European Network on Archival Cooperation
ENArC Meeting
Einsiedeln, 27
thJune 2012
Partner n.11
UNINA
Activities Report
(November 2011-June 2012)
Summary
1. Didactics Activities
2. Didactics Working Group
3. Sub-projects
4. Digital Archives
5. Linking the Neighbourhood Programme
6. Dissemination
1. DIDACTICS ACTIVITIES
University Mobility Students: from Master of UNINA to ICARUS Spring School 2012
Vienna, 2012, February 6-10
o Vera Schwarz, PhD and postgraduate at Master post lauream of UNINA in “Library and Archival Science”, took part in Icarus Spring School 2012 with a project on digital editions of Neapolitan charters.
UNINA Diplomatics Course with Digital Technologies
Degree Course in History
Naples, 2012, March-May (60 hours)
o Diplomatics Course for the Degree Course in History at University of Naples Federico II. Achieving a student Diplomatics Course by employing Monasterium.net, EditMOM tool and moodle platform Rete@ccessibile (http://[email protected]). Teacher, Antonella Ambrosio; Tutor, Maria Rosaria Falcone.
Within the didactics activities of this course we opened an international forum on Rete@ccessibile platform for the international courses of Palaeography and Diplomatics.
Mirka SALAVOVÁ, Kateřina VÍDEŇSKÁ, Kateřina KODAJKOVÁ, Jana HOUDKOVÁ, Prof. Ludmila SULITKOVÁ (University J. E. Purkyne in Ústí nad Labem); Alessio RUSSO, Maria Rosaria ALTIERI, Davide DE ANGELIS, Nicola LANGELLOTTI and Prof. Antonella AMBROSIO (University of Naples Federico II) are currently attending this forum.
Master in Library and Archival Science
Naples, 2012, October-December (32 hours)
o Diplomatics Course for the Master in Library and Archival Science at University of Naples Federico II. Achieving a postgraduate Diplomatics Course by employing Monasterium and EditMoM tool and moodle platform Rete@ccessibile (http://[email protected]). Teacher, Antonella Ambrosio; Tutor, Maria Rosaria Falcone.
UNINA Training for EDU-ENArC
Pisa
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2012, June 1o Within the workshop "EDU-ENArC. “La rete per gli archivi storici europei dagli archivi ecclesiastici al portale archivistico europeo APEnet", organized by Scuola Normale di Pisa, UNINA organized a 6 hours training on charters in MOMCa. Coordinator, Antonella Ambrosio; Teacher, Maria Rosaria Falcone.
2. DIDACTICS WORKING GROUP
o Within the ENArC project and for UNINA, Antonella Ambrosio coordinates a working group created as part of Icarus Network: The Didactics Working Group (http://icar-us.eu/?page_id=172).
The working group promotes and organizes learning activities for university students and young recent graduates. It meets every six months within Icarus workshops and it is currently composed of 26 members and 3 tutors from 14 European countries who are fully committed to setting up the first international e-learning course of Diplomatics.
During the workshop in Einsiedeln 2012, the following speakers will present some didactic units proposals for the international e-learning course:
Nicolás Avila Seoane (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Susana Cabezas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Adele Di Lorenzo (University of Siena/Arezzo); Francesca Klein (State
Archives of Florence) Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Testes -Paris) who presented, also, the proposals of the following scholars: Olivier Guyotjeannin (École Nationale des Chartes), Paul Bertrand (Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes); Sébastien Barret (Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes).
The Didactics Working Group will provide many other ideas: summer school organization, didactics activities in collaboration. For questions and information, please, contact: [email protected]
3. SUB-PROJECTS
Digital Archives of Neapolitan Women’s Convents in the Middle Ages on Monasterium.net
Presentations
o Antonella Ambrosio, 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 in International Workshop,
“Hierarchy of knowledge, religious authority and status - The library of mendicant orders in its historical context”; 2011, December 11-12, Universität Düsseldorf, DE.
o Antonella Ambrosio, Literacy in Neapolitan Women’s Convents in the Middle Ages and the Contribution
of Digital Archives on Monasterium.Net in International and Interdisciplinary Conference “Nuns’
Literacies in Medieval Europe II”; 2012, June 5-8, University of Missouri–Kansas City, USA.
Nuns’ Literacies Network Meeting
Kansas City, 2012, June 8
o Antonella Ambrosio took part in this meeting which brought up a discussion about the possibility of establishing a network of European scholars working on nuns’ literacies in the Middle Age, with the chance to apply for funds for projects of interest to the participants.
UNINA for MOMCa Testing: XML MIND program training
Naples, 2012, April 2-3
o Antonella Ambrosio and Maria Rosaria Falcone attended the training, held by Georg Vogeler (University of Graz/Icarus), on XML MIND program for entering digital archives data into MOMCa.
UNINA/ICARUS Schools
Ongoing
o Within the ENArC project, UNINA is organizing some activities involving students different from those attending our university courses in order to promote the opportunities provided by Icarus and Monasterium projects.
Moreover, in order to promote also the exchange of experience among people with different skills, and especially the interdisciplinary approach (cornerstones of the ENArC project), Unina set up a specific sub-project.
4. DIGITAL ARCHIVES
Digital Archives on Monasterium.net, promoted by UNINA, ongoing:
Digital Archive of Biblioteca della Società Napoletana di Storia Patria (IT)
2012 January-May
o Supervision of metadata elaborated by trainees of ENArC Learning Community (conducted in the period 2011 April – June).
Digital Archive of Archivio Storico Diocesano di Reggio Calabria-Bova (IT)
o Introduction to MOMCa
Marburg, 2011, November 20
During last meeting in Margburg, Antonella Ambrosio and Maria Rosaria Falcone held a short introduction about using MOMCa and Edit MoM tool for the coordinators of the digital archive of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
o Creation of Digital Archives 2011, November – 2012 June
First steps for charters digitisation and the processing of metadata.
Digital Archive of Archivio di Stato di Potenza (IT)
o Creation Digital Archive 2012, February-June
First steps for charters digitisation and the processing of metadata.
5. LINKING THE NEIGBOURHOOD PROGRAMME
Lecture in UNINA
Naples, 2011, December 1
o Manuel Joaquín Salamanca López (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Procedimenti e incartamenti
comunali moderni: esempi per una loro comparazione for the Master in Library and Archival Science
and Methodology of the Research.
UNINA for Start up of Digital Archives
UNINA is supporting the start-up phase to create some digital archives in Spain:
Digital Archive of Archivo Municipal de Escalona (ES)
o Introduction to MOMCa
During last meeting in Margburg, Antonella Ambrosio and Maria Rosaria Falcone, held a short introduction about using of MOMCa and Edit MoM tool for the coordinators of the digital archive of Escalona.
o Creation Digital Archive 2011 November – 2012 June
First steps for charters digitisation and processing of metadata.
Digital Archive of Archivo Catedralicio de Cuenca (ES)
o Creation Digital Archive: project phase Ongoing
Organization for charters digitisation.
6. DISSEMINATION
Book presentation on MOMCa
Rome, 2012, May 18
o Antonella Ambrosio, Insegnare la diplomatica con le tecnologie informatiche? Potenzialità e spunti di
riflessione, in “Sit liber gratus, quem servulus est operatus. Studi in onore di Alessandro Pratesi per il
suo 90° compleanno”, a cura di Paolo Cherubini – Giovanna Nicolaj, Città del Vaticano 2012 (Littera Antiqua, 19), tomi I-II 2012.
UNINA/ICARUS for the PRIN “ Le crisi medievali e le loro eredità” (The crisis in the Middle
Ages and their inheritance)
Ongoing
o Within the dissemination activities, UNINA has promoted the cooperation, established by a letter of intent, of ICARUS with the following Italian universities: University of Siena, University of Torino, University of Milano, University of Parma, University of Trieste, University of Bologna, University of Firenze, University of Roma and University of Sassari. The purpose of the collaboration was the submission of a project PRIN (Projects of National Relevant Interest), which has the digital archives among its objectives.
UNINA Presentation: 11
thEuropean Conference on e-Learning ECEL-2012. University of
Groningen, The Netherlands
2012 October 26-27
o Within a collaboration with Department of Theories and Methods of Human and Social Sciences of University of Naples, Antonella Ambrosio, Stefania Fiorentino, Corinna Freda and Maura Striano (University of Naples Federico II) will present a full paper entitled "Teaching in a Web 2.0 environment
Diplomatics: an innovative experience of internationalization." They will show the results of teaching
Diplomatics at an international level through a virtual learning: the e-learning platform Rete@ccessibile (http://www.firbreteaccessibile.it), MOMCa and Edit Mom Tool.
Newsletter
o Electronic Newsletter of The Learning Community (twice a week issue)
Websites, Facebook
o Now, ENArC UNINA website is available online! http://www.recruitdigitaldoc.org/
o Managing the national website Monasterium.net (under construction)
o A Public profile and a Facebook page dedicated to Monasterium South Italy working group ( Monasterium SouthItaly)
7. ICARUS NEW MEMBERSHIPS
o Cabildo de la Catedrale de Cuenca, Spain (representative: dr. Francisco Antonio Chacón Gómez Monedero)
