The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Photo by Bob Bieberdorf
Partners
The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center will work cooperatively with creators, rights holders, educators and other library and archival organizations to develop a broad range of innovative partnerships in the following areas:
With libraries and archives
- infrastructure to support a national network of collections
- collections storage
- knowledge, advice, and research testing
- lending library of obsolete equipment
- support for developing archives
- blog to share preservation research findings
With educational institutions
- provide remote access to Library collections
- internships and fellowships
- post-graduate R&D placements
- "train the trainer" programs for the preservation of historical formats
- assistance in devising educational programs
- community workforce development
With professional organizations
- building bridges between industry and professional groups
- development of collective groups to address issues and recommend practices
- representation of industry in policy and legislative development processes
With rights organizations
- foster participation with library/archive community
- buy-in to national strategy for the use of rights-protected material within library, archival, and educational settings
- reanimation of large segments of our creative heritage that have been unavailable for decades
With standards organizations
- focused and structured standards development via national leadership role
With producers and distributors
- lifecycle management
- access standards for the commercial sector
- encourage wider access to copyright-protected material
Last Updated: 08/03/2007