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Unesco "Memory of the World" project advances in Asia Pacific region
by Ray Edmondson
Quezon City, Philippines (Nov. 11) -- The second general meeting of the Memory of the World (MOW) Regional Committee for Asia-Pacific (MOWCAP) has established a framework for the future growth of the Program in the region, adopting a set of statutes and operational rules, and putting in place criteria for a new regional register of documentary heritage. Read more.
SEAPAVAA Committees Invite Membership
During the
recent General Assembly Meeting in Hanoi last April, the SEAPAVAA
committees were restructured to help carry-out the association's
strategic plan. The 5 new committees formed were: Collection,
Promotion Access Committee; Technical Committee; Training Committee;
Development Committee; and Awards & Prizes Committee. Read
each committee's terms of reference.
There are several projects in line
and SEAPAVAA would very much need the participation and input from
its membership. May we invite you and other archivists/av
staff from your institution to take part in the works and future
projects of SEAPAVAA.
Please email your names, institution,
designation and contact details (mailing address, email, tel, fax)
along with your chosen committee to the
SEAPAVAA Secretariat.
CCAAA to
Assist Repatriation of Lost Films
At its June meeting,
CCAAA members discussed repatriation issues and agreed to consider a
draft policy statement on this topic at its next meeting. SEAPAVAA
agreed to provide this draft for review by the Council, and it was
proposed that SEAPAVAA develop a mechanism to facilitate a co-ordinated
programme.
In light of this development, we are requesting our member archives to
identify gaps or 'lost' films in their collection. If you know their
current host archive, please identify them so we know which
institutions/archives to contact, and also indicate potential
sources of funding. To ascertain that the material for repatriation is
compatible with your archive's facilities, kindly indicate your
preferred format and your archive's available storage facility.
Send your list to the
SEAPAVAA Secretariat.
New ed. of Philosophy of AV Archiving Now
Online, also in
French and
Spanish versions
We
are pleased to announce that the Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy
and Principles is now online and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
The document will shortly be printed by UNESCO. For English version,
download here.
AFC Confirms
Support to SEAPAVAA
As most know, an
Australian Government decision has brought the National Screen and
Sound Archive and the Australian Film Commission together. The AFC
Commission (effectively the Board of Directors) recently confirmed
support for SEAPAVAA along the following lines.
The Archive will remain actively involved in SEAPAVAA. This will
include ongoing support of its annual conference, including financial
support to at least the existing level. The importance of the training
and technical support is understood. The support which has been
provided by the Archive in the past to SEAPAVAA and its members in its
various forms will continue. Overall, the Archive will continue to
play a leadership role within SEAPAVAA and within the region.
The Archive will continue to support SEAPAVAA's broad approach to the
issue of repatriation of moving image material. If the direct support
of the office of the Chief Executive of the AFC can be of assistance
to progress this issue then it will be provided.
The AFC will support any attempt to progress support for a SEAPAVAA
training initiative through ASEAN. This could involve seeking the
assistance of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs. The AFC
already works closely with DFAT in a number of areas and in this
instance there will be follow up on this project directly by the Chief
Executive should this be of assistance.
Update on the Australian National Memory
of the World Register
The latest group of 9 inscriptions to UNESCOís
Australian National Memory of the World Register were announced at a
ceremony at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. They included
the surviving fragments of Australia's first narrative feature film
The Story of the Kelly Gang, a six-reel drama made in 1906, which
are held at the National Film and Sound Archive (Screensound) in
Canberra.
The UNESCO ìMemory of the Worldî program has
national registers of documentary heritage, as well as the better
known international register. If you want to visit these go to:
www.awm.org.au to find the Australian register or to
www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm for the International register
If you would like to find out more about
Ned Kelly, do a web search and visit sites like
www.ironoutlaw.com.
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