UNESCO instrument for the safeguarding and preservation of the audiovisual heritage: CCAAA issues paper

Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archive Associations (CCAAA). Unesco instrument for the safeguarding and preservation of the audiovisual heritage. In CCAAA [Online]. April 1st 2005 [Accessed March 29th 2007]. Available at <http://www.ccaaa.org/ccaaa_heritage.pdf>

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The Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archive Associations (CCAAA) proposes the establishment of new UNESCO instrument as a framework to encourage the preservation of audiovisual heritage.
Audiovisual media in all its formats – films, radio and television programs, audio and video recordings, ‘new media’ – are the documents most characteristic of the 20th and 21st centuries. Their cultural influence and informational content is immense, and rapidly increasing. Transcending language and cultural boundaries, appealing immediately to the eye and the ear, to the literate and illiterate alike, they have transformed society by becoming a permanent complement to the traditional written record. Their content cannot be reduced to written form, and its integrity is closely tied to the format of its carrier – be it film, magnetic or optical media.
Most audiovisual media are inherently fragile. Since they are not human-readable, both their survival and accessibility are also vulnerable to rapid technological change. Preservation needs to be guided by specialised skills and structures, supported by appropriate national legislation.
Much of the world’s audiovisual heritage has been irrevocably lost through neglect, destruction, decay and the lack of resources, skills, and structures, impoverishing the memory of mankind. Much more will be lost if stronger and concerted international action is lacking...

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TITLE: UNESCO instrument for the safeguarding and preservation of the audiovisual heritage: CCAAA issues paper

CREATOR: Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA)

SUBJECT: Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archive Associations (CCAAA), instrument for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage, Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

DESCRIPTION: Shows the need of creating a new UNESCO instrument for the Safeguarding and Preservation of the Audiovisual Heritage.

PUBLISHER: Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA)

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DATE: 2005-04-01

TYPE: text

FORMAT: PDF

IDENTIFIER: http://www.ccaaa.org/ccaaa_heritage.pdf

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LANGUAGE: En

RELATION: has format: http://www.ccaaa.org/ccaaa_heritage.doc

COVERAGE: International

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