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General BAAC meeting 2010 will take place in Riga, Latvia, October 5, 2010 at Latvian Academic Library
Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council Annual Conference 2010 "Back to analogue: preserving audiovisual resources for digitisation and posterity"
BAAC annual conference takes place this year in Riga, Latvia, October 4-6, 2010. We are returning to the birthplace of the original "Riga Seminar". The Conference will be hosted by the Latvian Academic Library, with support from Latvian State Audiovisual Archives, Directorate General of the Latvian State Archives, the National Library of Latvia. Libraries, museums, archives and other memory institutions are responsible for audiovisual collections that are part of our cultural heritage. In recent years, many local and international projects have focused on digitisation initiatives, creation of access to born digital and digitised content. However, issues related to safeguarding of analogue collections are not discussed so often. Good preservation practices for analogue carriers are very important, not least because there are many organisations which have limited resources for digitisation. Even large national institutions need to deal with maintenance of accumulated analogue assets. This conference will provide a platform for the exchange of know-how and discussions regarding restoration, conservation and preservation of analogue audiovisual collections. Experts in the field are expected to share their knowledge about best practices, methods and techniques. Professionals, who are more involved in digital activities, will learn more about the variety of analogue carriers, their formats, mechanical and chemical properties. Major aspects to be discussed: - Analogue collection preservation - threats, challenges and risk management - Handling and storage - best practices - Documenting and cataloguing - Content description - Types and formats The conference will be conducted in English. Program Committee: Juozas Markauskas Gatis Karlsons Zane Grosa Ivi Tomingas Conference Organizers: Gatis Karlsons - General Directorate of Latvian State Archives Juozas Markauskas - Dizi Heritage, Lithuania Zane Grosa - National Library of Latvia Reinis Grīgs - Latvian State Archives of Audiovisual Documents Andris Ķesteris - Library and Archives Canada
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