2020 IASA - FIAT/IFTA Joint Conference

What are current and ongoing projects to digitise historical radio and film materials related to the Second World War? What is the potential for archives to enrich description and improve access to these audio-visual materials? And what are some of the challenges – such as scale, language barriers, or historical sensitivities – when incorporating archival collections in public education or other forms of online presentation?

Bringing together members of the IASA and FIAT-IFTA communities, this roundtable will showcase various efforts at digitally preserving WWII-era audio-visual recordings on fragile carriers, and strategies for making historical collections more visible and accessible (e.g. multimedia storytelling, social media engagement, UNESCO Memory of the World listing).

Drawing from recent projects in the U.K., New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, the participants will share insights on the specific recorded sound collections that their respective institutions have acquired and worked on preserving, and discuss possibilities for further exchange and future cooperation in the European context and beyond.