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IASA membership votes for a new Board

Today at the 2014 Annual Conference held in the Centre for the Book, Cape Town, South Africa, the IASA Election Committee announced the results of the Executive Board elections.

This was the first time IASA had organised the voting exclusively by electronic ballot.

The results are as follows:

IASA publishes authoritative guide on handling and storage of sound and video recordings

In time for its Annual conference in Cape Town from 5-9 October, the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) is pleased to announce the release of its latest publication:
 
Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers (IASA-TC 05), edited by Dietrich Schüller and Albrecht Häfner
 

British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme: applications

Call for applications

The Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library is now accepting grant applications for the next round of funding. Detailed information on the timetable, criteria, eligibility and application procedures is available on the Programme’s website. Applications will be accepted in English or in French.

The deadline for receipt of preliminary grant applications is 7 November 2014.

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2014: message from CCAAA

Dear friends of our audiovisual heritage,

The audio and visual record of human accomplishment has been exploding in scope in recent times, as have the challenges to preserving and accessing that vast body of knowledge. Audiovisual records created a century or more ago, using now-obsolete technologies, are in particular danger of loss or decay.

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