International Council on Archives

        Section for Archival Education and Training

First European Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers

Marburg, September 24th & 25th 2001
“Reading the Vital Signs:
Archival Training and Education in the 21st Century”
Programme

This is the first in a projected series of conferences in different parts of the world to be run by the ICA Section on Archival Education and Training during the current Medium Term Plan. It is aimed not just at archival educators in universities and other higher education institutions, but at trainers and training procurers such as national archives, professional associations and training providers. The conference programme features a mixture of presentations on different aspect of modern archival education and training, plenary discussion and group workshops. It is an occasion to meet fellow archival educators and promote your professional development in the lovely environment of the German Archives School in Marburg.

MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER

9.30

Opening and Welcome
Karen Anderson, Angelika Menne-Haritz

9.45

Keynote Address: Modelling and Re-modelling Archival Education and Training
Theo Thomassen, Archiefschool, the Netherlands

10.45

Coffee
 

11.00

Delegates’ Introductions
 

12.00Panel Debate: to train or to educate?
 
13.00Lunch
 
14.30Workshops
The workshops are intended to enable participants to focus on an area of education and training delivery where they want to learn or improve their skills. They will include themes such as:
  • Curriculum Development (Hans Scheurkogel)
  • Teaching Tools (Margaret Crockett and Janet Foster)
  • Distance Learning (Caroline Williams)
  • Research (Ann Pederson)
16.00Coffee
 
16.30Workshops continued
 
18.00End of Day One
 
18.30Tour of the Medieval Town of Marburg
20.00Conference Dinner at Alter Ritter restaurant

TUESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER

9.00Electronic Records - Preparing Future Archival Professionals for New and Dynamic Tasks
Nils Brübach, Archivschule Marburg
9.45Archival Education and Information Management: Rivals or Allies?
Jozo Ivanovic, Croatian State Archives
10.30Coffee
 
10.45Archival Education and Training from Ground Zero: the Estonian Experience
Priit Pirsko, Director, Estonian National Archives
11.45Training: the Art of the Possible
Margaret Crockett and Janet Foster, the Archive-Skills consultancy
12.15General Discussion
 
12.30Lunch
 
14.00The Role of Research in Academia and the Profession
Ann Pederson
15.00Coffee
 
15.15Showcases:
  • ICA/SAE Medium Term Plan
    Karen Anderson, Section President
  • ICA Training Committee
    Theo Thommassen, committee member
  • e-TERM
    Peter Horsman, Project Manager
16.15Facilitated Discussion: a Checklist for the Future
 
17.15Summing up and Closure
 

URL:http://www.ica-sae.org/mrconfpaper0.html
e-mail to Dr. Karsten Uhde, Date: 14.01.2005