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The entry into force of the Spanish act about digital access (Ley 11/2007, BOE n. 150, de 23/6/2007) has produced a decisive impact on the development of records management projects in organizations. The Entitat Autònoma del Diari Oficial i de Publicacions, the body that publishes Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) -the official journal of the Catalan government-, started its editing process adaptation to the electronic environment in 2009, based on Llei 2/2007 (DOGC, 5/6/2007), an act that defines the digital format as the only official format for DOGC. Two key projects in this process are presented: adoption and adaptation of EuroVoc thesaurus as an indexation tool, and the design of the new digital cycle of DOGC production and publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The exponential growth of digital content in organizations and the obligation to ensure the preservation of documents makes the need more evident for mechanisms to ensure its authenticity, integrity and security. A case of the Archives of the Barcelona Town Hall, following the pioneering experience of the Amsterdam Town Hall Archives, is presented. The Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) from Hitachi Data Systems was installed as a secure repository of digital documents. The project also included a review of current working patterns in an effort to establish procedures and best practices for digitization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Premis Workshop (PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) was held in Rome on 5-6 February 2009. The event, organized by the Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, was attended by two members of the Premis Editorial Committee: Rebecca Guenther (Library of Congress) and Angela Dappert (British Library). Some preservation metadata implementation projects were presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]