Threats to Openness in the Digital World24-25th Nov 2015, Northumbria University

A post-conference discussion

Julie McLeod, Michael Moss & David ThomasiSchool, Northumbria University, UK

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Context & conference aim Impact of the digital on access to records

– More or less available to users?– EU - Safe Harbour and Google decisions

Aim– Debate the issue & discuss action needed– High profile speakers from different disciplines provided

perspectives on threats to openness– Themes:

• digital context & nature of the record; legal perspective; experience of current issues; trust & consent; what must be done

Sponsors– Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust www.jrf.org.uk

IT as a Utility (ITaaU) www.itutility.ac.uk 

Session 1: The digital context and the nature of the record

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The Future Digital Archive And Sensitivity Review

Michael Moss (Northumbria University)

Tim Gollins(National Records of Scotland & University of Glasgow)

A matter of scientific record:  Open Science   What and 

When?

Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton

@archivesofwar Andrew HoskinsUniversity of Glasgow

Session 2: The legal perspective

Do changes to records technology or management practices threaten openness?

Dr David Thomas, Visiting Professor, iSchool, Northumbria University

Public Archives & Data ProtectionBetween Special Expressive Purposes and the Default Safeguards?

Dr. David ErdosFaculty of Law

University of Cambridge

Dr David Willcox

25 November 2015

Transferring born-digital records to The National Archives: Challenges and opportunities for UK government

Making Public | Making Publicsnovember 2015

Agnes E.M. Jonker

Session 3: Current issues

Digital records in the UK government

Sir Alex Allan, Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice & Cabinet Office

Records review (6/11/2014)

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370930/RECORDS_REVIEW_-_Sir_Allex_Allan.pdf

Government digital records and archives review (17/12/2015)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-records-and-archives-review-by-sir-alex-allan

Closing historic documents:lay scrutiny of closure requests

Arthur Lucas

Session 4: Trust and Consent

In search of ‘a paper trail’. Irish public records in a digital ageMary E. Daly, UCD/RIA

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Session 5: What must be done

What is the key issues/challenge (e.g. research question, archival issue or political issue or …) and therefore what is the most important action needed, why is it important, who should be responsible by when

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