Information letter
DEAR COLLEAGUES!
Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the support of the International Council of Archives (ICA), the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akimat of the city of Almaty invites to take part in the II Congress of archivists of Kazakhstan with international participation on the topic «Heritage Institutions on the way to sustainable development of society».
Date: October 1-4, 2024.
Venue: Almaty.
Format: offline
Working languages: Kazakh, Russian and English
Key thesis: Modern archives, following the strategic principles of openness, accessibility, through the current priorities of digitalization, modernization, cybersecurity, can draw the attention of society to a variety of sources of invaluable knowledge and information, create the right search tools in a historical retrospective of the responses to global challenges in the main directions of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Venue: Almaty.
Format: offline
Working languages: Kazakh, Russian and English
Key thesis: Modern archives, following the strategic principles of openness, accessibility, through the current priorities of digitalization, modernization, cybersecurity, can draw the attention of society to a variety of sources of invaluable knowledge and information, create the right search tools in a historical retrospective of the responses to global challenges in the main directions of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The purpose of the Congress is a constructive dialogue of the professional community on topical
issues of preservation of historical and cultural, documentary heritage, which will serve to generate innovative
ideas for the development of archives and the reproduction of the best archival practices.
The Congress will be organized along the following lines:
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Overcome the archival challenges in a changing climate.
- Climate change and risks for archives;
- Extreme weather events (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, forest fires) and physical archives;
- archive infrastructure (buildings, equipment, digital data storage systems) in the climate change environment;
- environmental sustainability;
- steady knowledge;
- archives contribution to the SDG implementation.
2
Institutions of Heritage in International Dialogue and Law.
- Preservation and access to cultural heritage;
- Legal and ethical aspects of archiving and access to archives;
- Archives as a source of legal information;
- Organization and management of legal documentation;
- Restorative justice;
- Reparation and transitional justice;
3
Institutions of heritage and formation of historical memory of society.
- The role of heritage institutions in shaping the historical memory of society;
- Institutes of Heritage in the Digital Age;
- Heritage institutions as part of a unified concept of documentation and informatics;
- Mission for historical memory;
- Archives and civic engagement.
4
Data management systems.
- Artificial intelligence;
- Big data management, security and cybersecurity;
- Data centers and infrastructure;
- Digital logistics, digital management and digital marketing;
- Availability and reliability;
- Web archive;
- Media Archives.
5
Institutionalization and efficient management of archives.
- Effective management;
- Mission and Strategy;
- Motivation;
- Professional ethics and standards;
- Quality management;
- International cooperation in archives.
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Professional education and development of archivists.
- History of professional archival education;
- System for training archivists and documentalists in a digital society;
- Educational and methodological support;
- Educational standards and quality of teaching;
- Innovations in archival education;
- Sociocultural diversity: inclusiveness and presentation.
Toolkit
Forms of Congress events: plenary and panel sessions, workshops, webinars, field trips to archives and universities, master classes of leading international and domestic experts, seminars and hackathons, documentary exhibitions.
The target audience of the Congress - employees of state, departmental and private archives, historians, cultural scientists, teachers and students of higher and postgraduate education, students of technical and professional educational institutions, employees of IT-sphere, all, who are interested in the problems of formation, preservation and use of information.
Applications for the Congress can be sent to: congress.of.archivists@gmail.com, by 1 June 2024.
Participant application
| 1. | Name, first name |
| 2. | Position, organization |
| 3. | Rank and degree |
| 4. | Contact details (e-mail, telephone) |
| 5. | If you would like to participate, make a presentation or hold a seminar, workshop, etc., please specify the theme and format of the presentation |
Telephones for more information: +7 (727) 264 69 07 (int. 104,101,107), +7 (727)264 58 02, +7 (727)264 38 18, +7 (717) 274 04 45.
Partners
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Akimat of the city of Almaty
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International council of archives
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UNESCO
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Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers
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Registration for participation in the congress
Location
The historical building of the President's Archive is located in the very center of the city at the intersection of Satpayev Street and Dostyk Avenue. Business center of Almaty.Contacts
- office@archive.president.kz
- Telephone
- +7 (727) 264-69-07
- Fax
- +7 (727) 264-68-21