{"id":4142,"date":"2020-03-31T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arhivsko-drustvo.si\/en\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2020-03-31T11:46:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:46:38","slug":"work-report-of-the-executive-board-of-the-archival-society-of-slovenia-2018-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arhivsko-drustvo.si\/en\/work-report-of-the-executive-board-of-the-archival-society-of-slovenia-2018-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Work report of the Executive Board of the Archival Society of Slovenia in the term of office 2018-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Work report of the<\/strong> Executive Board of the Archival Society of Slovenia<\/strong> in the term of office 2018-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 22, 2018, an executive board\nwas elected at the electoral assembly of the members of the society as follows:\nHana Habjan, <\/strong>MPhil, President, Matej Mu\u017eeni\u010d<\/strong>, Vice President, Jernej\nKri\u017eaj<\/strong>, Secretary, Dr Zdenka Bonin<\/strong>, Editor-in-Chief of the\npublication Viri<\/em>, Nata\u0161a Budna Kodri\u010d<\/strong>, Marija \u010cipi\u0107 Rehar<\/strong>,\nMPhil, Nina Gosten\u010dnik<\/strong>, MPhil, Ale\u0161 Jambrek<\/strong>, Dr Gregor Jenu\u0161<\/strong>,\nEditor-in-Chief of the publication Arhivi<\/em>, Vesna Ko\u010devar<\/strong>, Lilijana\nVidrih Lavren\u010di\u010d<\/strong> and Dr \u017diga Zwitter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the regular assembly of members\non March 14, 2019, Tanja \u017dohar<\/strong> was elected secretary of the society, as\nJernej Kri\u017eaj completed his second term of office as secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Executive Board held ten\nmeetings during its term of office, two of which were held in correspondence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promotional activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival heritage awards: the A\u0161kerc Awards and A\u0161kerc\nRecognition Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, the A\u0161kerc Award and two A\u0161kerc\nRecognition Awards were presented. Ivan Nemani\u010d<\/strong> was awarded the A\u0161kerc Award\nfor his lifetime work and outstanding contribution to the preservation of the\nSlovenian film archival heritage. A\u0161kerc Recognition Awards were awarded to Marija\n\u010cipi\u0107 Rehar<\/strong>, MPhil, for the preparation of quality finding aids for the use\nof archives and the publication of archival records in two volumes of the\nregestas of the Archdiocesan Archives of Ljubljana and Dr Dejan Zadravec<\/strong>\nfor the publication Ptujski me\u0161\u010dani do uni\u010dujo\u010dega po\u017eara leta 1684<\/em>: biografsko-prosopografski\npriro\u010dnik<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award ceremony, held under the\nhonorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor,\nwas on October 17, 2018 at the Great Hall of the City Hall in Ljubljana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promotion of the Society’s\nActivities: new Society’s Website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of October 2019,\nthe Society established a new website with a more modern content and design,\nalso adapted to smartphones, while at the same time making the website\navailable in English for the needs of (necessary) international communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website highlights the\nachievements and development of the Society since its founding in 1954, illuminates\nthe activities and purpose of the Society, lists all recipients of archival heritage\nawards, while at the same time directs visitors to the websites of Slovenian\narchival institutions and explains the basic terms of archival profession. In\n2019, 7612 visitors visited the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old site was archived before the\nnew website was officially launched, while at the same time we have included\nthe new site as a pilot acquisition within the e-ARH.si Project, whose goal is\nto set up Slovene Electronic Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational activity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29th Convention of the Archival\nSociety of Slovenia in Maribor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 3 and 4 October 2019, a convention\nof the Archival Society of Slovenia was held in Maribor, prepared by the society\nin cooperation with the Regional Archives Maribor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The topic of the convention was\n\u201cEstablishing the Register of creators of archival records\u201d. The topic\nhighlighted the challenges in identifying legal entities under public and\nprivate law, and natural persons who are holders of public authority or public service\nproviders and thus qualify as creators of archival records, the issue of their\nidentification, potential appraisal and eventual procedure of entry into the\nRegister of creators of archival records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon part of the program\nthere was a discussion with guests from abroad, Dr Gernot Peter Obersteiner<\/strong>,\nDirector of the Styrian Regional Archives, Vladan Vukli\u0161<\/strong>, MPhil,\nPresident of the Management Board of the Archival Society of Bosnia and\nHerzegovina, Dr Silvija Babi\u0107<\/strong>, president of the Croatian Archival\nSociety, and Tam\u00e1s Polg\u00e1r<\/strong>, director of the Somogy County Archives at the\nHungarian National Archives, discussed their practices of categorizing archival\nrecords creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second day of the convention was\ndedicated to current issues of the archival profession, which included a\npresentation of inter-archival groups\u2019 activities in the past two years as well\nas a round table discussion on current issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late afternoon or evening, a\ntour of the Maribor National Liberation Museum was organized. After visiting\nthe museum, the staff of the Regional Archives of Maribor also opened the doors\nof their archive and prepared a small welcome for the participants of the\nmeeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program of the second day began\nwith the presentation of the work of the inter-archival working groups in the\nlast two years, followed by a round table discussion on current issues of the\narchival profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end, five decisions and two\ninitiatives were formed, which were adopted by the participants of the\nconvention. They are published on the Society’s website and in the publication Arhivi<\/em>.\nThe initiatives were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n