State of emergency, an opportunity for digitalization. The situation of municipal archives in southern Spain and Portugal

The COVID-19 induced confinement has instantaneously changed the worlds of teaching and research, by forcing all activities to be performed online. Facing the prohibition of leaving our homes, it became clear the need for libraries, archives and other research related institutions to adapt to the di...

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Autores principales: López Bravo, Celia, Costa Rosado, Ana
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti” 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refa/article/view/35880
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Sumario:The COVID-19 induced confinement has instantaneously changed the worlds of teaching and research, by forcing all activities to be performed online. Facing the prohibition of leaving our homes, it became clear the need for libraries, archives and other research related institutions to adapt to the digital age. This input to the debate takes the current scenario to analyse the state of documents digitalisation and online availability in municipal archives in Southern Spain and Portugal, its strengths and shortcomings. The advantages of this new method for registering and searching documents are also discussed.