Lisbon City Council invited ISTAR to carry out a Technical Consultancy project, in close interaction with the Municipal Directorate of Culture (DMC), the Department of Cultural Heritage (DPC), the Municipal Archive Division (DAM) and the Information Systems Department (DSI), among others, with the following objectives
1 – Study, analyze and characterize the X-Arq information system of the Mind provider, including its various components (in particular, the various modules of X-Arq and X-Arqgestao, the Thesauros, the various modules of Kapture, including the printing sub-system and the interconnection with the Prisma system), from the perspectives: (1) of the logical, computational architectures and of the concrete installation of the system, (2) of the functionalities that allow the use and operation of the system within the scope of the processes of internal business of the relevant entities of the CML that use it, satisfying the legal and regulatory provisions applicable from the archival point of view, and (3) of the interoperability between the referred modules and other systems internal and external to the CML.
2 – Analyze the offer on the market and check if there are investment solutions or outsourced services that guarantee all the features supported by the current solution referred to in item #1.
3 – Carry out an economic cost/benefit assessment study for the digitization service of the Municipal Archive, which allows comparing the current solution indicated in item #1 with possible market offers. On the benefits side, the possibility that the new market solution(s) may or may not maintain, or even exceed, the service quality levels that the current solution offers will be evaluated. On the cost side, the necessary new investments (CAPEX) will be estimated, as well as the new operation and maintenance costs (OPEX), which the change to a new solution may imply, including the new costs of technological migration and information systems. , organizational change, training in a new solution for employees who directly or indirectly work with the X-Arq system, and eventual deactivation of the current solution.
4 - Propose a plan of short, medium and long term measures, based on the results of the study referred to in item #3 and the evaluation of this technical consultancy.
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISTAR-Iscte | Digital Living Spaces | Partner | 2021-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML) | Portugal | Administrative Coordinator | 2021-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Sales Dias | Professor Catedrático (DTDA); Integrated Researcher (ISTAR-Iscte); | Global Coordinator | 2021-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
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