I hold a degree in history (lic. phil. hist.) from the University of Bern. While studying at the institute of history, I was responsible for all IT related tasks at an institute of the faculty of social sciences. As I felt the wish to extend my knowledge in the intersection of history and technology, I enroled for one of the -- in Europe still rather sparse -- MA programmes in Digital Humanities at NUI Maynooth, Ireland. I am interested in what ways data is best modelled to be made accessible and in suitable strategies of longterm preservation of digital data (public, corporate, individual). Thereby my concern lies notably with smaller digital archives and collections. As to history, I am most interested in (newer) Swiss and European/Eastern European history.