The numeralization of the General Archives of India in Seville

The scheme for numeralization of the General Archives of India in Seville is quite exemplary. It applies to old documents, for their preservation and an easy access to them. It gives a better documentary and historical offer, completes the lacks by documents from other archives. It is a stock management information system, a documentary management system, a service for the users and a system of communication of numeralized documents. It is a pragmatic, evolutive scheme - what can explain its success : one third of the documents are from now on communicated in a numeralized form. The particular circumstances - historical importance of the stock, celebration of the discovery of India, significant patronage, position of the actors - explain this challenge and the good results, the whole profession has to think about.
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