“Who keeps the Memory?” Shifting responsibilities in the management of public broadcasters archives

Brecht Declercq (VIAA), Tobias Golodnoff (DR)Theo Mäusli (RSI), Petra van Dijk (B&G),

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Who keeps the Memory?

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

NEW CHALLENGES: mass digitization, disclosure towards new target groups

NEW ACTORS: national AV archives, broadcasters’ archives, project boards, ...

NEW RELATIONS: accountability, responsibility, sharing knowledge, sharing

content, ...

NEW COLLABORATION MODELSprojects, permanent partnerships, contracts, SLA’s, ...

OLD PUBLIC BROADCASTING VALUES: objectivity, neutrality, independency

Who keeps the Memory?

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

Who are your target groups? Broadcasters, cultural heritage institutions, education and research, the general public

Which policy depts are responsible for AV heritage?

Media (broadcasters' archives)Culture (cultural heritage)

Which policy depts are responsible for your institute?

Media and Culture, via a Covenant

Policy domains interested or involved in accessibility?

Media, Culture, Education, Science

Is there a legal deposit for AV?NoWhat’s your role in it? Does not apply

Who funds the AV archives? Public broadcaster: Media dept. Cultural institutions: Culture dept.

Who funds your institution? General Flemish government budgetAre users also payers? Only B2B: handling fee

Autonomy or state influence? Board: content providers and government representativesWhat’s your relation to the broadcaster?

Direct contract VRT-VIAA: responsibilities vice versa, funding of digitization and annotation, VRT represented in board

Flanders: VIAA and VRT

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

FUNDER GOVERNMENT

PLATFORM PLATFORMDISCLOSURE PLATFORM PLATFORM

TARGET GROUPS

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

SUSTAINABLESTORAGE

SUBSIDY

NATIONAL AV ARCHIVE

PUBLIC B’CASTERARCHIVE

X 35

VIAA

Flanders: VIAA and VRT

Denmark: Dansk Kulturarv and DR

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

Who are your target groups? General publicWhich policy depts are responsible for AV heritage?

Culture dept: State and University Library, several smaller institutions

Which policy depts are responsible for your institute?

Government: Media Agreement: every 4 yearsCulture dept: Public Service Contract: yearly

Policy domains interested or involved in accessibility?

Culture, B’casters, Science, Innovation, Research, Education, Business and growth

Is there a legal deposit for AV?Yes, by the State and University LibraryWhat’s your role in it? State and University Library capture signal and DR

gives a copy of all (older) digitized materialWho funds the AV archives? Government: State and University Library and DRWho funds your institution? DR (yearly budget) + special subsidy for Dansk

Kulturarv projectAre users also payers? Only for a hard copy

Autonomy or state influence? Large autonomy within the Media AgreementWhat’s your relation to the broadcaster?

DR manages it’s own archive

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FUNDER GOVERNMENT

DISCLOSURE PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM

TARGET GROUPS

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

SUBSIDY

ARCHIVEPROJECT

PUBLIC B’CASTERARCHIVE

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SUSTAINABLESTORAGE

Denmark: Dansk Kulturarv and DR

The Netherlands: Sound & Vision and NPO

#FIATIFTADubai2013Declercq, Golodnoff, Mäusli, van Dijk: “Who keeps the memory?”

Who are your target groups? Broadcasters/creative industry, education&research, general public, cultural heritage institutions

Which policy depts are responsible for AV heritage?

Media department (for Sound&Vision); Arts (for Eye filminstitute); Cultural Heritage (mostly on a regional level)

Which policy depts are responsible for your institute?

Media dept (structural) and Cultural Heritage dept (projects)

Policy domains interested or involved in accessibility?

Media, Cultural Heritage, Arts (for Eye); Economic Affairs (innovation) and Justice (IPR)

Is there a legal deposit for AV?No, but public broadcasters have to deposit material at S&VWhat’s your role in it? Media archive for public broadcasters

Who funds the AV archives? Media, Arts, Cultural HeritageWho funds your institution? Media (structural funding); Cultural Heritage (projects)Are users also payers? Differs between target groups / online vs. on site

Autonomy or state influence? Selection according to UNESCO; independent, but broadcasters are important users so policy fits demands

Relation to the broadcaster? Broadcasters represented in the board, SLA with NPO

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FUNDER GOVERNMENT

DISCLOSURE PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM

TARGET GROUPS

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

The Netherlands: Sound & Vision and NPO

NATIONALAV-ARCHIVE

PUBLIC B’CASTERARCHIVES

DIGITIZATIONPROJECT

IMAGES FOR THE FUTURE

National Archives EYE

SUBSIDY

SUSTAINABLESTORAGE

Switzerland: RSI

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Who are your target groups? General public.Which policy depts are responsible for AV heritage?

Culture depts at Kanton level, federal office for culture, national public b’caster, Memoriav as coordinator

Which policy depts are responsible for your institute?

For RSI: the national public broadcaster (SRG SSR)For SRG SSR: Communication dept.

Policy domains interested or involved in accessibility?

B’caster, education, museum, science and research, art, information, tourism, civic reinforcement

Is there a legal deposit for AV? In some cantons, but difficult; discussion ongoingWhat’s your role in it? If it comes, SRG SSR expects extra funding

Who funds the AV archives? Memoriav, SRG SSRWho funds your institution? SRG SSR, Memoriav to an ever smaller extentAre users also payers? No, except for hard copies; cantons provide extra funds

Autonomy or state influence? Independent: broadcast production and heritage goals, service public: national coerence, culture, minorities, ...

What’s your relation to the broadcaster?

Fully integrated in the (regional branch of the) national public broadcaster

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FUNDER

GOVERNMENT (Confederation)

SUSTAINABLESTORAGE

DISCLOSURE PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM PLATFORM

TARGET GROUPS

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

TARGETGROUP

Switzerland: RSI

SUBSIDY

PUBLIC B’CASTERARCHIVE

RSI

CANTONSMEMORIAV

“Who keeps the Memory?” Brecht Declercq (VIAA), Theo Mäusli (RSI), Petra van Dijk (B&G), Tobias Golodnoff (DR)

brecht.declercq@viaa.betogo@dr.dktheo.maeusli@rsi.chpvdijk@beeldengeluid.nl

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