10th Digital Archiving Seminar

The Digital Archiving Seminar is the Estonian digital archivists’ annual event, taking place for the tenth time this autumn. The meeting will cover topics related to developments, metadata, interfaces and future plans for digital archives. The event is held as a seminar, with presentations, and all participants are invited to contribute actively to the discussions.

Programme

Thursday, 12 November

10:00–11:00 Arrival and registration
11:00–11:45 Introduction and round of introductions. News and projects related to digital archiving at participants’ institutions. Moderator: Lauri Leht, Rahvusarhiiv
11:45–12:10 Introducing IIIF at Rahvusarhiiv — Karl Jaago, Rahvusarhiiv
12:10–12:35 Developments at Digar, Rahvusraamatukogu — Greete Veesalu and Meeri-Ly Muru, RaRa
12:35–13:00 Data migration to Rosetta and Digar — Peeter Rahuvarm, RaRa
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–14:20 Developments at MUIS — Kristlyn Liier, Muinsuskaitseamet
14:20–14:40 Estonian research and cultural data infrastructure ETKAD — Peeter Kondratjev, TLÜAR
14:40–15:40 Workshop: The needs and use cases of different memory institutions in creating descriptions of digital heritage and enriching metadata. Greete Veesalu and Urmas Sinisalu, RaRa
15:40–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:00 Workshop continues
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Socialising and sauna

Friday, 13 November

9:00–10:00 Breakfast
10:00–10:25 Utlibi DataDOI migration from DSpace to the DataVerse software — Piret Zettur, TÜ Raamatukogu
10:25–10:50 Cross-border preservation — Kristiin Meos, KuM
10:50–11:15 Adapting InvenioRDM as a repository for the Language Data Research Infrastructure (KeTa) — Evelin Arust, Lilian Neerut, Eesti Keele Instituut
11:15–11:30 A summary and discussion of the highlights of iPres — Eva-Maria Artus (RaRa), Lauri Rätsep (RA), Madis Eensoo (RA)
11:30–11:45 Coffee break
11:45–12:30 Summary and discussion of opportunities for collaboration in 2026. Moderator: Eva-Maria Artus, RaRa
12:30 Lunch break and departure

Registration is open until 4 November 2026 at 23:59. The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme.

CONTACT
Eva-Maria Artus
eva-maria.artus@rara.ee