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Published by the Ray
Edmondson Josefina
S Patron Belina SB
Capul Minerva
Yonzon-Quemuel Arnel F
Orea Evelyn V
Baldemor CONTRIBUTORS: Australia David
Hanan Malaysia
Gowri PS
Thangaya Faridah
Ishak National
Archives of Malaysia Philippines
Mary del
Pilar Angeles
Mendoza Philippine
Information Agency Annella
Mendoza Ricky
Orellana Society
of Film Archivists UNESCO
Susanne
Ornager Regional
Adviser, UNESCO/CII/INF/BKK Web
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This issue of
the AV Archives Bulletin will greet delegates to the IASA/SEAPAVAA conference
in Singapore in July. For many of you reading this, it may be your first introduction to
SEAPAVAA. The
conference may also be your first "close encounter with the activities
of individual audiovisual archives in South East Asia and the Pacific, and I
hope it will be a memorable one. The SEAPAVAA family is a unique and dynamic
professional network: we believe in the value of our work and we enjoy
getting together at our annual conference to encourage one another in it. The
Singapore conference is a very special occasion for us. For the first time in
our short history, we are sharing it with another association. Preparing for
the event with our colleagues on the IASA Board and our hosts at the National
Archives of Singapore has been a rewarding experience and has allowed us to
create an exciting conference program on a scale that neither association
could have achieved separately. The opportunity for IASA and SEAPAVAA members
to meet each other and extend their respective networks is a rare one, and I
am sure we will all take full advantage of It. We are glad to welcome our
IASA friends to South East Asia for the first time, as, at the dawn of the
second audiovisual century, we explore the many facets of our theme: "A
Future for the Past". In our
field, conferences work on many levels: information exchange, networking,
factfinding, socializing. All are important. They are also strategic
occasions during which various segments of the global audiovisual archiving
movement can review where they are heading: separately or collectively. Our
field is rapidly evolving and I believe the future will increasingly be one
of cooperation and complementation -- between Individual archives, between
associations, and with the film, broadcasting, and recording industries with
whom we are so closely linked. "A Future for the Past” will, I believe,
rest as much on our interdependence as our independence -- and understanding
the roles we are each best suited to play. I hope the
conference, the contacts, and the news in this Bulletin will spark a clearer
vision of a shared future. The challenges and the possibilities have never
been so great. Ray EdmondsonPresident
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