Main Title: |
Time in our hands : report of the National Film and Sound Archive Advisory Committee. |
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Author: |
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia). Advisory Committee Australia. Dept. of Arts, Heritage and Environment
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Imprint: |
Canberra : [The Committee], 1985. |
Collation: |
136 p. : ill., (some col.), plans, portraits, facsims, bib., pbk ; 30 cm. |
Summary: |
Foreword -- Welcome to the Archive -- Preface -- Terms of reference -- How the Committee operated -- Acknowledgements -- Summary of recommendations -- Chapter 1. The vanishing heritage -- Why it is vanishing -- Problems of selection and acquisition -- Problems of preservation -- Problems of management -- How will the future view us? -- Chapter 2. Charter for a new institution -- Introduction -- The Charter -- Chapter 3. Realising a vision : the development plan -- Introduction -- The physical archive -- Resources -- Interim arrangements -- Chapter 4. Birth and growth -- Introduction -- The film archive concept -- The nature of sound archives -- Combined media archives -- Beginnings in Australia -- The Film Division -- The National Film Archive -- The Sound Recordings Collection -- The road to autonomy -- Chapter 5. Functions of the Archive -- Introduction -- Selection and acquisition -- Preservation -- Cataloguing -- Access -- General functions -- Presentational activities -- Special functions -- Chapter 6. Structure and management -- Introduction -- Corporate structure -- Functional structure -- Towards a corporate plan -- Staffing -- External relations -- Geographic matters -- Public profile -- Matters of enterprise -- Conclusion -- Appendixes. |
Subject: |
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia) Films Archives Libraries
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ISBN: |
0642097526 |
Notes: |
At head of title: Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment. Ill. on inside covers. Australian Government Publishing Service cat. no. 8564738.
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