Contents:
- Introduction
- The technical challenge of audiovisual preservation
- The awareness of these challenges on the side of collection holders
- Typical organisational structures of audiovisual research collections
- Possible strategic measures to solve the preservation problems
- Specific obstacles to organise and finance preservation
- Measures to ensure preservation by enhancing attractiveness of collections
- International, European and national cooperation
- Summary
- Annex 1. Survey of hidden audiovisual collections in Europe
- Annex 2. Audiovisual research archives in Eastern Europe: five case studies
- Annex 3. Memoriav
- Annex 4. Audiovisual holdings in Austria: a quantitative survey of materials held in- and outside audiovisual archives in a narrower sense (abstract)
- Select bibliography.
Based on a survey specifically targeting collections in Europe holding primary sources for disciplines such as linguistics, ethnography/ folklore, and ethnomusicology, this document examines the situation of audiovisual research collections and their specific issues. It discusses their particular requirements for access and re-use, focusing on the potential of digitization for creating distributed content-based archives and emphasizes the need for cooperation between content creators and stewardship organizations.
This report provides an important look at the state of and urgency concerning audiovisual research collections in Europe. It could be of particular use for policy makers and those seeking or supplying funding, as argumentation to support collection preservation and accessibility projects.