International Conference “Archive databases between project and community”

“Free software and proprietary software”, “Digital platforms at the service of History” and “AtoM between descriptive metadata and the reconstitution of archives” feature among the main themes of this international workshop, promoted by the VINCULUM project, which brings together a group of experts from various nationalities to discuss the role of archival databases in developing research projects and their long-term usage by the community.

Why use free software? What is the vision of the business world regarding the European directives advising on the implementation of free and open source software both in state information systems and in research projects receiving public funding? What are the advantages of adapting software to the needs of projects? What operating trends have marked the last few years? What are the strategies and working methodologies currently under application in academic projects to create authentic information repositories? These begin the list of questions this workshop seeks to answer.


This event takes place within the scope of the VINCULUM meetings: Databases and Historical Archivistics.