The report on the implementation of the recommendation No. R (2000) 13 on a European policy on access to archives is now available in our online bookshop under the title: “access to archives in the digital age”.

Two decades after the adoption of the Recommendation, this study explores and evaluates the situation regarding access to archives in Council of Europe member states. The publication summarises the most important results of a Europe-wide survey on the situation of access to archives in general and on the implementation of Recommendation No. R (2000) 13 in particular. It highlights current and future challenges arising from digitisation and changing user expectations, thus providing background knowledge for civil servants and decision makers, archive authorities and archivists, the scientific community and civil society organisations.