1. Big Data and Open Data What's in it for the archives?
Yvo Volman
Publications Office of the European Union
Athens, 6 June 2014

2. Role of the EU Publications Office
The production, the dissemination, the reuse and the long term preservation of EU public information
Production
Dissemination
Reuse
Preservation

3. Some megatrends in the digital arena
Administrations go digital
Internet and the way in which information is consumed
Big Data

4. Big Data: What the reports say
‘Data, the lifeblood of the knowledge economy’
‘London's 200 traffic surveillance cameras send 64 trillion bits a day to the data command center’
‘Every day, people send 10 billion text messages'
‘In 2020 the size of the Internet will be 44 times the size of the Internet. Storage capacity will grow by a factor of 30’
‘The current ecosystem around Big Data creates a new kind of digital divide: the Big Data rich vs the Big Data poor’

5. Privacy needs to be respected
Big Data: Why does it matter?
Will fundamentally alter the way in which we tackle societal challenges
Example: health
New economic activity
Annual growth Big Data activities is 40%
Efficiency gains
Data based decision-making increases the productivity of companies by 5-6%
Privacy needs to be respected

6. How are the archives concerned?
Potential users of the new tools (analytics, visualisation, etc.)
Data holders
Rich source of information resources that can be used
How can this be linked to the role of archives in the digital age?
Focus on the basic mandate or on generating income?

7. Open Data: A New Paradigm
From information owned by a limited group
To information owned by
ALL
Why Open Government Data?
Enhance openness and transparency of public bodies
Foster economic activity: raw data as a basic resource for innovative applications, new products and services
Create new knowledge by linking data from different sources and pattern
Enhance evidence-based decision-making and civic participation

8. Open Data: The link between Big Data, Open Data and Open Government Data
Public
Data
OPEN DATA

9. European Council Conclusions, 24-25 October 2013
EU Legal Framework for open data and other initiatives
European Council Conclusions, October 2013
"Open data is an untapped resource with a huge potential for building stronger, more interconnected societies that better meet the needs of the citizens and allow innovation and prosperity to flourish. Interoperability and the re-use of public sector information shall be promoted actively."

10. Deadline for transposition for the Member States, 18 July 2015
Basic rules of the PSI-Directive for archives
Transparency of procedures and of conditions for re-use
Non-discrimination + non-exclusivity
Ceiling on charging
Deadline for transposition for the Member States, 18 July 2015

11. Application of the PSI-Directive to the archives: some myths…
'No longer possible to generate income'
'No possibility for public private partnerships for digitisation'
'Administrative burden'
'It's all so complicated for smaller institutions'

12. Conclusion Big Data will affect all of us
Open Data: growing in importance
PSI-Directive has a limited impact on the archives
Deeper question around the role of archives in the digital age