Contents
Computerization of the Archivo General de Indias: Strategies and Results
by Pedro González
September 1998
- Lessons of a Ten-Year Experience
Range of Achievements
Project Origin
Project Characteristics
Project Challenges
Importance of Results for Conservation and Access
The Archivo General de Indias and the “Global Village”
- Founding
Documentary Holdings
Organization of Holdings
Finding Aids
The AGI Building
Consultation of Holdings
Restoration Laboratory
Microfilm Service
INFORMATION AND REFERENCE SUBSYSTEM
- Description at the AGI
Finding Aids
Objectives for the Information and Reference System
Outline of Information and Reference System Elements of Description Initial Content: Retrospective Conversion of Finding Aids
The Information and Reference System Today
- Digitization Process
Image Consultation
NEW PROSPECTS: LONG-DISTANCE ACCESS
- Technical Problems
Security Problems
Problems of Intellectual Property and Document Ownership
Management Problems
APPENDIX I: Analysis of Conservation Results
APPENDIX II: Analysis of Consultation Results
APPENDIX III: “Supplemental” Digitization of Documents from Other Archives: Analysis of Results
APPENDIX IV: Figures for Costs and Production