Dear colleagues
I've been given responsibility for establishing an archive for my
employer (ORT - International Jewish Educational Non-profit with
120-year history and operations in 50+ countries; headquarters
now in London, but previously Geneva, Paris, Berlin, St
Petersburg ...)
At various stages in its history, directors have had a crack at
solving the "archives problem", but with a marked lack of
success. So we've now essentially starting from scratch, with
tens of thousands of documents and no established systems,
finding aids or catalogues. This is either depressing or exciting
depending on your perspective.
My archives education and experience dates from New Zealand in
the early nineties, so I'm turning to this list for some
up-to-date local (UK) knowledge. We want a cutting-edge archive
system (ISAD-based, EAD-capable, multimedia-deliverable) without
resorting to writing something ourselves. I have information on
CAIRS, ADLIB and CALM and am in the process of organising demos
and quotes, but am worried that I might have missed something
big. Are there any other systems I should be looking at?
Would also value any feedback on the CAIRS, ADLIB and CALM
products (on or off record - [log in to unmask] ).
Many thanks
Grant
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Grant Young - [log in to unmask]
Archives Programme
World ORT Union
Ph: +44-0207-446-8596
Fax: +44-0207-446-8650
126 Albert St., London NW1 7NE, UK
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