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Survey of Endangered Audiovisual Carriers; 2003
Survey conducted by George Boston Secretary, Technical Committee of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives with assistance from the International Council of Archives on behalf of UNESCO’s Information Society Division.
In 1995, the Technical Committee of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) carried out a Survey of Endangered Audio Carriers at the request of UNESCO. The results confirmed some fears about the rate of decay of carriers of recorded sound and allayed others.
UNESCO approached IASA in 2002 to repeat the exercise to see how the situation has developed over the intervening years and further requested that the range of carriers covered be extended to include some video and photographic media. The Organization was also interested in information about the spread of digitization both as a means of improving access to collections and as a preservation tool. This document presents the results of the survey for 32 different types of carrier and where applicable provides a comparison with the 1995 survey results.
UNESCO approached IASA in 2002 to repeat the exercise to see how the situation has developed over the intervening years and further requested that the range of carriers covered be extended to include some video and photographic media. The Organization was also interested in information about the spread of digitization both as a means of improving access to collections and as a preservation tool. This document presents the results of the survey for 32 different types of carrier and where applicable provides a comparison with the 1995 survey results.
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| Collation | 45 p. |
| English | Survey Report.pdf |
| Author(s) | Boston, George |
| Publication year | 2003 |
| Publisher | UNESCO |
| Publication Location | Paris |
| Editor(s) | UNESCO |
