In 1996, the International Council on Archives adopted a Code of Ethics for Archivists. Article 6 of the Code calls for the widest possible access to archives and impartial services to all users as guiding prerogatives for archives. Coupled with the ICA’s Principles of Access to Archives, the role of archivists in providing access to archives has been well defined internationally. This paper analyses the international ethical frame for access outlined by the International Council on Archives and confronts its prerogatives with the access rules and practice at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU). The HAEU operates in a transnational context with multilingual holdings and a broad geographic user scope, coupled with the need for digital access to finding aids and archival material.

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URN:NBN:SI:DOC-KPHER6T7

COBISSID

130820099

DOI

10.54356/MA/2022/ENLB5539

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11.12.2023

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APA:

Schlenker, Dieter (2022). In the service of people. Moderna arhivistika, volume 5, issue 2, str. 486-493. URN:NBN:SI:DOC-KPHER6T7 from http://www.dlib.si

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Schlenker, Dieter. "In the service of people." Moderna arhivistika volume 5. issue 2 (2022) str. 486-493.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-KPHER6T7>