Research archive
- Family letters of Catalonia (16th-19th century): inventory, study and dissemination
The project aims to gain a broader understanding of ego-documents to build up an inventory of family correspondence from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. These letters are held, often randomly and forgotten, in archives and libraries in Catalonia. Exhaustive research is being carried out in all Catalan document centres, from the national archives such as the Archive of the Crown of Aragon, to the provincial, county, municipal, ecclesiastical and heritage collections.
Financing: Spanish Ministry of Science and Research (HAR2016-76560-P)
- Multidisciplinary DocHumAn Network
DocHumAn: Document analysis and knowledge modeling for cultural heritage actions in Pyrenees region.
This is a multidisciplinary network made up of experts in the different areas of information technology (ICT), image processing, document analysis and knowledge modelling, as well as experts in the areas of the social sciences such as demography and archiving.
The aim of the network is to promote collaboration between researchers in different disciplines in the Pyrenean Work Community area in the context of digital humanities for the cataloguing and study of documentary collection that exist in the Pyrenees region.
Financing: Comunitat de Treball dels Pirineus-DGR. 2014.
Participants: Centre de Visió per Computador, ESAGED, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, LABRI UMR 5800 Université de Bordeaux, IRIT UMR 5505 Université de Toulouse.
- Adaptation and introduction of an ISO 30301 management system
The adaptation and introduction of the school’s Document Management System for auditing and certification in the ISO 30301 Document Management System.
The objectives are to draw up the model of application, develop adequate methodological instruments and achieve the ISO 30301 certificate.
The first results of this proyect has been published on:
Alberch, Ramon; Casadesús, Anahí; Mauri, Alfred; Perpinyà, Remei. (2014). "ISO30301 Certification for the Graduate School of Archive and Records Management: a pioneering initiative". Girona, 2014: Archives and Cultural Industries, 2nd Annual Conference "ICA"; 9th European Conference on Archives; 13th Image and Research Seminar.
Research team: Ramon Alberch, Anahí Casadesús, Alfred Mauri and Remei Perpinyà. Duration of the proyect: 2012-2014.
Financing: UAB Graduate School of Archives and Records Management.
- Towards e-Administration
Simplification towards e-Administration: redesign and improvement of administrative files to unify procedures, standardise documentation and reduce information content.
See the published works:
Puig-Pey Saurí, Antoni; Fontanet Ambrós, Marta; Guiu Rius, Pere- Joan; Mauri Martí, Alfred; Perpinyà Morera, Remei. (2015). Simplification towards e-Administration. Redesign and improvement of files to unify procedures, standardise documentation and reduce information content.
Puig-Pey Saurí, Antoni; Fontanet Ambrós, Marta; Guiu Rius, Pere- Joan; Mauri Martí, Alfred; Perpinyà Morera, Remei. (2015). Analysis of administrative procedures for document simplification in local government.
Research team: Pere-Joan Guiu Rius, Antoni Puig-Pey Saurí, Marta Fontanet Ambrós, Alfred Mauri Martí, Remei Perpinyà Morera.
Financing: Public Administration School of Catalonia.
- Archiving Wikiproject
From the academic year 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 students on the Master’s degree in Archiving and Document Management carried out work experience aimed at introducing and improving the quality of Wikipedia articles that referred to concepts, definitions and terminology related to archiving and document management.
You can visit the different Wikiprojects on the following links: 2011-2012 / 2012-2013 / 2013-2014.
- Archive, Art Science and Society
A project to reflect on the concept of archiving and its relation with the world of communication, science and art.
Research team: Jorge Blasco (Director of the project), Marcel Pena (Researcher).