The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving
1st Edition
Published on 23. November 2023
328 pages
978-1-003-83280-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving explores the roots and strengths of Nordic digital archiving and proposes new directions to guide digital archivists in addressing the challenges posed by ever-changing digital technologies and the datafication of information and records.
Digitization and born-digital records promise efficient and cost-effective solutions to everything from preservation of data to easy user access. However, digitization also poses challenges for archival practitioners worldwide. Bringing together contributions from practitioners and academics to offer a range of international case studies, this book offers practical solutions for archivists in terms of governance, technologies and processes. It highlights and analyses the cornerstones of the Nordic model of archiving: reliance on standards; powerful regulatory instruments - especially in public sector archiving, including legislation; and collaboration between archivists and government agencies, and among different tiers of central and local government. While showcasing work in the Nordic region for the benefit of archivists and record keepers globally, this volume also challenges the limits of the Nordic model with insights drawn from international archival theory.
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving offers a new perspective on archiving that will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students of archiving, digital archives and records management.
Digitization and born-digital records promise efficient and cost-effective solutions to everything from preservation of data to easy user access. However, digitization also poses challenges for archival practitioners worldwide. Bringing together contributions from practitioners and academics to offer a range of international case studies, this book offers practical solutions for archivists in terms of governance, technologies and processes. It highlights and analyses the cornerstones of the Nordic model of archiving: reliance on standards; powerful regulatory instruments - especially in public sector archiving, including legislation; and collaboration between archivists and government agencies, and among different tiers of central and local government. While showcasing work in the Nordic region for the benefit of archivists and record keepers globally, this volume also challenges the limits of the Nordic model with insights drawn from international archival theory.
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving offers a new perspective on archiving that will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students of archiving, digital archives and records management.
Reviews / Votes
"... a well-written book with interesting and burning questions where many aspects are certainly current even outside the Nordic countries.Charlotte Borgerud, Uppsala University, in ARCHEION
"... rewarding in terms of advancing and challenging my own thinking and knowledge around pressing concerns and new approaches."
Grant Hurley, University of Toronto Libraries, in Archivaria
"... samlet sett har fremstillingen lykkes i a se bade styrker og svakheter ved den nordiske modellen pa en god mate."
Martin Bould, National Archives of Norway, in Aksess
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-003-83280-5 (9781003832805)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Greg Bak | Marianne Rostgaard
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving
Book
04/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€68.30
Shipment within 10-20 days
Greg Bak | Marianne Rostgaard
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving
Book
11/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€208.30
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
Greg Bak is an Associate Professor of Archival Studies in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where his research and teaching focus on digital archives, archival decolonization and the histories of digital cultures.
Marianne Rostgaard is an Associate Professor of History at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. She headed the research network Digitization and the Future of Archives funded by the Independent Research Fund, Denmark (IRFD) and is currently researching use and reuse of digital public sector records.
Marianne Rostgaard is an Associate Professor of History at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. She headed the research network Digitization and the Future of Archives funded by the Independent Research Fund, Denmark (IRFD) and is currently researching use and reuse of digital public sector records.
Content
Chapter 1: The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving: An Introduction; SECTION I: EVOLUTIONS IN NORDIC DIGITAL ARCHIVING; Chapter 2: Archival paradigms: The past, present and digitized future of Danish archiving; Chapter 3: The Politics of Archival Appraisal in Sweden in the Digital Age; Chapter 4: A Continuum of Recordkeeping? The possibilities and challenges of Born Digital Public Records in Denmark and Sweden; Chapter 5: A bold attempt to kill off the registry in Nordic public administration: A review of proposed archival legislation in Sweden and Norway; SECTION II: THE VALUE OF STANDARDIZATION; Chapter 6: Continuities and Innovations: Comparing Danish and Canadian Digital Archiving; Chapter 7: "One system to rule them all": The limited success of Information Control Systems in Finland; Chapter 8: From national to international standards in Norway: From documents to data?; Chapter 9: Transforming archival records into historical big data: visualizing human and computer-processes in the Link-Lives project; SECTION III: GAPS IN NORDIC DIGITAL ARCHIVING; Chapter 10: "That's Us with the Originals" - Authenticity and Interactivity in Danish Digital Archiving; Chapter 11: Untangling Nordic Web Archives; Chapter 12: Collecting Social Digital Photography: Nordic Archives and Museums Learn Through Participatory Collection Strategies; Chapter 13: Private audiovisual media archives in Greenland: A case study of TV-Aasiaat's audiovisual archives from the 1990s; SECTION IV: CULTURES OF RECORDS PROFESSIONALS; Chapter 14: On Archives and User Participation in The Nordic Countries; Chapter 15: Archival associations in Sweden; Chapter 16: Archival education in a Nordic context; Chapter 17: Digital Iceland: Why Records Professionals need to be Part of Digitisation; Chapter 18: The Nordic model: some reflections on its strengths and omissions
