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TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Report on the Seminar Workshop on AV Archives Collection Management
December 5-9, 2006 ñ Manila, Philippines
The seminar workshop was held at the Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on December 5-9, 2006. Participants, numbering to 35, came from various backgrounds and predominantly consisted of print and AV librarians from all over the Philippines.
The primary resource person/speaker for the event is Mr. Albrecht Haefner of the Sudwestrundfunk in Germany. Mr. Haefnerís lecture has been complemented by the lectures of the local resource speakers ñ Belina SB Capul of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) - current SEAPAVAA President, Emma Rey of the Legislative Archives of the House of Representatives, Clodualdo Del Mundo of the Society of Film Archivists (SOFIA), Ana Labrador of the UP Vargas Museum, Teresa Bondoc of the Reference and Legislative Bureau of the Senate of the Philippines, Mary Del Pilar of the ABS-CBN Film Archives, Vicky D. Belarmino of the CCP Culture and Arts Office, Nick Deocampo of Mowelfund and Nicolas Pichay, Legal Counsel for the National Commission on the Culture and the Arts.
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SEAPAVAA-UNESCO Seminar Workshop on
Audiovisual Archives Collection Development, Information and Management
For 5 days, from 24 to 28 July 2006, 36 participants gathered at the Vietnam Film Institute in Hanoi for the SEAPAVAA-UNESCO workshop on Audiovisual Archiving and Collection Management. The VFI organized and hosted the event, which was held in the large meeting room in its recently-extended Hanoi headquarters. Mrs Nguyen Xuan Yen coordinated the practical arrangements for participants and hospitality for the resource persons. VFIís Deputy Director Tran Nghia Ha and Head of Collections Le Huu Nam presided the opening ceremony on the first morning.
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Magnetic Media Preservation Training Workshop
Following on from the 9th SEAPAVAA Conference a training workshop on the preservation of magnetic materials was held. The need for specific training in magnetic media preservation in the region had been previously identified. The presence of people suitably qualified and experienced, to develop and present the training, at the SEAPAVAA Conference provided an ideal opportunity to conduct this training.
The two day workshop was aimed at those working with the preservation of collections containing magnetic materials such as audio and video tapes. The topics covered the basic principles of magnetic media preservation such as the ethics of AV archiving magnetic media and cover the principles of magnetic recording, the structure and failure mechanisms of magnetic media, collection management and long term strategies for preservation Radio Television Brunei (RTB) hosted the workshop at their training establishment just outside Bandar Seri Begawan.
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Audiovisual Archiving in the Pacific
This workshop
brought together archivists from some of the smallest, least affluent
and most isolated nations on earth. They experience huge problems in
preserving audiovisual materials. Held in Suva, Fiji in 2001, this
workshop aimed to develop a comprehensive overview of the state AV
archiving in the region. It considered principles and practicalities
of collection management in the Pacific environment. Participants of
the workshop prepared documented policies outlining the resources and
skills required for the development of AV archiving and the
establishment of a professional community network capable of promoting
future developments in the field.
Film and Video
Preservation Training through Distance Education
Soon after SEAPAVAA's
establishment, a new idea came to fruition - distance learning to
acquire a formal qualification in this field. Designed and taught by
senior staff of the Australia's National Film and Sound Archive (now
Screensound Australia), it was administered by the School of
Information, Library and Archive Studies (SILAS) at the University of
New South Wales, Sydney. It was - and still is - unique: the only
course of its kind in the world. It is founded on simple economic and
practical logic: it's an effective way of reaching the needs of the
region without the unreachable cost of an on-campus course.
SEAPAVAA negotiated with ASEAN-COCI to support the costs of an annual
quota of 20 students - 2 from each country. SEAPAVAA oversees,
promotes and monitors the program and advises COCI on the selection of
each intake of students. The program moved to Charles Sturt University
four years ago.
Preservation and Restoration of Video and Audio Tape Materials
This is a
"Traveling" training program for the Asia-Pacific region conducted by
experts in the field who have carried out in-country training seminars
for AV archive institutions in order to address the specific problems
in the preservation, restoration and storage of these materials. It
aimed to provide recommendations and practical solutions for
preserving and restoring magnetic tape materials focusing on the
specific problems of the country or institutions visited. The
training was already held in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Vietnam and Laos.
Advance
Training-Seminar on the Treatment of Vinegar Syndrome and Mould
Affected Films
Vinegar syndrome is
a huge problem in the tropical climates of most SEAPAVAA members. A
UNESCO-sponsored seminar brought together archivists from across the
region to study the issue, and especially to learn from the unique
Vietnamese solutions to the problem.
Preservation and Access to the Southeast Asian Documentary Heritage
Ran under UNESCO's
Memory of the World Programme, it provided a forum for exchange of
information on the problems and opportunities regarding preservation
of and access to documentary heritage. It particularly looked into
practical workable measures to safeguard Asia's documentary heritage.
Workshop
on the Memory of the World Programme and Digital Preservation of
Documentary Heritage
This was a
five-day workshop among senior level representatives of paper and/or
audiovisual archives in the Asia-Pacific on the Selection Criteria and
Mechanics of Nominating documentary heritage to the MoW Register and
the principles, issues and considerations involved in the preservation
and continued accessibility of the worldís growing digital heritage.
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