Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Archiving

The National Film and Sound Archive
and Charles Sturt University (CSU)

Since 2000 Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the National Film and Sound Archive has been offering subjects which will lead to the award of a Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Archiving.

The first subject, INF430 Audiovisual Archiving, was offered for the first time from Charles Sturt University in the first session of 2000 (February to June).

Two more subjects were offered online in Semester 2, 2001, and a fourth subject was available from appropriate current CSU offerings.

Subjects are available only in distance education mode and are delivered online. Enrolled students will need regular access to a networked computer in order to access the material online and to participate in online discussions.

Each subject comprises 13 weekly topics, and it is estimated that participants will need to spend about 10 hours per week, on and off line, to complete the course effectively.

The successful completion of four subjects will result in the award of the CSU Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Archiving.

For further information, please contact Charles Sturt University.

INF430 Audiovisual Archiving

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Introduction

This subject is available only in distance education mode and is online delivered. Students who enrol in it will need regular access to a networked computer in order to access the material online and to participate in online discussions. Archive personnel (Ray Edmondson, Deputy Director; Meg Labrum, Senior Manager - Collections; Dr Bob Pymm, Collection Management) have developed the content of this subject and will participate in its online delivery. Professor Ross Harvey at Charles Sturt University is the Subject Coordinator.

Summary

Audiovisual media have given rise to entirely new forms of expression through recording, communicating and entertaining. While sharing intellectual, physical and contextual characteristics with traditional media, they have distinctive physical formats and storage needs and can only be comprehended via appropriate technology. Their management must take into account traditional principles and methods of managing information resources, and new principles, methods and paradigms arising from the nature of the audiovisual media themselves. This subject provides an overview of the discipline, including its history, philosophy and ethics, the development of and models for audiovisual archives, and international organisations responsible for audiovisual heritage.

Objectives

Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  • discuss the history and nature of audiovisual media
  • explain the underlying rationale for collecting, preserving, and providing access to audiovisual materials
  • describe the structures, strategies and skills by which audiovisual management activities are pursued
  • discuss underlying values, principles, ethics, and legalities
  • provide a perspective on the future of audiovisual management as well as the past.

Content

The subject will cover the following topics:

  • theoretical concepts, philosophy, terminology, concepts, legalities and ethics of audiovisual archiving
  • history of audiovisual media
  • development of and models for audiovisual archives and similar media-based institutions
  • international organisations with responsibility for audiovisual heritage.

Delivery mode

The Subject Outline and other study materials, including most of the readings, are available via the web. Most of this study material is also provided on CD-ROM. Students will be required to participate in a web-based forum for the purposes of group discussion and feedback. Assessment Assessment is based on assignments, and participation in the online forum.

Prescribed texts

Edmondson, R. 1998. A Philosophy of Audiovisual Archiving. UNESCO. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001131/113127eo.pdf

Harrison, H.P. (ed). 1997. Audiovisual Archives: A Practical Reader. UNESCO. http://www.unesco.org/webworld/audiovis/reader/preface.htm

Cost

Australian $1250 per subject.

Further information

For further information please contact:

Professor Ross Harvey
School of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 675
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678
Australia

Telephone: +61 2 6933 2369
Fax: +61 2 6933 2733
Email: rossharvey@csu.edu.au