MEMORIAV ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE IN SWITZERLAND

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MEMORIAVASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE
AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE IN SWITZERLAND

• kurt.deggeller_at_memoriav.ch

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MEMORIAV

• Organisation founded in Switzerland with the aim
  of improving the preservation and communication
  of its audiovisual heritage.

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SWITZERLAND

• 7,4 million inhabitants
• 26 cantons whose cultural sovereignty is anchored
  into the constitution
• 4 language regions (German, French, Italian,
  Romanche)

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HISTORY

• Centre for audiovisual information
• Expertise and infrastructure bundled

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SOLUTION

• Network of existing institutions
• Improve the coordination of expertise and
  implementation of available funding

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FOUNDING MEMBERS

• Founded December 1st by 1995
• National Library (Part of the Federal office of
  culture)
• Federal Archives
• Federal Communication Board
• Public Radio and Television SRG SSR

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FOUNDING MEMBERS

• National Film archive
• National Sound archive
• Institute for the Conservation of Photography

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AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE

• Photography
• Sound recordings
• Film
• Video

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AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE
Objects, materials, works and intangibles
relating to audiovisual documents, whether seen
from a technical, industrial, cultural or other
viewpoint Ray Edmondson Audiovisual Archiving
Philosophy and Principles
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ACTIVITIES

• Before the network was institutionalised
• Protect audiovisual documents most in danger
•  lacquer discs  with early broadcast
  productions
• Nitrate film
• 19th century photographs

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ACTIVITIES

• Results of this work were immediately
  communicated
• 3 CDs with early broadcast programmes
• Early films projected in the major Film Festival
• Exhibition of restored photographs

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HISTORY

• Association founded in December 1995
• Members of the organisations board were all
  volunteers
• Exclusively financed with special funding from
  the federal government

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ACTIVITIES

• Comprehensive long-term projects
•  Political information  News (film, radio, tv)
• VOCS Voices of Swiss Culture
• Images of daily life (virtual photograph
  collection)

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Sound
Le fonds patois de la suisse romande
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Film
Fonds Willy Leuzinger (1878-1935)
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Photograph
Fonds Roberto Donetta
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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To record the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland
• Photograph 320 collections with 1800 funds
• Film
• Approximate costs 460000.-

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To take suitable measures to save and protect the
  audiovisual heritage in Switzerland
• Technical measures are not enough
• Gain equality of consideration of the audiovisual
  heritage with the traditional parts of cultural
  heritage

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To take suitable measures to save and protect the
  audiovisual heritage in Switzerland
• Legal foundation
• Information in printed and electronic form for
  specialists
• Consulting and training
• Public events

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To set up and operate an information network
• Stakeholders
• producers
• heritage institutions (museums, archives,
  libraries),
• users (research and education, media producers
  etc.)

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To promote and facilitate access to audiovisual
  sources
• Three problems
• Adequate indexing
• Availability of access copies
• Legal matters

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To promote and facilitate access to audiovisual
  sources
• MEMOBASE
• Data platform structured according to the Dublin
  Core standard, search engine from Euro Spider

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES

• To observe the development of technologies in the
  filed of the audiovisual heritage
• Networks of competence in the areas of
• Film
• Video
• Photography
• Sound

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MEMORIAVS 6 MAIN DUTIES
To ensure the best possible implementation of
funding Period 2006-2009 7.55 million federal
funding for the 4 years period 750000 from
other sources, mainly SRG SSR
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CONCULSION

• Results of TAPE study confirmed
• Continue the fight for consideration of the value
  of the audiovisual heritage.
• Promote convergence of Heritage Institutions

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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