February, 2008
Third UNESCO International Memory of the World Conference
Registration is now open for the third international Memory of the World Conference. Click here for more >
October, 2007
UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2007
A new CCAAA website celebrates the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October. Click here for more >
September, 2007
WIPO Member States extend international work on protection of folklore
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to continue accelerated work on intellectual property and traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore/traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). Click here for more >
August, 2007
Paramount and Dreamworks hold out against Blu-Ray
Movie studio Paramount, distributor of DreamWorks, has stated that it will only publish its movies in the HD-DVD high-definition format. Click here for more >
May, 2007
CCAAA addresses cultural ownership policy
CCAAA has approved and published a policy statement on the sharing of audiovisual heritage created during the colonial era. Click here for more >
April, 2007
New training programme for sound archivists launched
A new programme of internships in sound archiving has been announced by the British Library Sound Archive. Click here for more >
December, 2006
2007 Joint Technical Symposium in Toronto, Canada
The triennial Joint Technical Symposium (JTS), first held in 1983, is an international gathering of organizations and individuals involved in the preservation of image and sound materials. Click here for more >
September, 2006
4-week course on safeguarding Sound and Image collections announced by ICCROM.
As a major step in its SOIMA programme, ICCROM (the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) has announced a new course in safeguarding sound and image collections to take place during August 2007 in Brazil. Click here for more >
May, 2006
UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Feasibility Study
UNESCO General Conference has resolved that 27 October each year be proclaimed the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Click here for more >
April, 2006
CCAAA welcomes new member organisation
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) became the 8th member of CCAAA at the Council's 9th meeting on 31st March. Click here for more >
February, 2006
IFLA audiovisual gudelines now available in eight languages
With the launch of the Korean translation the "Guidelines for audiovisual and multimedia materials in libraries" is now accessible to a growing range of professionals around the world. Click here for more >
January, 2006
Impact of recent US copyright legislation on sound archives detailed in two new reports
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has issued two reports on copyright protection for non-current and re-issued recordings in the US. Click here for more >
October, 2005
Blu-ray makes progress, but early resolution on rivalry thought unlikely.
US analysts Forrester report significant progress for Sony's Blu-ray platform with Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures recently agreeing to support the new format. Click here for more >
September, 2005
CCAAA joins International Committee of the Blue Shield
At its recent meeting the founding members of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) approved the application of CCAAA to become the fifth NGO member. Click here for more >
August, 2005
UNESCO Information for All Programme gains more funding
The Information for All Programme, UNESCO's intergovernmental information society initiative, has been boosted by contributions of Euro45,000 from France and of US$20,000 from China's Ministry of Science and Technology. Click here for more >
June, 2005
Twenty-Nine New Collections Inscribed on the Memory of the World Register
Twenty-nine documentary collections from 24 countries have been inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, bringing to 120 the total number of inscriptions on the Register to date. Click here for more >
May, 2005
Partnership to preserve Asian film heritage
The Asian Film Archive and the National Archives of Singapore have agreed to work together on the conservation of Singapore and Asian film heritage. Click here for more >
April, 2005
Audiovisual archives policy agenda moves forward at CCAAA annual meeting
At its 2005 meeting at the end of March, the Council agreed to seek support for a new UNESCO instrument for the safeguarding and preservation of the audiovisual heritage, to organize an international management symposium in 2006, and to seek an agreed framework for interaction with the UNESCO Information for All Programme. Click here for more >
March, 2005
Access to Thousands of Archives through UNESCO Archives Portal
More than 7,500 websites of archives and archival resources all over the world can be accessed through the new version of the "UNESCO Archives Portal", a directory of websites related to archives and records management that was launched at the beginning of March. Click here for more >
January, 2005
Audiovisual Preservation Training funded by EU programme
TAPE (Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe), an initiative launched under the Culture 2000 programme of the EU, is a 3-year project for raising awareness and training by expert meetings, research, publications and workshops. Click here for more >