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The Second International Conference of the UNESCO Memory
of the World Programme will be held from September 27-29, 2000 in Colima,
Mexico. The Conference will bring together specialists in preservation and
access techniques and policies to discuss new trends in preserving and
disseminating archives and library heritage materials. Librarians,
archivists, historians, publishers, multimedia experts and scientists from
all over the world are invited to participate. The objectives of the Programme are to ensure the
preservation of documentary heritage which has world significance and making
this accessible for wide distribution thereby raising awareness in member
States of their heritage which are significant in terms of common world
memory. The Programme
seeks to develop products based on this documentary heritage and make them
available for wide distribution, while ensuring that originals are maintained
in the best possible conditions of conservation and security. One of the
highlights of the Conference will be a session devoted to project proposals
to be matched with potential funding sources. Ideas which will enhance the
visibility and implementation of the Memory of the World Programme in
developing countries with particular attention to the Caribbean and Latin
American countries will also be taken up. For more
information and details about the Conference, please contact the UNESCO
Information and Informatics Division at 1, rue Miollis 75015 Paris, France
with Tel. 33.1.45.68.44.96, Fax 33.1.45.68.55.83, email: mow.conference2000@unesco.org |
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SEAPAVAA
members at the JTS
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Through the
assistance of UNESCO, SEAPAVAA was represented at the 5th Joint Technical
Symposium (JTS) by Belina SB. Capul, SEAPAVAA Secretary General, and Mary Del
Pilar, Technical Committee Chair, both from the Philippine Information
Agency, and Dr. Ngo Hieu Chi from the Vietnam Film Institute and member of
the Technical Committee. Ian Gilmour from ScreenSound Australia, another
SEAPAVAA member, presented a paper on Pigment Binder Degradation and Life
Expectancy of Magnetic Tapes. The 5th JTS
was held in Paris, France from January 19 to 22, 2000 at the Auditorium of
the Institut du Monde Arabe. The JTS Paris 2000 gathered, at the initiative
of UNESCO, the international organizations involved in the preservation and
restoration of original image and sound materials such as FIAF (Federation
Internationale des Archives de Film), FIAT/IFTVA (International Federation of
Television Archives), IASA (International Association of Sound and
Audiovisual Archives), and other audiovisual archiving institutions. The subject
of Paris 2000 5th JTS was "Image and Sound Archiving and Access: the
Challenges of the 3rd Millennium." The 5th Symposium aims to be a |
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platform for specialists in audiovisual, cinema, and sound
archiving to share scientific and technical researches as well as practical
experiences. These inputs will in turn provide guidelines for action to
curators, technicians, and researchers. During the three-day symposium,
experts in audiovisual archiving presented papers on risk assessment in the
preservation of image and sound materials, transfer and restoration of
original image and sound, and data management systems and migration
strategies. The JTS
provided an opportunity for the SEAPAVAA members to form linkages with the
other participants and be informed on the technical issues and concerns being
addressed on an international level which could prove to be very beneficial
in determining future directions and activities for the association. Also
organized during the symposium was a tour of audiovisual archives and
institutions such as BnF (Bibliotheque Nationale du France), Inatheque,
IRCAM, Archives du film de Bois d'Arcy and ECPA (Etablissement
Cinematographique et Photographique des Armees). The JTS is a scientific and technical event that was
organized for the first time in Stockholm in 1983, then in Berlin (1987),
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IN MEMORIAM
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RAV RAKLUR, 87, minor official in the Papua New Guinea
government, lived and worked in Port Moresby. In the late 1970s when the
Mantong Conspiracy managed to briefly capture parts of Port Moresby, Raklur
loaded a huge volume of archival material into a truck and braving both
rebels and the torrential monsoon rains, drove the truck hundreds of miles to
safety in the highlands of inland New Guinea. Armed with only a pistol,
Raklur managed to secure the documentary heritage of the country. Government
troops soon pushed the Mantong Conspiracy out of Port Moresby and back into
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Soon after, Raklur drove the
records back to the capital. For five years or so after that, Raklur served
as the de facto national archivist and set up the first real records
management and archives program in the country. Rav Raklur
passed away in early February this year in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. He had been
preceded in death by his wife, Lona, some years before. He is survived by
three sons and many grandchildren and great granchildren. (Contributed
by Gerald Pinkler Adrian Wood) |
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