De 26e Ronde Tafel zal van 2 tot 5 oktober 1989 te Rio de Janeiro worden
gehouden.
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Excursies
Het aantal door de gastheren georganiseerde excursies was wel erg groot, de
maaltijden waren overvloedig en overheerlijk. Het was spijtig dat er ook nog
een congres was. Alle facetten van de Italiaanse cultuur werden getoond.
J. N. T. van Albada
Bijlage 1
Recommendations
The 25th International Archival Round Table Conference acknowledges that
the preservation of the archival heritage is a global problem which affects coun
tries in all stages of development and in every climatic region.
The Conference endorses the conclusions of the report of the Unesco
/IFLA/ICA enquiry into the current state of the world's archival and library
patrimony and recommends that national archival institutions should use the
report, together with the detailed statistical analysis, in developing coherent
national and institutional preservation policies.
The Conference considers it essential that ifla and ica should pursue their
co-operation on the field of preservation and conservation and expresses the
wish that this co-operation should continue to benefit from Unesco's support.
The conference recommends that such interprofessional co-operation should
be reflected at regional and national levels, with particular emphasis on the
following aspects:
development of guidelines for the use, where appropriate, of archival quality
materials in the creation of records;
joint action to test available reprographic and conservation equipment and ma
terials,
joint action to make known to manufacturers and suppliers of such equipment
and materials the specific requirements to ensure the protection of the archi
val and library heritage,
joint action to encourage the local production of basic conservation supplies;
assessment of training needs of archivists, librarians, conservators, technici
ans and non-professional staff and development of appropriate facilities ta
king particular account of the requirement to train the educators;
development of appropriate means at national and international levels to aid
the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of information on preservation
and conservation;
promotion of awareness among authorities responsible for allocating resour
ces and in the community at large of the scale and the scope of the problems
of preserving their archival and library heritage.
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The Conference expresses its satisfaction at the emphasis given to conservati
on and training in ica's Third Medium Term Plan 1988-1992 and calls upon
the professional community to give full support to its implementation.
The Conference encourages new initiatives in South-South co-operation to
accelerate the development of conservation programmes and facilities.
The Conference notes with interest the rapid development and convergence
of new computer-assisted technologies and their implications for the manage
ment and control of preservation programmes.
It also invites ifla and ica to undertake systematic action to identify achie
vements in science and technology which might contribute further to the solu
tion of problems in preservation and conservation faced by archives and li
braries.
The 25th International Archival Round Table Conference
expresses its sincere gratitude to the national, provincial and communal au
thorities of Italy for the organization of the conference and their generous hospi
tality;
requests the Director General of the Archives of Italy to extend its sincere thanks
to all those who have participated in the organization of this Conference;
extends its appreciation to the authors of the reports and particulary to mrs
Marie Allen for her analysis of the replies to the Unesco/iFLA/iCA enquiry into
the current state of the world's archival and library patrimony;
warmly thanks ifla for its significant contribution to the work and success
of this Conference; and
presents its congratulations and most sincere thanks to Unesco on its exem
plary and farsighted action in supporting the preservation of the documentary
patrimony of mankind.
Noot
1 Een overzicht van de nog verkrijgbare Acta is
gepubliceerd in Nieuws van Archieven van de
cember 1987.
Der Archivar, jaargang 40 (1987)
Twee thema's beheersen deze jaargang van het Westduitse vaktijdschrift: de
verhouding van het archief tot het historisch museum en de tegenwoordig wel
haast onvermijdelijke computer. Het eerste onderwerp was aan de orde op het
Westduitse archiefcongres in München en heeft zijn schriftelijke neerslag ge
kregen in de eerste twee afleveringen. In aflevering 4 is veel plaatsruimte voor
de computer ingeruimd.
Opvallend zijn de krachtige pleidooien voor een samengaan van stedelijk
archief en historisch museum. Wolf-Arno Kropat bepleit in 'Archive als Hau-
ser der Geschichte' (nr. 2, kolom 183-187) een institutionele vereniging van
beide waar dat maar enigszins mogelijk is. Als de gelegenheid daarvoor niet
opportuun is, zouden archieven door middel van tentoonstellingen zoveel mo
gelijk aan de tegenwoordig zo grote historische interesse van het publiek tege-
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