Luciana Duranti is an archival theorist and professor of

archival science Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings and data storage devices. To build and curate an archive, one must acquire and evaluate recorded m ...

and diplomatics at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is a noted expert on

diplomatics Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

and electronic records. Since 1998, she has been the director of the electronic records research project, InterPARES (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems). She has disclosed the concept of the

archival bond The archival bond is a concept in archival theory Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings and data storage devices. To build and curate a ...

originally initiated by Italian archivist Giorgio Cencetti in 1937.

Education

* Honorary Doctor of Science, Mid Sweden University, 2019 * BA, French Language, Ecole Internationale de Langue et Civilization Française, 1979 * Diploma di Archivistica (Master’s equivalent), Scuola dell’Archivio di Stato di Roma, 1979 * Ph D, Archivista-Paleografo, Scuola Speciale per Archivisti e Bibliotecari, Università di Roma, 1975 * Dottoressa in Lettere (Master's equivalent, Arts), Università di Roma, 1973

Affiliations

She has served both the Association of Canadian Archivists and the Society of American Archivists in many capacities. She served as president of the

Society of American Archivists The Society of American Archivists is the oldest and largest archivist association in North America, serving the educational and informational needs of more than 5,000 individual archivist and institutional members. Established in 1936, the organi ...

from 1998 to 1999, and as president of the

Association of Canadian Archivists The Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA), established in 1975, is a national not-for-profit organization representing over 600 archivists (and those interested in archives and archivists) in Canada. With headquarters in Ottawa, the ACA's mandate ...

from 2017 to 2018. She is the Principal Investigator for many investigations, including the Records in the Cloud Project. Duranti has also served as co-chair for the Steering Committee on Canada's Archives.

Awards

* Fellow, Association of Canadian Archivists, 2014 *

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, 2006 * Fellow, Society of American Archivists, 1998

Selected bibliography

Duranti has published several works in the area of archival diplomatics and archival theory. She has presented her theories and research at conferences and symposiums around the world. * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duranti, Luciana Canadian archivists Female archivists Presidents of the Society of American Archivists Living people Presidents of the Association of Canadian Archivists 1950 births