12/11/2013

The Israel Heritage Archive Network

A platform for cultural heritage archives to improve

the quality of and access to their collections

A single access point to the catalogs and digital

images of archival material on the object level

So what is it?

Strategic National Heritage Project

Covers BREADTH of Heritage Archives

Index of ALL Archives

Access Assets of Selected

Archives

Access Heritage Assets

Long-Term Digital

Preservation

BUT

So what’s in an Archive?

We know what we EXPECT to be in the archive

We know what we WANT to be in the archive

But we don’t really KNOW what’s in the archive

Actually, does the archive even EXIST?

and the OPPOSITE too!

We certainly do NOT EXPECT there to be an archive

We do not KNOW that there is an archive

There IS an Archive!

Some Stats: • 518 Heritage archive s AND COUNTING…

• Started with a list of 388

• 409 “Surveyable”

• Team of 6 “Surveyors”

• 70 to go

• 31/12/2013 survey Complete

Some Stats: NORTH SOUTH CENTER

JERUSALEM/ EAST

LARGE 5 2 28 15

MEDIUM 31 10 47 17

SMALL 144 51 53 6

The Survey:

Online Unique ISO Archive ID IL.ISA349 8 Sections 80+ Questions

The Survey:

Section 1 – Archive Description Section 2 – Collections Section 3 – Media Collections Section 4 – Special Holdings Section 5 – Technology Section 6 – Physical Storage Section 7 – Conservation/Facilities Section 8 – Visitor Services

Analyzing the Data:

Dedicated team to analyze the data 4 members, 2 observers Objective: Define criteria of analyzing the data and

selecting archives Propose a list of recommendations and proposed

archives to Content Committee Summary report of survey and all archives

Analyzing the Data:

Analyzing the Data:

Thank You!

Chezkie Kasnett chezkiek@nli.org.il