Meeting of Public Archives 2024
30th October 2024
The National Archives of Iceland and the regional archives held their annual meeting in the National Archives of Iceland on 25 October.
The annual meetings discuss common issues between public archives and collaborative projects. This time, presentations were made on the National Archives’ digital journey, the new archival system that is being implemented, the status of the project transfers of the Reykjavík City Archives and the Kópavogur district archives to the National Archives, and the housing analysis of the National Archives. Visits to the district archives in the National Archives were also discussed.
The meeting was followed by a discussion on the future arrangements for these meetings and how best to conduct cooperation between public archives, which have in the past been in various forms of cooperation. A total of nearly 30 people attended the meeting from 16 public archives.