Areas
of Interest
Dr. Duranti's areas of interest have primarily revolved around the testing of the validity of traditional diplomatic and archival concepts, principles, and methods for acquiring and maintaining control of contemporary records. Thus, both her teaching and research are highly theoretical and aim to develop a deep understanding of the nature of archival material. However, theory needs testing to be validated. For this reason, Duranti’s present research consists of implementing her previous research findings in real life situations.
Biographical Sketch
Luciana Duranti has taught in the archival program at SLAIS since 1987. Prior to
moving to Canada to teach at UBC, she was a Researcher-Professor in the Special
School for Archivists and Librarians at the University of Rome, Italy (1982-87);
served as State Archivist in the State Archives of Rome (1978-82); and was
Project Archivist for the Italian National Research Council (1974-77). Professor
Duranti holds a Doctorate in Arts (1973) and graduate degrees in Archival
Science from the University of Rome (1975), and in Archival Science,
Palaeography, and Diplomatics from the School of Archival Science, Palaeography
and Diplomatics of the State Archives of Rome (1979). In addition to her
university responsibilities, she has been the President of the Society of
American Archivists for the year 1998-99, and is active nationally and
internationally in several other archival associations and in boards and
committees, such as the Italy's Superior Council for Cultural Properties
(2007-2010) and the Bureau of the UNESCO International Advisory Committee of the
Memory of the World Program (2007-2011); she presents numerous papers and
workshops in several countries, and publishes widely on archival history and
theory, and on diplomatics. Her most well known books are Diplomatics: New Uses for An Old Science (Chicago, Ill.:SAA, ACA and Scarecrow Press, 1998) and I documenti archivistici. La gestione dell’archivio da parte dell’ente produttore. Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. Direzione Generale degli Archivi. Ufficio Studi e Pubblicazioni ed. (Roma: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, 1997).
In recognition of her contributions, she has been honoured in 1999 with the Canadian Universities Faculty Associations (CUFA) of British Columbia's Academic of the Year Award, in 2005 with the Killam Research Prize, in 2006 with the Emmett Leahy Award and with the British Columbia Innovation Council's Frontiers in Research Award, and in 2007 with the Jacob Biely Research Prize, the University of British Columbia's "premier research award".
Statements of Research & Scholarship
My research aims at finding solutions to issues concerning the creation, management and long term preservation of digital records, and the protection of their trustworthiness throughout their life-cycle. I am presently Project-Director of InterPARES, a large multinational, collaborative and interdisciplinary research project on the long-term preservation of authentic electronic records, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and by numerous other granting agencies and institutions worldwide. My scholarship, while disseminating research findings, aims to analyse in depth the historical development and inner meaning of the concepts used in my research and to explain the way in which the new concepts, principles, ideas, methods formulated and articulated in the course of the research relate to the existing ones. More specifically, I am engaged in the development of two distinct but intimately related disciplines: Diplomatics of Digital Records, and Records Forensics.
Selected Recent Publications, Presentations and other Scholarly Activities [2006-2008]
Refereed Journal Articles
"La figura dell'archivista nel mondo contemporaneo. Riflessioni a margine della lettura di un volume,” Archivi, 5 (Maggio 2008)
“The InterPARES 2 Project: An Overview,” Archivaria 64 (2007): 113-121.
“An Overview of InterPARES 3 (2007-2012),” Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 1, 2 (2007): 577-603. Also accessible at http://socialstudies.cartagena.es/images/PDF/no1/duranti_overview.pdf.
"Continuity and Transformation in the Role of the Archivist: The Findings of the InterPARES Project," Journal of the Japan Society for Archival Science 3,6 (2007): 27-41.
”Models of Archival Education: Four, Two, One or a Thousand?” Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 1, 1 (2007): 41-62. http://socialstudies.cartagena.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=33 . Also translated in Japanese and published in the Journal of Information Processing and Management 50, 1 (2007).
“Verso una teoria archivistica di conservazione digitale: i risultati concettuali del progetto InterPARES,” Archivi, 1 (Maggio 2006): 73-95
“La questione fondamentale: in quali entita’ digitali si concreta la memoria del futuro?” Archivi & Computer 1 (2006): 24-31.
with John Roeder, “La conservazione a lungo termine dell’autenticita’ di composizioni digitali interattive: la ricerca di InterPARES 2,” Archivi & Computer (2006): 35-42.
with Kenneth Thibodeau, “The Concept of Record in Interactive, Experiential and Dynamic Environments: the View of InterPARES,” Archival Science 6, 1 (2006): 13-68.
"Un quadro teorico per le politiche, le strategie e gli standards di conservazione digitale: la prospettiva concettuale di InterPARES,” Bibliotime. Rivista elettronica per le biblioteche. N.s., IX, 1 (mar. 2006). Online at http://didattica.spbo.unibo.it/bibliotime/num-ix-1/index.html: http://didattica.spbo.unibo.it/bibliotime/num-ix-1/duranti.htm.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
“The Power of Archives.” Proceedings of the International Conference on “Parliamentary, party and politicians archives and their neighbouring institutions,” 1-3 November 2007, Corfu’ Greece (Athens: International Council on Archives, 2008).
“La stessa musica per sempre: e’ possibile? O desiderabile?” Atti del Convegno Internazionale "Gli attuali supporti di conservazione ottici e magnetici per i documenti digitali," 21-23 novembre 2005, Roma, Italy (Roma : IRTEM, 2007) : 99-105.
“The long-term preservation of digital records: a view of international research,” Long Term Digital Preservation: An International Focus. Atti del Convegno Internazionale “Conservare il Digitale: Un Confronto Internazionale” (Asolo: ULSS, 2007): 29-38 (Italian) and 194-203 (English).
Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings
“Models of Archival Education: One, Two, or a Thousand?,” International Council on Archives, ICA/SAE, Section of Archival Education and Training, 2nd APACE Executive Committee, The 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers “The Archival Science and Archival Education in the Electronic Age ( Tokyo, Japan: 18-19 October 2006): 124-133.
Books Edited
with Randy Preston, InterP ARES 2: Interactive, Dynamic and Experiential Recordss. Authored the Acknowledgements, and the Introduction; co-authored the Policy Team Report. Roma: ANAI, 2008 (in press; galleys: 950 pages+1 DVD).
Chapters/Parts of Books
“The InterPARES Framework for the Development of Policies, Strategies and Standards,” Cultural Heritage on Line. The Challenge of Accessibility and Preservation ( Firenze: Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale e Associazione Civita, 2007), 109-126.
“InterPARES,” Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcia Bates, Mary Niles Maack, Miriam Drake eds. ( New York, Basel, Hong Kong: Marcel Dekker, INC.), in press (accepted on May, 2007).
“Diplomatics,” Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcia Bates, Mary Niles Maack, Miriam Drake eds. ( New York, Basel, Hong Kong: Marcel Dekker, INC.), in press (accepted on May 15, 2007).
Newsletters
“Verso InterPARES 3: Un’alleanza di ricerca tra comunita’ e universita’,” Il Mondo degli Archivi on Line 2 (2006): http://www.ilmondodegliarchivi.org/detail/articleid/520/parentchannel/88/title/Verso_InterPARES____un_alleanza_di_ricerca_tra_comunit__e_universit_.html
Invited Presentations
2008, August 26 – Richmond, United Kingdom. The National Archives. Presentation on “Appraisal of Digital Records.”
2008, July 25 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Presentations on “Archival Education in North America,” and “The three phases of the InterPARES Project.”
2008, July 21 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. National Archives. Presentation on "Management of electronic records for good governance".
2008, June 17 – Brussels, Belgium. European Commission. Presentation on “Diplomatics of Digital Records.”
2008, May 8 – Lodi, Italy. Region Lombardia and Province of Milan. Conference on the “Impact of Informatics on Archival Science.” Presentation on “InterPARES and Archival Theory.”
2008, February 7 – Liverpool, UK. LUCAS. AGM. Presentation on “What can our traditional disciplines learn from the new ones?”
2008, February 6 – Glasgow, UK. Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute. Presentation on “The InterPARES Guidelines.”
2008, January 17 – Florence, Italy. Presentation of the book “I beni culturali patrimonio della collettività tra Amministrazione pubblica e territorio”, organized by the Italy Ministry for Cultural Properties and the Region of Tuscany. Presentation of the book entitled “Il ruolo professionale dell’archivista come custode affidabile e terza parte neutrale.” Electronically published at http://soalinux.comune.fi.it/anai/pubblica.htm#duranti.
2007, October 26 – Paris, France. UNESCO 34 th General Conference. In the context of Major Program V—Communication and Information, presentation on “Digital Information and Government Accountability.”
2007, July 20 – Torino, Italy. Regione Piemonte, Province and City of Torino. Presentation on “Metadata for a network of record-making and recordkeeping systems.”
2007, June 15 – Pretoria, South Africa. Meeting of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Advisory Committee. Presentation on the InterPARES Project.
2007, April 20 - Mexico City, Mexico. Banco de Mexico. Presentation on InterPARES 3.
2007, April 19 - Mexico City, Mexico. Federal Institute of Access to Public Information in México (IFAI). Presentation on the InterPARES Framework for Policy Development.
2007, April 19 - Mexico City, Mexico. Archivo General de General de la Nación in video conference with all Mexico State Archives. Presentation of the Findings of InterPARES 2.
2007, March - Munich, Germany. Commission Internationale de Diplomatique, Mission Historique Française en Allemagne, DFG. Presentation on "Archival Diplomatics."
2007, March 22 - University of British Columbia. Board of Governors. Presentation on “It is All About Trust. The Reliability, Accuracy, and Authenticity of Digital Records.”
2007, February - Munich, Germany. The Commission Internationale de Diplomatique, and the Mission Historique. "The digitization of medieval charters."
2007, February 27 - Marburg, Germany. Archivschule Marburg. Lectures on “Archival Education in North America” and “Archival Diplomatics of Digital Records.”
2007, February 23 - Victoria, B.C. “The InterPARES Research Projects: An Overview.” University of Victoria, British Columbia Corporate Information Management Branch, and the Royal British Columbia Museum, “Symposium on the Findings of the InterPARES Research Projects.”
2006, December 14-16 - Florence, Italy. Digital Renaissance Foundation, the CIVITA Project, UNESCO and the European Commission. “The future of digital memory and the cultural heritage.” Presentation on “A Framework for Policy Development.”
2006, December 12-13 - Milan, Italy. Rassegna ARCHIEXPO’-Prima Edizione. “Archivi e digitale: quale futuro?”- Seminario Internazionale on InterPARES 2. Paper on “InterPARES: An Overview of the Project and Its Key Findings.”
2006, November - Archivio di Stato di Vanezia. Scuola di Archivistica, Paleografia e Diplomatica. Lecture on "The Concept of Record in the Digital Environment."
2006, November - Venezia, Veneto, Italy. Archivio di Stato di Venezia. "The Findings of the InterPARES 2 Project."
2006, November 13 - Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss Archival Forum, the International Telecommunications Union and the United Nations. Workshop on the findings of the InterPARES Project.
2006, October 20 - Tokyo, Japan. International Council on Archives, Section for Archival Educators and Trainers. The 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers. Open lecture on the findings of the InterPARES Project.
2006, October - Tokyo, Japan. University of Tokyo. "The Conceptual Findings of the InterPARES Project."
2006, October - San Antonio. Institute of Certified Records Mangers. "Records Management and Scientific Research."
2006, October 11 - Vancouver, B.C. Arts Wednesdays Series. Faculty of Arts and the Vancouver Sun. Presentation on “Digitizing News and Information: Consequences for Preservation.”
2006, September 29 - Asolo, Italy. “Conservare il digitale. Un confronto internazionale.” Presentation on future directions for research on digital preservation. Online at http://www.ulssasolo.ven.it/webpublic/allegati/File_39718_0.pdf
2006, June 29 Singapore. International Symposium on Electronic Records.Best Business Strategies and Practices. Presentations on InterPARES 2 and its Intellectual Framework for Policiesand Strategies.
2006, June 13 Ottawa, ON. Conference for Librarians of European Documentation and Reference Centres. Presentation on "How to keep digital documents authentic over the longterm".
2006, May 5 Victoria, B.C. College of Applied Biology. Two-hour seminar on "Managing and Archiving Digital Information and Data"
2006, March 20 – Roma, Italy. Commissione Nazionale sull’Informatica per la Pubblica Amministrazione (CNIPA). Two-hour presentation on the InterPARES framework for policies.
2006, March 15 – Milano, Italy. Archivio di Stato e Universita’ Bocconi di Milano. Five-hour seminar on the theoretical findings of the InterPares project.
2006, March 10 – Vancouver, B.C. Library and Archival Students Association (LASSA). One and a half hour presentation of InterPARES research to the students of Western Washington University.
2006, March 10 – Vancouver, B.C. Sauder School of Business. One and a half hour workshop on InterPARES findings.
Conference Participation (Organizer, Keynote Speaker, etc.)
2008, August 29 – Society of Archivists’ Annual conference entitled “Spanning the Spectrum: confronting recordkeeping challenges.” York, UK. Paper on “The Appraisal of Digital Records: Assessing More than Value.”
2008, July 24 – International Council on Archives, The 16 th International Congress on Archives. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Paper on “InterPARES 3 in Asia: Implementing Research Findings on Digital Records Preservation.”
2008, July 22 – International Council on Archives, The 16 th International Congress on Archives. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Paper on “Accountability in E-government: Observations from InterPARES 2 Case Studies”.
2007, November 15-16 – Delos, Digital Preservation Europe and InterPARES: International Conference entitled “Appraisal in the Digital Age. Roma, Italy, Accademia dei Lincei. Organizer, Keynote and Closing Overview Speaker.
2007, November 1 – International Council on Archives, Section on Parliamentary and Political Archives. International Conference on “Parliamentary, party and politians archives and their neighbouring institutions.” Corfu, Greece. Paper on InterPARES Findings and Accountability.
2007, June 22 – Association of Canadian Archivists Annual; Meeting. Kingston, Ontario. Paper on “How disciplines Evolve and Change: The Case of Diplomatics.”
2007, May 8 – Manitoba Library Association and Archival Associon joint Annual Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Paper on “The InterPARES Project.”
2007, March 2 –International Conference on “Digital Diplomatics,” Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Historisches Seminar, Abt. Geschichtliche Hilfswissenschaften and Monasterium.net. under the patronage of the Commission Internationale de Diplomatique and with support of the Mission Historique Française en Allemagne and the DFG. Munich, Germany. Speaker on “Archival Diplomatics of Digital Records” and Chair of the Archival Perspectives sessions.
2006, October 19 –International Council on Archives, Section for Archival Educators and Trainers. The 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers. Tokyo, Japan. Presentation on “The harmonization of education on historical archives and contemporary archives.”
2006, March 17 – Archimeeting 2006. “La durata nel tempo degli archivi digitali. Il ruolo dell’archivista tra amministrazioni e cittadini,” Firenze, Italy. Speaker on “Ritorno al futuro. Continuita’ e trasformazioni nel ruolo dell’archivista. I risultati del progetto InterPARES.”
2006, February 9 – 7th Annual Privacy and Security Conference, Victoria, B.C. Speaker on “Managing the Digital Records: Capturing the Past, Protecting the Future.”
Visiting Lecturer
University of Padova, Master di Archivistica, 7 May 2008
University of Barcelona, School of Archival Science and Records Management, 20-21 February 2008
University of Liverpool, LUCAS, 7 February 2008
University of Glasgow, Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, 3-5 February 2008
University of Macerata (and Padova in video conference), 5 July 2007
Archivshule Marburg, University of Marburg, 26-27 February 2007
Scuola dell’Archivio di Stato e Universita’ di Venezia, 17 November 2006
Awards for Scholarship and Teaching
Jacob Biely Research Prize, University of British Columbia, 2007. Described as "UBC's premier research award", the prize is awarded annually to one of UBC's outstanding faculty members for a distinguished record of published research by an active researcher.
Frontiers in Research Award, British Columbia Innovation Council, 2006. This award recognizes an individual or small team whose innovative research contributions have led to major new advances in scientific or technological knowledge. The potential impact of commercializing or social benefit of such research will be one consideration along with scientific merit, duration of research, and uniqueness of undertaking.
Emmett Leahy Award, Institute of Certified Records and Information Managers, 2006. Conferred each year to "an individual who is internationally recognized as a leader and innovator in the area of records and information management".
Jacob Biely Research Prize, University of British Columbia, 2006. Described as "UBC's premier research award", the prize is awarded annually to one of UBC's outstanding faculty members for a distinguished record of published research by an active researcher.
2005 UBC Killam Research Prize in the Senior Art category
Emmett Leahy Award, Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA International) and the Institute for Certified Records Managers (ICRM), 2006.
Research grants (2006-2008)
Granting |
Subject |
Year |
Principal |
Co-Investigator(s) |
Agency |
|
|
Investigator |
(Canadians only) |
SSHRCC |
Digital Records Forensics |
2008-2011 |
Luciana Duranti |
Anthony Sheppard |
Italian Ministry of Universities and Research |
Atlantis (documentary forms for Italian universities digital records)
|
2007-2008 |
Monica Martignon |
Luciana Duranti |
SSHRC |
Digital Records Forensics
(for preparing a grant application)
|
2007 |
Luciana Duranti |
|
SSHRC |
Theoretical Elaboration into Archival Management in Canada (TEAM Canada).
Known as InterPARES 3**** |
2007-2012 |
Luciana Duranti |
Francesca Marini, Ronald Cenfetelli, Mira Sundara Rajan, Barbara Craig |
UBC Vice-President Research |
Idem |
2007-2012 |
Luciana Duranti |
Idem |
UBC Dean of Arts |
Idem |
2007-2012 |
Luciana Duranti |
Idem |
SSHRC |
Theoretical Elaboration into Archival Management (TEAM): Canada. Implementing the Theory of Preservation of Authentic Records in Small and Medium-Sized Organizations.
Letter of Intent stage.
|
2006 |
Luciana Duranti |
Joe Tennis, Francesca Marini, Ronald Cenfetelli |
European Commission |
Technical Specifications for the Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records—part 2 |
2007-2008 |
Marc Fresko (UK) |
Luciana Duranti |
UNESCO |
Adapting InterPARES Findings to the Needs of Caribbean and Latin America Countries |
2005-2006 |
Luciana Duranti |
|
SSHRCC |
Documentation and Conservation of Media Art Heritage: Research and Case Studies. |
2005-2008 |
The Daniel Langlois Foundation for the Arts and Technology.
I am one of the Directors of Research |
Canadian Centre for Architecture, University of Montreal, Fine Arts |
SSHRCC
Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) grant |
The long-term preservation of authentic electronic records in experiential, interactive and dynamic systems. Herein on InterPARES 2*** |
2006 |
Luciana Duranti |
Terry Eastwood, John Roeder, Jesse Read, Babak Hamidzadeh, Barbara Craig, Henry Daniel, James Turner, Keith Hamel, Michael Murphy, Martine Cardin, Michael Longton, Fraser Taylor, Ian Lancashire, Marta Braun, Sidney Fels |
Recent Research Projects
See table above and “current research projects.”
Courses Taught at SLAIS (2006-07/2008-09)
ARST 510: Archival Diplomatics
ARST 575A: Topics in the Management of Records: Electronic Records/ARST 555: Preservation of Digital Records
ARST 520: Selection and Acquisition of Archival Documents
ARST 594: Directed Study
ARST 610: Theoretical and Research Foundations (doctoral program)
ARST 620: Advanced Study in Minor Area (doctoral program)
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