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The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy

This is the  English language web edition of IASA-TC 03 (4th Edition, 2017), co-edited by Will Prentice and Lars Gaustad. This publication provides guidance to audiovisual archivists on a professional approach to the safeguarding of physical and digital audio and video objects. It is available in Paper and PDF copies and also available online in other languages.

Recommended citation style:
IASA Technical Committee, The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy, Co-Edited by Will Prentice and Lars Gaustad. Version 4, 2017 (= Standards, Recommended Practices and Strategies, IASA-TC 03). International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives.

Contributing authors:
Kevin Bradley, National Library of Australia, Carl Fleischhauer, Library of Congress,
Lars Gaustad, National Library of Norway and Chair of the IASA TC,
Bruce Gordon, Harvard University, Will Prentice, British Library,
Dietrich Schüller, Phonogrammarchiv, Tommy Sjøberg, Folkmusikens Hus.

Reviewed by the membership of the IASA Technical Committee.


IASA Technical Committee, The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage:

Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy, ed. by Will Prentice and Lars Gaustad. Version 4, 2017 (= Standards, Recommended Practices and Strategies, IASA-TC 03). International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives.

Printed in UK, 2017, 20pp
ISBN 91-976192-0-5n

This document constitutes a revision of earlier versions of IASA-TC 03 issued in September 2001 and February 1997. The revision is a consequence of the most recent developments in digital audio archiving. The document has also taken account of IASA-TC 04, Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects, published in 2004. Accordingly, TC 03 concentrates on the principles while TC 04 provides detailed explanations of the practical consequences of TC 03.

The IASA-TC 03 'The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy' is available in different languages and formats:

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  • Download a free  PDF version of IASA-TC 03 in the following languages:

4th edition (2017):
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