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>

---

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...

---

Dublin Core analysis

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)

CONTRIBUTOR:

DATE: 2005-04-01

TYPE: text

FORMAT: PDF

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

SOURCE:

LANGUAGE: En

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

COVERAGE: International

RIGHTS:

Call for the Preservation of the World Audiovisual Heritage

FIAT-IFTA. Call for the Preservation of the World Audiovisual Heritage. In FIAT/IFTA [Online]. October 2004 [Accessed March 8th 2007]. Available at <http://www.fiatifta.org/aboutfiat/policy/petition/index.php>

---

Extract

[...]
Continuing the action led by UNESCO and the Council of Europe, the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT IFTA), on the occasion of its 27th annual conference, appeals for the attention and vigilance of all to :

• Alert, mobilize and urge the authorities concerned to understand the seriousness and urgency of the impending threats to the audiovisual heritage of the nations of the world;

• Implement preservation policies and migration plans for these archives ;

• Define the priority criteria by which preservation action must be taken ;

• Develop cooperation among states to facilitate the implementation of joint solutions for safeguarding and digitization;

• Encourage knowledge transfer through expert missions and training;

• Apply immediately measures recommended by FIAT IFTA to stop the loss of these treasures and encourage support operations in the least developed countries...

---

Dublin Core analysis

TITLE: Call for the Preservation of the World Audiovisual Heritage

CREATOR: International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA)

SUBJECT: audiovisual heritage, call, International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA), preservation

DESCRIPTION: This is a call to the international community to take action for the preservation of the world's audiovisual heritage, launched by FIAT IFTA at the 27 ^th Conference in Paris on 15th-19th October 2004.

PUBLISHER: International Federation of Television Archives

CONTRIBUTOR:

DATE: 2004-10

TYPE: text

FORMAT: html

IDENTIFIER: http://www.fiatifta.org/aboutfiat/policy/petition/index.php

SOURCE:

LANGUAGE: En

RELATION: is version of "Appel pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine audiovisuel mondial"
is version of "Petición para la preservación del patrimonio audiovisual mundial"

COVERAGE: International

RIGHTS: © FIAT/IFTA

Ina - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

GESLIN, Yann. Ina - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel. In CASPAR Preservation User Community [Online]. 2006 [Accessed February 2nd 2007]. Available at <http://www.casparpreserves.eu/Members/InaGrm>

---

Extract

At the heart of the French audiovisual sector, Ina collects, safeguards, digitises, restores and distributes French television and radio archives - over 60 years of radio and 50 years of TV programmes. With 2,5 millions hours of radio and television in stock, and more than a million photos, Ina's archives are among the world's biggest. Serials, TV films, documentaries, news bulletins and programmes, sports, entertainment, interviews, radio plays, concerts… and, of course, Ina's regional archives, constitute an exceptional resource for production, broadcasting, publishing, but also research and education...

---

Dublin Core analysis

TITLE : Ina - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

CREATOR : GESLIN, Yann

SUBJECT : Audiovisual archives, Audiovisual memory, digitisation, France, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, preservation

DESCRIPTION : Presents the missions and the activities of the "Institut National de l'Audiovisuel"

PUBLISHER : Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR)

CONTRIBUTOR :

DATE : 2006

TYPE : Text

FORMAT : html

IDENTIFIER : http://www.casparpreserves.eu/Members/InaGrm

SOURCE :

LANGUAGE : En

RELATION :

COVERAGE : France

RIGHTS : CASPAR Project ©