History
IASA past presidents*
| Term | President | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1969-1972 | Donald Leavitt | Library of Congress, United States |
| 1972-1975 | Timothy Eckersley | BBC, United Kingdom |
| 1975-1978 | Dietrich Schüller | Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria |
| 1978-1981 | Rolf L. Schuursma | Foundation Film and Science, The Netherlands |
| 1981-1984 | David G. Lance | Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom |
| 1984-1987 | Ulf Scharlau | Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Germany |
| 1987-1990 | Helen P. Harrison | Open University, United Kingdom |
| 1990-1993 | Gerald D. Gibson | Library of Congress, United States |
| 1993-1996 | James McCarthy | National Film and Sound Archives, Australia |
| 1996-1999 | Sven Allerstrand | Arkivet för Ljud och Bild, Sweden |
| 1999-2002 | Crispin Jewitt | British Library Sound Archive, United Kingdom |
| 2002-2005 | Kurt Deggeller | MEMORIAV, Switzerland |
| 2005-2008 | Richard Green | Library & Archives Canada, Canada |
| 2008-2011 | Kevin Bradley | National Library of Australia, Australia |
*Information kindly supplied by Albrecht Häfner, SWR, Baden-Baden, Germany.
An illustrated history of IASA was distributed on a commemorative CD at the 2009 IASA Annual conference in Athens.
Sponsored by the Hellenic National Audiovisual Archive (HeNAA) to celebrate 40 years of IASA from 1969-2009, the contents of the CD are reproduced here (opens in new window):
