1999.3 Abstracts

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Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Uniform titles and authority control ; helpful solutions for music catalogers' headachy confusions.

Hitoshi MATSUSHITA (Kunitachi College of Music)
@Abstract : In publishing music (scores, audio-visual material, CD-ROM etc.), single item usually contains more than one musical work. And one musical composition is usually published in multi-lingual titled. In cataloging music, statements of responsibility, generic titles and types of musical composition, these are some of characteristics of music materials, cause music catalogers headachy confusions.
@@Author points out uniform titles and authority control would be considerable function as access control to musical materials.
@Keywords : musical compositions / music librarianship / uniform titles / authority control / music materials

Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Film Preservation and Film Archives in the World

Hisashi OKAJIMA (National Film Center, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
@Abstract : The terminology of gfilm archive(s)" is relatively new to many Japanese. The first half of this paper closely examines this terminology by comparing the names of member institutions of the International Film Archive (FIAF). The latter half of the paper sheds light, by referring to and analyzing the survival rate of national cinema in India, the US, Japan, and other countries, on an aspect of the deploring history of the world's film heritage. As a conclusion, the author emphasizes that the film materials should be maintained and conserved as gphysical materials", especially in the digital age. Japanese translation of the latest FIAF brochure is appended to the paper.
@Keywords : film archive / film preservation / National Film Center / FIAF / national cinema / film heritage / survival rate / legal deposit / digital / GAMMA group<

Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Collection, saving@and the open of the broadcast programs

Yutaka SUZUKI (Broadcast Programming Center of Japan)
@Abstract : The television, and the radio program is one of the most important information sources in the present age. Though in NHK and each commercial broadcasting companies, it is made and broadcasted mass broadcast programs in every day , those programs are not used for the broadcast only of once, but they are promoting the substantiality of the office library, since it variously conjugates throughout the future. And, by the partial revision of the Broadcast Act in 1989, the broadcast programs were collected like books, etc., it was preserved, the system of gthe broadcast programs center" opened generally and to public was systematized, and gthe broadcast library" was opened based on this in Yokohama in October, 1991. The following are reported : Present state of the saving of the broadcast programs and new movement for the public utilization of the broadcast programs in our country.
@Keywords : Broadcast / NHK / Commercial broadcasting company / Broadcast program / Saving / Open for public / Broadcast library / FIAT / Broadcast Act / Copyright

Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Television News Archives in the United States

Shinji UOZUMI (Kansai University of International Studies, Department of Communicatio)
@Abstract : Past recordings of TV news programs with images and sounds give people opportunities to virtually experience many major events in modern history. Television archives in the U.S. which collect recordings of TV news programs are playing an important role not only for the people who want to review history but also for the researchers who are studying about the TV medium itself. The Vanderbilt Television News Archive, one of the TV archives in the U.S., has been video taping daily news casts of the networks for thirty years and is now opening its collection to the public. This effort has been highly praised by researchers throughout the world.
@Keywords : Television / News / Broadcasting / Press / Video / images / network / Library of Congress / Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Collection and Acquisition of Moving Images

Kazuo OKADA (EC Japan Archives, Shimonaka Memorial Foundation)
@Abstract : Toward the end of the century, the various demands of specialized moving image archives ware arisen, however, the varieties of the visual media itself became complicated. The birth of digital video enforthed stabilities for long term storage of the moving images, however not yet has established the de-fact standard and it is not clear which standard or format will becaome the winner.
@@In Japan unfortunately there is not unified data base system on moving image products and for this reason, the systematic acquisition or collection of moving images is not a easy job.
@@Contorally in TV world, we must recognize the significant growth of their media data base. The author introduces essential knowledge required for research work, acquisition and collection of moving image media, like latest situation of the film, analog and digital video media, usage of information via Internet, data-base and catalogues from media-archives, production house, media festivals as well as stock-shot libraries. Also author comments on the practice of research and preview reports, some ideas on acquisition of copy right clearance, technical knowledges on film to video transfer and situation of recent digital video media.
@Keywords : Moving image acquisition / Moving image archives / Digital video / Internet / Moving image data base / Stock shots libraries / Film to video transfer / Licensing of moving images / Preview reports

Special feature : Documentation of Audio and Visual Materials. Handling of Audio Visual data in univ. libraries

Miyo OCHIAI (AV Center, Tsuda College)
@Abstract : In the age of mass media today, with overflowing and diversification of information, the diversification of the sections of, such as collecting, operating and offering the suitable data, has been accelerating.
@@In this study, I would like to consider how to keep our users furnished with necessary information and how to operate it for the purpose, focusing on the audio visual data and thinking of the ways to combine the data in the library with those outside of the library into an academic information.
@@At the same time, each section maintains its originality.
@Keywords : Audio Visual Data / Cooperation between the sections


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