Policies and Practices in Access to Digital Archives: Towards a New
Research and Policy Agenda

The Central European University invite applicants for an intensive
one-week summer session in Budapest from 2 July-6 July, 2012.

This course has been developed to meet the specific needs of
established professionals looking to deepen their impact on policy
issues related to digitital archives. The creation of a diverse
coalition of experts is an envisioned goal of the course.
Practitioners from the field of archives, research, law and policy
making are encouraged to apply.

The course deals with the contemporary complexities of accessibility
and the long-term preservation of archival material within
institutional settings. It will explore the driving/prohibitive role
of IPR and various implications of the regulation of digital material:
Will access to primary sources become the luxury of the few under a
new type of digital divide? Do we have evidential data of the market
value of digitised archival collections? What kind of policy agenda
will ensure the future availability of cultural heritage content? What
kind of strategy will guarantee that archives within the digital
European single market are sustainable? The course will consist of
intensive teaching sessions and participants will be expected to
prepare a paper in advance for presentation purposes.

Please note that places are limited to 30 participants and offered on
a competitive basis. This summer course is able to offer a limited
amount of grants. Applicants will be asked to explain what their
engagement with archival material is and what particular
policy-related issues they consider most challenging. The deadline for
application is February 15, 2012.

For further information and to apply, please visit the CEU Summer
University website: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/node/350