Joint Technical Symposium: Sustainable Audiovisual Collections Through Collaboration

Date: 
7 Mar 2016 to 9 Mar 2016
Location: 
Singapore

SUSTAINABLE AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE, GALLERY THEATRE, BASEMENT: 7TH-9TH MARCH, 2016

Early bird registration ends: 18 December 2015

Final registration: 31 January 2016

The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) explores the technical issues affecting the long term survival and accessibility of audiovisual collections. JTS is an international symposium and brings together the world’s foremost research and thinking regarding the preservation and accessibility of moving image and recorded sound collections, from 19th century endeavours to the most recent digital technologies.

Since the last JTS in 2010 the audiovisual archiving world has seen many dramatic changes and advancements in the technologies that enable preservation. The rate and magnitude of these changes requires a collaborative approach to enable all archives to make sense of the best way to keep collections alive for future generations.

The theme of JTS 2016 “Sustainable Audiovisual Collections Through Collaboration” addresses this dynamic landscape. The papers presented at JTS 2016 will cover the ongoing technological viability of audiovisual collections both as individual items and holistically, as well as every aspect of audiovisual media preservation and access such as conservation and restoration, harvesting and accessing collection information - including metadata and intellectual property.

JTS 2016 is organised under the auspices of UNESCO by the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) and its members’ Technical Committees. The event is hosted by the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and the National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Look out for the Call For Papers and the JTS 2016 website (to be announced soon).
For further information, please contact:
Mick Newnham: mick.newnham@nfsa.gov.au
Irene Lim: Irene_LL_LIM@nlb.gov.sg