Prof. Luciana Duranti, Director InterPARES & DRF projects, speaking at the “E-Discovery Challenge: Digital Wasteland or Digital Oasis” seminar held at Asian Civilisations Museum between 2 to 4 November 2010. Guest speakers from Australia, Canada, Germany and Singapore engaged the audience by sharing their experience and insight on topic such as digital records management, cyber-security and copyright access to 142 participants.

On 1 and 2 November 2010, NAS organised a one-and-a-half day programme for six delegates from the Macao Historical Archives. The programme focused on providing the delegates with a deeper understanding of NAS’ digitization initiatives, integrated knowledge management and archives appraisal.

From 4 to 8 October 2010, two audio-visual and microfilm specialists from the National Records and Archives Authority of Oman visited NAS for a five-day attachment. The trainees participated in practical sessions at the Archives Conservation and Image Preservation Laboratories. They were also given a demonstration of NAS’ Electronic Registry System.

A group of seven visitors from Tan Kah Kee Museum from Xiamen, China were given a tour in NAS on 27 July 2010. They were impressed with the technique used by NAS during the demonstration of the conservation process of paper document.

Director NAS Mr Pitt Kuan Wah in the paper document conservation office during his visit to Yunnan Provincial Archives on 19 July 2010.