‘Protecting the public record: models of international best practice’ - National Archives Ireland

The National Archives, Ireland hosted an online seminar on June 24th 2021 titled ‘Protecting the public record: models of international best practice’ .

The seminar will cover a range of areas such as leading change in records management across government, the lifecycle of the public record including the shift towards digital preservation, access to third party records, data protection and GDPR. Each of the speakers will present from their own national and legislative context, specifically examining how this impacts on their ability to protect public records and information from the moment of creation. The seminar is specifically targeting government departments, agencies and local authorities as well as other national archives, archivists, records managers, certifying officers and representative bodies such as the Archives and Records Association (ARA).

Programme: Moderator Orlaith McBride, Director, National Archives

'Protecting the public record? National Archives Act, 1986' Niamh McDonnell, Head of Current Records, National Archives Ireland

‘From cartons to code: the New Zealand Public Records Act, 2005’ Stephen Clarke, Chief Archivist, Archives New Zealand

‘The Public Records Scotland Act: safeguarding public records wherever, however and whoever creates them’ Dr Hugh Hagan, Head of Public Records Act Implementation, National Records of Scotland

‘To preserve the past, control the future’ Poul Olsen, Chief Counsellor and Data Protection Officer, National Archives of Denmark