Program Overview

INF430 Audiovisual Archiving

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.

Subject Outlines

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Availability

The subject is available in:

• Session 1
• Online
• SPACE, University of Hong Kong
• Wagga Wagga Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system used is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject duration is one session.

School

The subject is offered by the School of Information Studies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should 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.

Syllabus

This 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.