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The International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS) is a successor of the Centre for Technical and Professional Problems in Archives, which was founded in 1986 in Maribor on the initiative of Peter Pavel Klasinc. After the political events of the early 1990s many new states contacted the Centre, which in 1992 was reorganised and renamed as the International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS). Since 2005 it is hosted by the Italian State Archives in Trieste. It issues a serial publication Atlanti since 1991, devoted to current isues in the field of archival science.

Background

The idea of establishing a general institution dealing with current issues of archival science was formed at archival meetings in Radenci, which were organised by Regional Archives of Maribor under leadership of Peter Pavel Klasinc. The meetings in Radenci were at that time related to the former Republic of Yugoslavia archives but also involved co-operation with an increasing number of archivists coming from foreign countries such as Austria, Hungary and Italy, focusing on the Balkan-Danube area.

International Archival Day

Institute’s main activity is organisation of the International Archival Day that is expanded with the International Fair since 2009, where equipment for archives and libraries of different tendering firm is on display. The International Archival Day, organised since 1991 first in Radenci in Slovenia and since 2005 in Trieste in Italy, brings together archival experts to discuss one or two major topics. Slovenian, Italian and English are the official languages. Some past topics are: Archives in the 20th Century (2009); Evaluation of Archival Records & Archival Safety (2008); Electronic Records & Private Archives (2007).

Autumn Archival School

The Autumn Archival School, organised since 2007 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, offers a post graduate course in Trieste. The lectures discuss topics concerning archival science, the digital documentation and management of archives, archival ethics, and the European and international ad hoc legislation.

Publications

The Glossary of Regional Historical Terminology, edited in 1995 in German, Italian and Slovene is institute’s main publication and is upgraded yearly at the Autumn Archival School. It standardised language of the technical-scientific language regarding archival science.

Atlanti is institute’s official annual serial publication, published since 1991. Publication Archives – Modern Archives was published annually from 1979 to 2003.

Membership

IIAS now comprises 20 member countries: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Slovak Republic, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine. IIAS is a member of International Council on Archives (ICA).

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-The International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS) stems from the Centre for Technical and Professional Problems in Archives, which was founded in 1986 on the initiative of Peter Pavel Klasinc, at the time director of the [[Regional Archives of Maribor]] and organiser of archival meetings in Radenci. The latter were related to the former Republic of Yugoslavia archives but also involved co-operation with an increasing number of archivists coming from foreign countries such as Austria, Hungary and Italy, focusing on the Balkan-Danube area. After the political events of the early 1990s many new states contacted the Centre, which in 1992 was reorganised and renamed as the International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS). It also began issuing the a publication named Atlanti, devoted to problems in the field of archival science.
+The [[International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS)]] is a successor of the Centre for Technical and Professional Problems in Archives, which was founded in [[established::1986]] in Maribor on the initiative of Peter Pavel Klasinc. After the political events of the early 1990s many new states contacted the Centre, which in 1992 was reorganised and renamed as the International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS). Since 2005 it is hosted by the Italian State Archives in Trieste. It issues a serial publication Atlanti since 1991, devoted to current isues in the field of archival science.
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-Since that time initiatives of the Institute include: the Glossary of Regional Historical Terminology, edited in 1995 in German, Italian and Slovene; the International Course in Archival Technique held in 1996, involving high-level students from many European and non-European countries; the meeting in 1998 dedicated to the use of informatics in the field of archives; and the International Day held in 2000 in Trieste with the co-organisation of the Municipality in which nearly 200 people took part, among them Mayor Illy. As a result of a protocol signed with Italian Ministry of Culture's Department for Archives and Libraries in October 2005, IIAS's secretariat is now hosted by the Italian State Archives in Trieste.
+== Background ==
+The idea of establishing a general institution dealing with current issues of archival science was formed at archival meetings in Radenci, which were organised by [[Regional Archives of Maribor]] under leadership of Peter Pavel Klasinc. The meetings in Radenci were at that time related to the former Republic of Yugoslavia archives but also involved co-operation with an increasing number of archivists coming from foreign countries such as Austria, Hungary and Italy, focusing on the Balkan-Danube area.
+== International Archival Day ==
+Institute’s main activity is organisation of the International Archival Day that is expanded with the International Fair since 2009, where equipment for archives and libraries of different tendering firm is on display. The International Archival Day, organised since 1991 first in Radenci in Slovenia and since 2005 in Trieste in Italy, brings together archival experts to discuss one or two major topics. Slovenian, Italian and English are the official languages. Some past topics are: Archives in the 20th Century (2009); Evaluation of Archival Records & Archival Safety (2008); Electronic Records & Private Archives (2007).
+== Autumn Archival School ==
+The Autumn Archival School, organised since 2007 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, offers a post graduate course in Trieste. The lectures discuss topics concerning archival science, the digital documentation and management of archives, archival ethics, and the European and international ad hoc legislation.
+== Publications ==
+The ''Glossary of Regional Historical Terminology'', edited in 1995 in German, Italian and Slovene is institute’s main publication and is upgraded yearly at the Autumn Archival School. It standardised language of the technical-scientific language regarding archival science.
+''Atlanti'' is institute’s official annual serial publication, published since 1991. Publication ''Archives – Modern Archives'' was published annually from 1979 to 2003.
+== Membership ==
+IIAS now comprises 20 member countries: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Slovak Republic, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine. IIAS is a member of International Council on Archives (ICA).
-IIAS now comprises 19 member countries: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovak Republic, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine. IIAS is a member of [[International Council on Archives (ICA)]].
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Background

International Archival Day

Autumn Archival School

Publications

Membership

See also

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