Preservation of AVA heritage: strategies of development of audiovisual archives

Audiovisual archives worldwide are facing a challenge: the digitization of the historical collections of moving images and sound. The result of the new change in technology is easier access to television and radio programmes transmitted to millions of people. Professors, teachers, students and professinal researchers may possibly be able to add new information to reports and documents already written. Every country which advocates democratic institutions and a free press has got an important tool to be used to gain the aims of a modern society. However, new technology in the field of information is not a substitute for the basicknowledge needed to search the Internet or use computer systems. Knowledge in social science, world history, literature and daily news isimportant to librarians and scholars worldwide. The contentof the information stored in audiovisual archives is a study for future archivists and librarians.