Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations

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The Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) is an umbrella group of international private organizations working on audiovisual archiving. These professional organizations have a common goal of promoting and encouraging the preservation and the accessibility of the world's audiovisual heritage. [1] The CCAAA member organisations work with many AV materials including: films, TV, radio, photographs and audio recordings.

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History

The Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations traces its origins to the Roundtable of Audiovisual Records, which was organized in 1982 in response to the UNESCO report "Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images" (1980). [2] The report called for cooperation and coordination between organizations tasked with preserving the world's audiovisual heritage. The five founding members were the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the International Association of Sound Archives (IASA), and the International Council on Archives (ICA). A major early project was organizing a Joint Technical Symposium of preservation experts from around the world, to be held every few years. The first JTS was held in Stockholm in 1983, with later editions in Berlin (1987), Ottawa (1990), London (1995), and Paris (2000). The Roundtable also produced papers on archival matters, and worked closely with UNESCO on audiovisual preservation.

By 1999 it was felt that the Roundtable needed to become more proactive in shaping policy in the audiovisual archive field, to include lobbying for greater preservation efforts worldwide. To accomplish this it was reconstituted as the CCAAA in 2000, and new members were added. The Joint Technical Symposiums continued, with new conferences held in Toronto (2004, 2007), Oslo (2010), and Singapore (2016). The CCAAA was instrumental in the establishment and management of UNESCO's "World Day for Audiovisual Heritage" (observed on October 27 each year), which was approved in 2005 and first observed in 2007. It has also launched an "Archives at Risk" initiative to aid endangered archives, and taken positions on subjects as disparate as the impact of copyright on preservation and access and the repatriation of audiovisual heritage items to originating countries.

Since the CCAAA is an "association of associations," its membership generally consists of the president and secretary general (or equivalent) of each of its member organizations. The presidency rotates among the members, and there is also a secretary general and a treasurer. All positions are filled by volunteers and there is no paid staff. [3]

The current Chair of the CCAAA is Rachael Stoeltje, representing FIAF.

Joint Technical Symposium

The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) is organised by CCAAA for AV specialists interested in audio-visual, cinema and sound heritage. [4]

Members

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  1. ↑ "Who We Are". Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ Olgado, Benedict S. (2011). "Creating and Sustaining a Platform for Discourse and Cooperation: The History, Development and Future Direction of CCAAA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ History of Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations, caaa.org
  4. ↑ Joint Technical Symposium (JTS)
  5. ↑ "ccaaa.org Members list". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Homepage". Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Home Page". AMIA. Archived from the original on September 16, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
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