UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2017 - SABC has more than one Archive

SABC Archives

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has more than one archive, safeguarding television and radio broadcast material for preservation, rebroadcasting and research purposes. The upcoming World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October will again highlight the importance of these archives for future generations.

Follow the day with the hashtags #AudiovisualHeritage
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Facts about UNESCO, WDAVH and SABC Archives...

What you should know about UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Archives

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

1. WHAT DOES UNESCO STAND FOR?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is a commemoration of the adoption, in 1980 by the 21st General Conference of UNESCO, of the Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images. The World Day provides an occasion to raise general awareness of the need to take urgent measures and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents.

2017 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage #AudiovisualHeritage

2. HOW MANY ARCHIVES DOES THE SABC HAVE?

Three

3. NAME ALL THE ARCHIVES AT THE SABC 

The Radio Archives, Television News Archives,  and Television  Programme Archives.

4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SABC LIBRARIES AND SABC ARCHIVES?

The SABC Information Library is one section of the SABC Media Libraries. It deals with books and information for internal stakeholders. The SABC Radio Archives forms part of the SABC Media Libraries, but collects and receives material from all SABC Public Radio Broadcast services. 

The SABC Television News Archives falls under SABC Television News. 

The SABC Television Programme Archives collects and preserves all SABC television programme related material. 

5. WHEN IS UNESCO DAY?

27 October each year.

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