the state of "archive 2.0" in germany

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

1. Introduction2. Web 2.0 in german

archives (overview)3. Conferences,

workshops…4. Working groups5. Outlook (2014)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

1. Introduction• German archives = Social-

media-“Spätzünder“ (late bloomers) (2012)• Social media = state of current Internet• 2012: Social media plays hardly any role in

german archives• Beginnings, before 2012 (semi-professional

use, „private“ interests of archivists)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

1. Introduction• Blog „Archivalia“

(since 2003) by Klaus Graf (Aachen, university archives)

• University of Aachen, archival Blog (since 2008)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

1. Introduction• Mario Glauert

(Potsdam): „Archiv 2.0. Vom Aufbruch der Archive zu ihren Nutzern“ (German Archival Day, 2009)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

1. Introduction• Gutsch, Susann: Web

2.0 in Archiven (book, published 2010) …

• Increasing institutional use of Social Media (2010 ff., Facebook): Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Staatsarchiv München (few days online), Stadtarchiv Amberg…

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• City archives as pioneers since 2010

• More than 1.000 Fans (Amberg, Mannheim, Speyer)

• At present: 64 (german-speaking) archives on Facebook

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• Large institutions (Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen)

• Various smaller archives (changing their dusty image…)

• Closed Facebook-groups (e.g.: „Archivfragen“) …

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• But not to forget: Facebook is only one component of Social Media

• Archives should be, where the customers are. We should be, where we can attract new customers

• What about Twitter (PR!) ?

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• Flickr (collaboration, virtual exhibitions…)

• Crowdsourcing (cooperation between Bundesarchiv and Wikimedia, a few years ago; cancelled)

• (Digital) Cologne city archives

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• Blogs (e.g. regional archival blogs, conference-blogs, topical blogs [archivistics] …)

• Blogportal (german-french, humanities): hypotheses.org

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• Does a genuine „Archive 2.0“ exist in Germany? (no!)

• Social Media, digitization…

• And: „Archiv 2.0 is not so much about technology, as it is about attitude.“ (Christian van der Ven, BHIC, Netherlands)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

2. Web 2.0 in german archives (overview)

• Example: Speyer city archives

• Social Media• „Arbeitsorganisation

2.0“ …

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany(Blogs, Speyer)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

3. Conferences, workshops

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

3. Conferences, workshops (e.g. Deutscher Archivtag 2012)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

3. Conferences, workshops

e.g. Conference „Open archives?“ (Speyer 2012)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

4. Working groupse.g. „Bundeskonferenz der

Kommunalarchive beim Deutschen Städtetag“ (Web 2.0 - guidelines, german city archives)

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

5. Outlook• Conference „Offene Archive 2.1“ (Open

archives 2.1)• Topics and initiatives (like „Blogparade“)• „Südwestdeutscher Archivtag 2014“

(crowdfunding, crowdsourcing…)• „Deutscher Archivtag 2014“ …

The state of Archive 2.0 in Germany

Thank you very much!

joachim.kemper@stadt-speyer.de