Prof. Dr. Martin Stürzlinger, MAS, MLS

In teaching and research:

• Digital archiving
• OAIS model
• Life-Cycle Management
• Archive description according to "Records in Contexts" (RiC)

Main occupation:

With my company Archiversum, I offer consulting for organisations that want to store information over a longer period of time (www.archiversum.com).

• Since 2023: Part-time professorship at the FH Potsdam with a focus on "Digital Archiving"
• 2020: 8 weeks as Honorary Fellow at the eScholarship Research Centre of the University of Melbourne, Australia: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/esrc.
• 2019 – 2021: Lecturer for the course "Archiving and Backup Systems" at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland in the course "IT Infrastructure Management: www.fh-burgenland.at/studieren/bachelor-studiengaenge.
• Since 2015: Course leader of the 4-day course "Archive Management" at the Vocational Training Institute (BFI) Vienna
• 2008: Two months training at the French National Archives in Paris as part of the Stage Technique International d'Archives.
• Since 2007: Management of the company Archiversum: focus on consulting and services in archives and records management: www.archiversum.com
• Since 2012: Development of the "Corporate History Network"
• 2007: University of Vienna: Lecture on "IT applications in archives (digitisation, electronic records, archive information systems and internet)" as part of the training for archivists at the IFÖG.
• 2006 – 2012: Archival Consultant at scope solutions ag in Basel, Switzerland, the leading provider of archive information systems: www.scope.ch.
• 2004/2005: University of Vienna: Lecture (with Peter Csendes and Brigitte Rigele) on "Archivwissenschaft: Bewerten" as part of the training programme for archivists at the IFÖG
• 2000 – 2006: Archivist at the Vienna City and Provincial Archives (WStLA): https://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/archiv

Collaboration in working groups

• Since 2012: Member of "ICA - EGAD" (Experts Group on Archival Description): https://www.ica.org/en/records-contexts-german.
• 2011 – 2019: Member of the "nestor AG for the certification of trustworthy digital long-term archives" in Germany: https://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/Webs/nestor/DE/Zertifizierung/zertifizierung_node.html.
• 2009 – 2018: Participation in the "Standardisation" working group of the Association of Austrian Archivists: https://www.voea.at/index.php/arbeitsgruppen/#ag3
• 2014 – 2017: Participation in the "Records Management" working group of the Association of Austrian Archivists
• 2006 – 2015: Member of the "Norms and Standards" working group of the Association of Swiss Archivists
• 2006 – 2007: Member of the "eArchive (Records Management)" committee of the Association of Swiss Archivists.

Collaboration on standards and guidelines

• Since 2012: Participation in the international working group ICA-EGAD (Experts group on Archival Description) for a new model for the description of archival records and the associated workflows. This standard will be the successor to the existing ICA standards: https://www.ica.org/en/about-egad
• 2015: Collaboration on the "nestor seal for trustworthy digital long-term archives: www.langzeitarchivierung.de/Webs/nestor/DE/Zertifizierung/nestor_Siegel/siegel.html
• 2014: Collaboration on the Austrian "Implementation recommendations for ISAD(G) and ISDIAH ": https://www.voea.at/index.php/empfehlungen/
• 2010: Collaboration on the German translation of ISDIAH – International Standard for the Cataloguing of Institutions with Archival Holdings: https://vsa-aas.ch/ressourcen/normen-und-standards/normenkatalog/
• 2009: Collaboration on the "Swiss guideline for the implementation of ISAD(G) ": https://vsa-aas.ch/ressourcen/normen-und-standards/normenkatalog/

Selection from more than 40 lectures:

• Appraisal at the Vienna City Archives.
  International Congress on Archives (Vienna 2004).
• Konzepte zur Archivierung elektronischer Unterlagen.
  Workshop des Ausschusses eArchiv zur elektronischen Langzeitarchivierung (Staatsarchiv Basel-Land 2007)
• Archiving electronic records according to the OAIS model – an organizational challenge.
  8^th Conference on technical and field related problems of traditional and electronic archives (Radenci/Slowenien 2009).
• Wozu kann man EDV im Archiv einsetzen?
  1. gemeinsame Jahrestagung österreichischer und deutscher Ordensarchivarinnen und Ordensarchivare (Wien 2009)
• Besser, Schneller, Billiger? Wie Dienstleister Archive unterstützen können.
  35. Österreichischer Archivtag (Linz 2009)
• Why archiving eRecords influences the creation of eRecords.
  Konferenz des Rumänischen Archivarsverbandes: Electronic Archives and Public Administration (Bucharest, Rumania 2010).
• Software for a better cooperation between Archives in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  24. Međunarodno Savjetovanje „Arhivska Praksa 2011“ (Tuzla/Bosnien und Herzegovina 2011).
• The Archival Portal Archives Online.
  11^th Conference on technical and field related problems of traditional and electronic archives (Radenci/Slowenien 2012).
•  Use and advantages of archival software (Trnava/Slowakei 2012)
• Organisation und Technik. Prinzipien der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung.
  Keynote auf der ADV-Tagung „Digitale Langzeitarchivierung“ (Wien 2012).
• Die Kommunikationsplattform Unternehmensgeschichte.
  3. Tag der Unternehmensgeschichte 2014 (Linz 2014).
• Bringing Archivists together. The Austrian non-profit network Business History (Netzwerk Unternehmensgeschichte).
  ICA SBA 2015 Conference: Creating the Best Business Archive - Achieving a Good Return on Investment (Milan 2015).
• Das Archiv als Dienstleister für eine Organisation.
  ÖGDI Update (Wien 2016).
• DSGVO und Privatarchive
  VdW-Lehrgang - More than ‘Nice-to-have‘! Ein Unternehmensarchiv, das sich rechnet! (2018, 2019, 2020 und 2021 in Hall/Tirol)
• Kostenermittlung im Zuge der Übernahme digitaler Daten (digital born files).
  97. VdW-Lehrgang – VdW on tour: Austria Archiv(ar)ische Arbeit und Betriebswirtschaft: Konkrete Fallbeispiele und Lösungsansätze. Praxisbezogen und sofort umsetzbar! (Innsbruck 2022)
• Workshop: Application of Records in Context for digital long-term preservation.
  47^th ICA-SIO (Section of International Organisations) Annual Meeting (Rom 2022)
• Archivbeschreibung jenseits von Standards. Chancen in einer vernetzen Welt.
  Institutsseminar am Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Wien 2022)