world and generates a space for collaboration.

Since November 2019 (when we signed a collaboration agreement with the Spanish Society for Scientific Documentation and Information (SEDIC) Archivoz Magazine has been published in Madrid by SEDIC. However, the management team, the editorial team, the operation and the collaborative spirit of the journal remain unchanged. I hope you find it appealing and that you will actively participate by reading or writing in Archivoz.

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