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Eerste bijeenkomst Nederlands Vlaamse Archivematica gebruikersgroep
Nu het aantal Archivematica gebruikers en geïnteresseerden in Vlaanderen en Nederland gestaag groeit was de tijd rijp om, in navolging van de Britse en Amerikaanse gebruikersgroepen, een NL-VL... [Blog post]
Nelson Mandela Centenary bijeenkomst/meeting in Leiden
Vrijdag 1 juni jl. was ik op een bijeenkomst in het Academiegebouw in Leiden, waar het Afrika Studiecentrum samen met de Vrije Universiteit en de Zuid-Afrikaanse ambassade in Nederland een lezing... [Blog post]
Flag of the National United Front of Kampuchea (NUFK)
When Peter Schumacher was still correspondent in Asia he visited Cambodia in 1973 and 1974 from Hong Kong where he was based. These visits resulted in stories on the war for the Dutch progressive... [Blog post]
Account of Archivematica Camp 2018 @ IISH Amsterdam
The so called Archivematica Camp is an informal and highly informative three day conference that is organized by Artefactual – the company behind Archivematica. The aim of the camps are described as... [Blog post]
Songkran, songkran, songkran ...
Songkran or Thai New Year (April 13-15) is the most important festival/holiday in Thailand and a festival rich with traditions a.o. merit making and offering food to monks, paying reverence to elders... [Blog post]
2000 Planes shot down
Poster from Laos, produced by the Editions du Neo Lao Haksat (Lao Patriotic Front) to celebrate the 2000th U.S. plane shot down over Laos, in the period from 1964 until 1971.An interesting feat in... [Blog post]
A little pearl from Korea
Recently, while going through yet to be processed posters from diffferent Asian countries, we stumbled upon this little gem.Although the subject of the poster is clear: 'Long live the labour code to... [Blog post]
First International Digital Preservation Day 30-11-2017
 Yesterday (30-11-2017) the first International Digital Preservation Day (#IDPD17) took place. This initiative of the British Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), and born at a session of IPRES 2016... [Blog post]
Kom vrouwen, aangepakt!
'Vrouwen, vooral voor ons is het nodig dat we leren inzien dat de strijd is buiten onze kleine kring, onze huishouding' De West-Friese arbeidersvrouw Trien de Haan-Zwagerman (1891-1986) is al ver in... [Blog post]
The Choice For A Long Term Digital Preservation System
At the beginning of 2017 the IISH decided to use Archivematica as a central system for long term preservation of its digital collections. This decision was made after a thorough comparison between... [Blog post]

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