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Audiovisual and Multimedia SectionScopeThe Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) is the international forum for persons working with non book media in every kind of library and information service. In this regard AVMS:
Special expertises are required about sources and methods of acquisitions, technical issues for historical and for new carriers and equipments, legal issues affecting collecting, transferring and delivering documents, specifics rules and formats of cataloguing, and all kinds of libraries are concerned. Relations have to be established in IFLA with corresponding groups and with PAC and UAP Core Activities, and out of IFLA with professional organizations of sound and audiovisual archives. Strategic PlanPublicationsGuidelines for audiovisual and multimedia materials in libraries Translations Afrikaans: Arabic: Bahasa Melayu: Catalan: Chinese: Croatian: Farsi: German: Korean: Latvian: Norwegian: Portuguese: Romanian: Russian: Serbian: Spanish: Conservation des documents audiovisuels et multimédias: Questions éthiques Section Newsletter
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Mailing ListSCAVM-L Section on Audiovisual and Multimedia discussion listSubmissions: scavm-l@infoserv.inist.fr Useful Addresses
Chair:
Trond Valberg Scientific Officer National Library of Norway P.O. Box 2674 Solli 0203 OSLO Norway Tel. +(47)(23)276000 Fax +(47)(23)276010 E-mail: trond.valberg@nb.no
Secretary/Treasurer:
Bruce Royan Chief Executive Officer Concurrent Computing Ltd 41 Greenhill Gardens EDINBURGH, Scotland, EH10 4BL United Kingdom Tel. +(44)(131) 4473151 E-mail: bruce.royan@concurrentcomputing.com
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Marwa El Sahn Head of Arts & Multimedia Library Bibliotheca Alexandrina El Shatby 21526 ALEXANDRIA Egypt Tel. +(20)(3)48439999 Fax +(20)(3)4820460 E-mail: marwa.elsahn@bibalex.org | |
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, study, publication, and information exchange surrounding all aspects of recordings and recorded sound. ARSC works to encourage the preservation of historical recordings, and to foster an increased awareness of the importance of recorded sound as part of any cultural heritage. 
The Association of Moving Image Archivists is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials. 
The Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations represents the interests of worldwide professional archive organisations with interests in audiovisual materials including films, broadcast television and radio, and audio recordings of all kinds. 
The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives functions as a medium for international co-operation between archives that preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents. IASA supports the exchange of information and fosters international co-operation between audiovisual archives in all fields. 
The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the advancement of archives worldwide. Archives, by providing evidence of human activities and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and states, and are fundamental to democracy and good governance. Archives safeguard the memory of mankind by preserving records of its past. 
The International Federation of Film Archives is a collaborative association of the world's leading film archives whose purpose has always been to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures. 
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.
The International Federation of Television Archives provides a means for co-operation amongst broadcast and national audiovisual archives and libraries concerned with the collection, preservation and exploitation of moving image and recorded sound materials and associated documentation. 
The aim of MEDEA is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of digital moving images and sound in education. The award will also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources. 
The Multimedia and Information Technology Group aims to unite members of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals engaged in or interested in multimedia information and technology developments in library and information science, and to enable communication between them, to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experience and the promotion of their professional interests. 
The Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association provides a regional forum for addressing common issues and concerns related to the collection and preservation of, and provision of access to, the audiovisual heritage of member countries. 
The UNESCO Audio Visual Archives Programme seeks to preserve the audiovisual heritage comprising film, television and sound recordings.