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This presentation will describe recent activites of the Digitization Centre of the Public Library “Vladislav Petković Dis” in Čačak, in the fields of digitization of audio-video material and the public-private partnerships established with the local media houses.

           The Public Library Čačak recognized the need of preserving an important part of recent history, cultural heritage and information which were recorded from 1960s until the beginning of the 21st century on, now, obsolete information carriers: audio tapes, VHS tapes, S-VHS, BETA, etc. In 2010 our Library had started negotiations with local media and their representatives about the possibility of digitizing old archives of audio-video content which was kept in several TV and radio stations in Čačak. When we learnt that most of media houses are reluctant to provide to us their archives for digitization and organization of information, the Library had chosen different approach and proposed public-private partnership. This partnership was based on an assumption that library will get the community valued content and cultural heritage for preservation, while the other part (the media) will have a clear economical benefit and an improvement of their services based on solutions proposed by the Library for free.

           At the moment our “Local Media Digital Archive and Repository” has over 500 hours of digitized video material originally recorded before 2000, and some 930 hours of audio recordings made in the period 1961-2000. The impact of our service on the business of the local media is very significant, as well as on the preservation of endangered part of local cultural heritage.

PRÄSENTATION:

Digitization of audio-video heritage in the public library: The public-private partnership case study (.pdf)