As part of the Spring School organized by the Tbilisi Office of the Max Weber Foundation (Max Weber Stiftung), the National Archives of Georgia hosted a special working session.

Within the framework of the event titled “Instruments, Archives, and Local Voices in the South Caucasus and Beyond,” the General Director of the National Archives, Teona Iashvili, and the Head of the Digital Archives Department, Zviad Melkadze, presented the ongoing digitization project of the National Archives. They discussed the modern methods implemented in this field within the archive, the achieved results and existing challenges, as well as future development prospects.

Participants of the session were introduced on-site to the processes of document restoration and digitization, and viewed documents preserved in the National Archives related to Germans living in Georgia and the Transcaucasus. Notably, this material has been digitized and is available in the form of an electronic catalogue on the website of the National Archives.

The meeting aimed to familiarize international academic circles and young researchers with the experience of the National Archives of Georgia in the fields of digitization and digital humanities, as well as to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and best practices at both local and international levels.

The Spring School brings together researchers and specialists from various countries and serves as a platform that promotes the integration of archives and digital tools into the modern research process.