Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
Audiovisual research collections and their preservation
Dietrich Schüller
European Commission on Preservation and Access, 2008
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Audiovisual research collections and their preservation – Dietrich Schüller
This report is published in the framework of TAPE (Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe), a project funded under the Culture 2000 Programme of the European Union, running from 2004 to 2008. TAPE partners: European Commission on Preservation and Access, Amsterdam (coordinating partner) Finnish Jazz and Pop Archive, Helsinki Head Office of State Archives in Poland, Warsaw Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Reproduction, Binding and Restoration Centre for the State Archives of Italy (CFLR), Rome
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Dietrich Schüller – Audiovisual research collections and their preservation
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Contents
Introduction 4 The technical challenge of audiovisual preservation 6 The awareness of these challenges on the side of collection holders 7 Typical organisational structures of audiovisual research collections 7 Possible strategic measures to solve the preservation problems 9 Specific obstacles to organise and finance preservation 9 Measures to ensure preservation by enhancing attractiveness of collections International, European and national cooperation 11 Summary 12
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Annexes Annex 1. Survey of hidden audiovisual collections in Europe 14 Sabine Pinterits and Burkhard Stangl Annex 2. Audiovisual