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The Israel Archives Network Project (IAN)

This site is devoted to the project that serves as a basis for the establishment of the IAN, and includes administrative information, procedures and standards. The Israel Archives Network Project enables the user to conduct a search and find rare primary sources pertaining to Israeli heritage.
Our content portal is now on-air (Hebrew-only) at: http://www.a-z.digital

About the project
The national project IAN is a part of the “Landmarks Project” of the Prime Minister’s Office.
How can I join?
How can my archive join the Israel Archives Network?
News and Events
News about what’s happening in the Israel Archives Network Project and related events.

The archives
About mapping Israeli archives, the archives survey, and archives that have joined IAN.
Standards and tools
Itemization of international standards in the field of archive management used in the project.
F.A.Q.
Answers to frequently asked questions about the project.

Archivists' login

08.12.2015, Tuesday
Israel Archives Network Content portal is LAUNCHED!
During the festivities of Hannukka, we are happy to announce the launch of the content portal of Israel Archives Network - A-Z.digital - at this stage in Hebrew-only inteface. Engish interface will be introduced in 2016
http://www.a-z.digital
15.11.2015, Sunday
Israel Archives Network's Content Portal
The content portal will be inaugurated soon!
09.11.2014, Sunday
Additional archives are joining IAN!
Additional archives are joining IAN, including: the Yad Ya’ari Archive, the Yad Tabenkin Archive, the Beit Bialik Archive, the Egged Archive, and the Archive of the Heritage Center for German-Speaking Jews.
19.08.2014, Tuesday
Archive of the Religious Kibbutz Movement Joins IAN!
The Archive of the Religious Kibbutz Movement has begun a pilot project of information export. The pilot is being carried out using the IDEA Information Systems. At the same time, digitization of the first dispatch from the archive has begun.
30.04.2014, Wednesday
EADI Standard is Released
The EADI standard has been released. This standard is based on the EAD-international standard with adjustments for Israeli archives. The standard was developed by a special team that included senior archivists from Israel.
20.02.2014, Thursday
Preliminary Connection of Digital Copies with the ADLIB System
For the first time, a connection has been created between ADLIB systems – both the archival and Internet systems – and the ROSETTA system. As part of the experiment, manual synchronization was carried out of one section of the Trumpeldor Labor Brigade Archive. The experiment was declared a success. At the next stage, an automatic interface between ADLIB and ROSETTA will be developed.
20.02.2014, Thursday
IAN Portal Launched
The IAN’s first portal, based on the Adlib Internet Server, has gone online!
19.02.2014, Wednesday
People & Computers –YAEL:IFN to Adapt Software for the IAN
Today an article was published about the Israel Archives Network on the Israeli online computer-news portal Anashim ve-Machshevim.
12.01.2014, Sunday
Infrastructure for Remote Connection
The project team has launched, together with the National Library’s computer infrastructure department, a foundational system that enables remote access to the ADLIB system. The infrastructure makes it possible to operate ADLIB via a remote end-user without installing the software. Use of the infrastructure requires Windows 7 and up, as well as Remote Desktop Client 8.0 and up.
01.01.2014, Wednesday
Archives Survey Completed
The archives survey was completed on December 31, 2013. The project team is working on producing a comprehensive report from the survey data. The report will be published in the second quarter of 2014.