Technical Guidelines

The IASA Technical Committee has delivered several papers, which serve as technical guidelines, in the series 'Standards, Recommended Practices and Strategies'. These include:

1. IASA-TC 03, The Safeguarding of the Audio Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy, Version 3, December 2005, is available:

2. IASA-TC 04, Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Objects, 2nd Edition, is available:

  • as a bound, hard copy publication, priced at €25 (IASA members' discounted price: €15). An additional €8 will be charged for postage. Order Form (link to IASA online shop) CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK - REPRINTING
  • as a web edition on this website

The 1st edition of IASA-TC 04 is also available:

  • in Spanish as Lineamientos para la producción y preservación de objetos de audio digitales, translated by Antonio Limas. This publication is available from the Phonoteca Nacional in Mexico City and can be ordered at no cost from Perla Olivia, perlaolivia@gmail.com
  • in Italian as Linee guida per la produzione e la preservazione di oggetti audio digitali, translated by MARTLab. This publication is available at the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche AIB, Roma. To order, use online order form available at http://www.aib.it/aib/editoria/2007/pub172.htm