Georgetown: The Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry received a courtesy call Monday from the Mexican Ambassador, Ivan Roberto Sierra Medel and the two archiving experts Mr. Erick Cardoso Espinoza, Information Technology Director of the National Archives of Mexico and Sebastian Alcerreca Alcocer, Technical Software Development Manager of the National Archives of Mexico.
The two experts will be in Guyana from September 30 to October 7, 2016 to conduct a workshop on the digitization practices with the staff of the Walter Rodney Archives, Walter Roth Museum, Guyana National Museum, Museum of African Heritage and the National Trust.
The areas to be covered over the next three days are as follows:
– Apply a diagnostic to measure the software functionality and its concordance with the document organization standards
– Evaluate hardware capabilities to verify that it fulfils the requirements regarding capability, availability, scalability, response, etc.
– Training participants on hardware and software maintenance
– Evaluation of digitization processes to optimize efficiency by implementing best practices.
The Mexico-Guyana Cooperation project first commenced in 2015 with a visit by two experts from the General Archive of the Nation of Mexico (AGN) to the National Archives of Guyana to analyse the condition of the original materials since this could affect the digitization techniques and it can define its possibility to generate optimal digital images.
During that initial phase a Conservation workshop was held at the National Archives of Guyana which was attended by participants from the Museums.
The National Archives has an on-going digitization programme which was launched in 2013 with a grant from UNESCO. This training will provide technical training to Archives and Museums that are seeking new medium to reach the public. One such way is to digitize artefacts and have them available in online format i.e. website http://guyananationalarchives.com where members of the public can have access to information. It will also help to make the Archives and Museums more interactive.
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