Under the slogan "Empowering knowledge societies", the quote seeks in this edition to explain and promote the essential role that professionals in the archives and information sciences play in the knowledge societies of the 21st century and the changes experienced with evolution from paper to digital. All the activities prepared by the archives, with digital initiatives, virtual colloquia and the #UnArchivoEs social media campaign.
The network of state archives is made up of the following centers: National Historical Archive (Madrid), General Administration Archive (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid), Archive of the Royal Chancery (Valladolid), General Archive of the Indies (Seville), Archive of the Crown of Aragon (Barcelona), General Archive of Simancas (Valladolid), Documentary Center of Historical Memory (Salamanca) and Historical Archive of Nobility (Toledo).
One month of telematic attention to researchers
Since May 4, the archives had already attended queries electronically and received requests for consultation in the room, which will be dealt with in order of reception as of this Wednesday, in preference to requests for information and copies of documents that must contribute in administrative and judicial proceedings.
The consultation rooms will open with a capacity of 30% in the provinces in phase 2, and 60% in those located in phase 3. The incorporation of technical and customer service personnel will be carried out progressively and in stages, in shifts, to guarantee the service and comply with the protection and distancing protocols recommended by the Ministry of Health.
The visits, the opening of the exhibition rooms, as well as the holding of conferences, cultural events, congresses or any other similar activity will be resumed according to the Health instructions at the end of the de-escalation phase.
Consultation limit and protection measures
Requests for documents will be limited to ten daily signatures and the documents and materials consulted will be quarantined for a minimum period of ten days before they can be used again.
In order to maximize prevention and hygiene measures, the computers and computer media of the files destined for public use may not be used by users and researchers, who must use their personal computers with network connectivity. Special consultation rooms (parchments, glass plates, posters and maps or large-format plans) will remain closed until after June 25, as will the availability of microform readers and similar equipment.
More than 270 kilometers of documents in eight files
The state archives dependent on the Ministry of Culture and Sport house 273.5 km of conventional documents, to which are added unconventional documentary funds: 300,000 medieval parchments; 91,518 cartographic documents; 1.7 million photos; 42.9 million digitized images; audiovisual documents, etc.
