Association of Swiss archivists
| Association of Swiss Archivists (VSA) |
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| legal form | registered association according to Art. 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code |
| purpose | Support cooperation among the Swiss archives, ensure easy access to archival material, network related institutions |
| Seat | Urtenen-Schönbühl |
| founding | September 4, 1922
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| place | Lenzburg AG |
| President | Claudia Engler, Bern Burger Library |
| Members | 855 (663 individual members and 192 institutional members) (May 2014) |
| Website | http://www.vsa-aas.ch/ |
The Association of Swiss Archivists ( VSA ) was founded in 1922 as an association of Swiss archivists on the occasion of the annual meeting of the General History Research Society of Switzerland (AGGS) . In 1996 it changed its name to the Association of Swiss Archivists ( VSA ).
aims
Its main objectives (according to the 1997 statutes) are:
- It promotes contacts among the members and their cooperation and supports them in the exercise of their professional activities.
- It promotes public awareness of the importance of archiving activities to safeguard archival material as an indispensable legal and administrative basis, as a valuable cultural asset and as the most important source for illuminating our history.
Members
In 2005 the association had over 500 members, including both individual members ( archivists ) and around 150 collective members ( archives of all branches and other institutions).
tasks
Important tasks for the Swiss archive system are performed by its commissions and working groups:
- Archive Directors' Conference
- Education Committee
- Records Management & Digital Archiving Working Group
- Evaluation working group
- Private Economy Archives Working Group
- Spiritual Archives Working Group
- City and community archives working group
- Working group norms and standards
- Working group digitization & analog security
- Working group on access and mediation
The association is multilingual and pays special attention to this area (terminology). The club names are:
- German: Association of Swiss Archivists VSA
- French: Association des Archivistes suisses AAS
- Italian: Associazione degli archivisti svizzeri AAS
- Romansh: Associaziun da las archivarias e dals archivaris svizzers UAS
The association is affiliated to the Swiss Society for History as a section.
See also
literature
- Gössi, Anton: The Association of Swiss Archivists. Notes on their history 1922–1997. In: Swiss Journal for History 47, 1997/3, pp. 245–263 ( ISSN 0036-7834 ), (full text)
- Archives in Switzerland / Les Archives en Suisse I, 1997
- Code of ethics for archivists / Code de déontologie des archivistes / Codice di deontologia degli archivist / Code of Ethics for archivists , 1999, ISBN 3-909199-01-1 .
Together with the sister associations Association of Libraries and Librarians of Switzerland (BBS) and the Swiss Association for Documentation (SVD), the association publishes the monthly magazine Arbido ( ISSN 0258-0764 ).
Web links
- Official website
- Catherine Santschi: Archives. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .