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Last Thursday I visited the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) with Annaliese. She’s a SALT participant working with long term MCC partner Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies<\/a> at the Cambodia Peace Gallery<\/a> in Battambang. She scheduled the meeting with DC-Cam’s Information Technology Coordinator, Morm Sophat, to ask DC-Cam for recommendations on archival databases, how to share records between the two agencies, and best practices for sharing records online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) was founded by\u00a0Yale University<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and constituted in 1995 after the U.S. Congress\u00a0passed the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act in April 1994, which was signed into law by President Clinton. The Royal\u00a0Government of Cambodia also formally supported DC-Cam. DC-Cam has received numerous accolades and awards\u00a0for its work in support of memory and justice for victims of the Cambodian genocide. In 2017 alone, DC-Cam was the\u00a0honored recipients of the Judith Lee Stronach Human Rights Award from the Center for Justice and Accountability,\u00a0and his Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni made\u00a0Youk Chhang<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a Commander of the Royal Order of Cambodia in\u00a0recognition of Chhang\u2019s distinguished services to the Kingdom of Cambodia. In 2018, DC-Cam also was a winner of the\u00a0Ramon Magsaysay Awards, which is regarded as \u2018Asia\u2019s Nobel\u2019 prize, for preserving historical memory for healing and\u00a0justice. <\/p> http:\/\/dccam.org\/home<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Annaliese, Morm Sophat, and I had a great meeting. We discussed a lot of technical details (that Computer Science degree is useful even when not programming) related to archival databases as well as synergies between the two organizations (Peace Gallery\/DC-Cam). Annaliese has a degree in History and has a long term goal of to working in a museum education department or in curatorial affairs. The SALT program is giving her hands on experience helping a new museum (est. October 2018) grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n