Within the framework of a seminar hosted by the Institute for Austrian Historic Research (IOeG) in Vienna (AT) on January 20th 2012 (5 p.m.), the recently published conference proceedings “Die virtuelle Urkundenlandschaft der Diözese Passau“ will be presented by Adelheid Krah (IOeG/AT) and Herbert Wurster (Archives of the Diocese of Passau/DE), the editors. Additionally Thomas Aigner (ICARUS) will speak about the platform “Monasterium.Net”.

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The „Bundeskonferenz der Kirchenarchive“ in Germany organises an educational event, including lectures, open discussions and workshops, from 17th to 19th January 2012, hosted by the Archdiocese Paderborn (DE). Among others,  Thomas Aigner will introduce the network of ICARUS and Herbert Wurster will talk about the platform “Matricula”.

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The LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche) Steering Committee for Heritage Collections and Preservation, in collaboration with the Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale in Florence and the National Library of the Netherlands, organises the second international workshop on digital preservation.

This workshop will provide an overview of the best-known collaborative initiatives: the stakeholders involved, the basic set-ups, the legal foundations, the business models – and help you analyse which alternatives are best suited for your organisation, your type of collection and your national culture. It will deal with organisational, legal, financial and technical issues and showcase a number of best practices.

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Cadastral Maps Network: in cooperation with ICARUS, the Budapest City Archives designed a questionnaire to gather information concerning holdings of cadastral documents in European institutions, aiming at an evaluation of the status, localisation, condition, use etc. of maps and corresponding documents, focussing on the results from the first coherent modern land surveys in Europe (e.g. the Franciscean Cadastre).

The questionnaire addresses all institutions that are dealing with (hosting, processing, preserving, etc.) cadastral documents and we would ask you to fill it in and return it to to Mr András Sipos ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) of the Budapest City Archives by 29th February 2012 to enable a processing and evaluation of the incoming data within next Spring.

Thank you very much for your cooperation!!

ICARUS is happy to announce the accession of the State Archive of Cracow (Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie, PL) as a full member. We thank you for your confidence and support and are looking forward to our future cooperation.

The European Research Center for Book and Paper Conservation – Restoration (ERC) in Horn (AT) constantly organises different courses made up of a theoretical and a practical part dealing with various issues of book and paper conservation and restoration. Internationally trained professionals lead those higher learning courses, which are limited to a small number of participants to guarantee maximum efficiency.

See here the upcoming courses:

• Recognizing, Classifying and Manufacturing Decorated Paper | 21. – 23. February 2012 – Lecturer: Mag. Ilse Mühlbacher
• Bosses and Clasps – Basics in Clasps Conservation | 12. – 13. March 2012 – Lecturer: Mag. Elisabeth Krebs
• Manuscript Archaeology - a Step into Manuscripts Biography | 3. – 4. May 2012 – Lecturer: Inês Correia
• Understanding of the Parchment in the Medieval Manuscripts | 21. – 26. May 2012 – Lecturer: Jiří Vnouček
• Identification of European Paper – you only see what you know | 4. – 8. June 2012 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf Ulbricht
• Identification of Asian Paper – you only see what you know | 10. –14. June 2012 – Lecturer: Dipl. Ing. Gangolf Ulbricht
• Was uns die Papiere verraten | 17. – 18. June 2012 – Lecturer: Dr. Georg Dietz (during the course there will be also the exhibition Ochsenkopf und Meerjungfrau - Papiergeschichte und Wasserzeichen vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit)
• The Understanding and Analysis of Organic Materials in Art | 3. – 7. September 2012 – Lecturer: Dr. Jan Wouters
• Using Cyclododecane in Paper Conservation Practice| 2. November 2012 - Lecturer: Prof. Salvador Muñoz Viñas
• Hyperspectral Images | Spring 2013 – Lecturers: Roberto Padoan and Marvin Klein
  Furthermore a symposium on Armenian manuscripts is planned for autumn 2012.

The ERC also issues a semi-annual newsletter informing about past and upcoming events, research activities and publications. Members of the ERC receive the newsletter automatically and for free; Individual friends of the ERC get for their friend-fee not only the newsletter, but also reduced prices for our further education courses.

For more information visit the website.

Prof. Antonella Ambrosio from the University „Federico II“ in Naples (IT) will give a presentation at the workshop „Wissensordnung in den Bettelorden“ organised by the Universität Düsseldorf and the Fachstelle Franziskanische Forschung Münster, taking place in Schloss Mickeln in Düsseldorf (DE) on December 11th, 2011. Dr. Ambrosio’s lecture is titled: “A lost and found treasure: the documents and the digital archives of the female monasteries into the Mendicant Orders in Naples in the Middle Age”.

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After the great success of the first Spring School in 2011, the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE), ICARUS and the Institute for Austrian Historical Research (IOeG) have set up another School on "Digital Scholarly Editing", to be held in Vienna (AT), from 6th to 10th February 2012.

For more information see here.

As a result of the identically named international conference in November 2010 in Vienna, the book „Archive im Web – Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen, Visionen / Archives on the Web – Experiences, Challenges, Visions“ was now published, including various contributions from different European professionals in German and English language.

Go here for more information about the book's content and ordering instructions.

On 14th December 2011 the Austrian State Archives, ICARUS and the Diocese Archives of St. Pölten organised a double event to take place in Vienna. The two parts of this activity commencing at 5 p.m. are as follows:
- ICARUS-Lecture #3 – held by Dominique Stutzmann and Sébastien Barret (Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, IRHT)
- and afterwards the presentation of the newly published conference proceedings „Archive im Web – Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen, Visionen“

Find here the invitation (in German).