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APENET
Archives Portal of Europe on the Internet
Abstract
With the rapidly growing number of archives services using the Internet for the dissemination of their holdings and their growing competence in using the new technologies, the creation of an European Archives Internet Gateway which pools efforts and expertise at the national and European levels, has been defined as a top priority by European professionals, and endorsed by the European Council in its recommendation of 14 November 2005(1).
The fundamental aim of the APENET project is to provide EU citizens, public authorities and companies with a common gateway, which will enable them to find out for themselves about Europe’s archives and about archival material that is relevant to them, wherever they live in the European Union. Archives across the European Union will be easily accessible to EU citizens for the first time from a single entry point, and should improve public understanding of European history and culture. Therefore, APENET will also have a strong relationship with the Europeana and other European portals or gateways which hold information on archives, like Michael and QVIZ.
The gateway will connect disparate archival Internet initiatives and will act as a powerful catalyst in breaking down the remaining barriers to easy access to information about archives in the European Union and the important cultural resources which they hold, making them available through a virtual catalogue. The services of the gateway will be available in different languages.
(1) Official Journal of the European Union, 29.11.2005; 2005/535/EC
Funding:
2.400.000 €
Start Date - end Date (duration)
01/11/2008 - 31/10/2011 (36 months)
Web site:
not available yet
Contact :
Luis R. Enseñat Calderón (luis.ensenat@mcu.es)
Participants:
| ARCHIVOS ESTATALES | CO | Spain |
| NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BE | Finland |
| DIRECTION DES ARCHIVES | BE | France |
| BUNDESARCHIV | BE | Germany |
| MALTESE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BE | Malta |
| DUTCH NATIONAAL ARCHIEF | BE | Netherlands |
| POLISH NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BE | Poland |
| PORTUGUESE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BE | Portugal |
| RIKSARKIVET | BE | Sweden |
| STATE ARCHIVES | BE | Latvia |
| GENERAL STATE ARCHIVES | BE | Greece |
| ARCHIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA | BE | Slovenia |