Perspectives of digital archiving in archives outside the state archive network on the example of Charles University
Abstract
The paper describes the current situation and possibilities of solving the issue of digital archival storage in the Czech Republic. The paper focuses mainly on needs of archives founded by public institutions and operating outside a network of state archives (according to legislation "Specialized archives").
In the Czech Republic is preferred a centralized solution of single digital archive which is a part of the National Archive in Prague. However, specialized archives are allowed according the legislation (in practice not yet used) to build their own digital archives.
Specialized archives have specific requirements for the management of digital documents, and in particular the access to them, which the centralized solution can not fully accommodate. The paper presents the legislative and practical requirements for these archives and the proposal for a concrete solution prepared in the Archive of Charles University.