Brigitte Troyon

Head of Archives and Library of the International Committee of the Red Cross

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

Kudos for the set up of the full text search functionality in @ICRC_library catalogue, it's really powerful and super useful!

[ICRC Library @ICRC_library]

Is it gift-giving season yet? We’re pretty excited about a *new* full text search functionality in our library catalogue – it scans the content of 10’000+ publications for you!
Watch our quick demo: ⏯️https://t.co/TUFP9AYNH6
Give it a try: https://t.co/RlAEY0vcrr

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

Un immense merci à notre équipe d'agentes en information documentaire qui effectue avec rigueur et méticulosité un travail souvent méconnu mais indispensable pour assurer la conservation pérenne de nos archives.

[Nils Melzer @NMelzerICRC]

Course contre le temps:
Tous les jours nos équipes @CICR_fr #archives désencombrent trient & repassent des fiches vieillissants & fragiles, ici 2ème Guerre mondiale & préparent leur numérisation & préservation pour les générations à venir.
Merci pour votre service à l'humanité!🙏

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

Kudos to our @ICRC_library team, a small but so powerful and dedicated team. I am always amazed by their constant commitment in ensuring that we remain THE reference on secondary sources related to @ICRC and IHL.

[Nils Melzer @NMelzerICRC]

Great visit to @ICRC_library: the world's prime resource for research on @ICRC & #IHL!

Huge thanks 🙏 to our teams for

➡️ preserving & making our titles available onsite & online

➡️ providing support to colleagues & researchers worldwide

➡️ Start here: https://t.co/rMHWumjDPF

[Nils Melzer @NMelzerICRC]

Here's a standing ovation to our Assistants @ICRC LDP 👏👏👏:

Everyday you...

➡️ manage your managers
➡️ organise & enable our work
➡️ prevent & fix all kinds of disasters

& allow the rest of us to take all the credit.

You are the real heroines of our Department - thank you!

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

@ICRC_library compiled a list of sources on the ICRC attempts to save lives during 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Some are heartbreaking testimonies of feeling completely helpless in front of the immensity of the horrors they were witnessing.
https://t.co/0cPam7eLx9

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

A new exhibition is on at the @redcrossmuseum, dealing with the important topic of mental health.
https://t.co/xwYsy2ZAqa

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

So grateful to our new Director @NMelzerICRC for his support and praise of the incredible work of @ICRC's Archives and Library teams in acquiring, safeguarding and making available evidence of the suffering of millions of people during some of the darkest moments of humanity.

[Nils Melzer @NMelzerICRC]

Thanks 🙏🏻 to all our @ICRC Archives teams for tirelessly processing, organising & safeguarding millions of reports, files & data from 160 years of war, tragedy, hope & humanity.

Without you countless families, colleagues & future generations would forever remain without answers.

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

La @RadioTeleSuisse fête ce week end less #100AnsRadio. Quel plaisir d'écouter des podcasts sur les femmes et les combats depuis la salle des archives de la Radio!#archives

[ICA - International Council on Archives @ICArchiv]

#ICAResourceoftheMonth

📽️Video - “Introducing Records in Contexts: The New ICA Standard for Describing Records”

First presented at #ICARoma2022, this video presents different aspects of RiC, from its conception in 2016 until the present.

>>> https://t.co/SlgYAHHvzA

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

@HouMichele finding a sunny place to relax between seesions at the #ICAroma2022

[Michèle Hou @HouMichele]

@icrc presentation at #icaroma2022 on #ihl precious archival and @ICRC_library resources

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

So many inspiring presentations at #ICAroma2022 on the importance of making our archives accessible across borders. Who knew maths would be so useful in archiving...

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

On April 30, 1980, #QueenElizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, visited for the first and only time @ICRC headquarters in Geneva. The visit was filmed and is available on our AV archive portal: https://t.co/k9Bp3YnMr5

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

Who said lawyers do not have a sense of humor? A famous quote from Jean Pictet, @ICRC vice president who was instrumental in drafting the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of victims of war and their Commentaries.

[ICRC Library @ICRC_library]

#Quoteoftheday to celebrate the birthday of Jean Pictet, @ICRC vice-president and drafter of the #GenevaConventions.
Source: Guardian interview, 12 Aug 1999, available in full here: https://t.co/Ty2BP86YSz

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

L'exposition du @redcrossmuseum "un monde à guérir" fait partie du programme des Rencontres d'Arles de ce cet été! Elle contient d'innombrables photos de l'action du @ICRC , que vous retrouverez sur notre portail https://t.co/kiVXrRmViF
https://t.co/DJegt43i4Q

[Dominik Stillhart @DStillhart]

The fact that the ICRC today is responding to twice as many people in need as 8 years ago fills me with a deep sense of accomplishment. The @ICRC will continue to stand with communities affected by conflict and violence, together with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 7/7

[Imogen Foulkes @ImogenFoulkes]

For 150 years the @ICRC has helped families find loved ones missing in war. POWs and civilians. Now they're doing it for families in #Ukraine and #Russia. Here's my radio story for @BBCWorld https://t.co/5gKIw00KMq

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

@ICRC archives are all about people. Decades from now, families of Ukraine and Russia will continue to write to us to obtain news just like @ImogenFoulkes 's relatives did.

[Imogen Foulkes @ImogenFoulkes]

Such important work @icrc does. My great grandma got news of her husband, my mother in law got news of her brother. The news wasn’t always good, but knowing is essential. Then & now. #Ukraine #Russia Ukraine war: Helping families find missing loved ones https://t.co/UrlrOhFGmc

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

@ICRC archives are about people we sought to protect and assist during some of the darkness periods of humankind. Read more on Frank and Joan that took a decision during WWII that changed the course of a life forever.
https://t.co/06YYPSK7M0

[Brigitte Troyon @BrigitteTroyon]

Passionnante visite guidée des archivistes et bibliothécaires CICR aux archives filmées de la cinémathèque suisse à Penthaz. Les archives filmées du @ICRC sont conservées dans leurs locaux à une température de 7 degrés. Merci @cinemathequech !