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Diputación de Barcelona Case Study

Diputación de Barcelona

Diputación de Barcelona is a public institution that promotes progress and welfare in the Barcelona province. Part of a network of 311 municipalities, it supports a range of cultural initiatives and city services.

The Diputación acts directly on the territory provid-ing services and sup port (technical and economical), all of this in cooperation with the munic ipalities. The Diputación also collaborates in the management of sev-eral institutions, such as Museu Maritim de Barcelona, (MMB) Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Institut del Teatre and others.

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Ensuring data lives on into the future is critical as the information held by the Diputación supports the peo-ple’s rights, obligations or activities in the public envi-ronment. The cultural assets of the cities are also valu-able to future generations and need to be preserved their use. In 2003, the Diputación established the Municipal Ar-chives Network (XAM), to encourage consistent management local (documentary) heritage and undergo a digital transformation process.

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