Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Historical Audiotapes

The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) historical audio tapes which document the history of the film archive global community have been digitized for preservation purposes and are available now to listen to.  The tapes document the FIAF Congresses and Executive Committee meetings, dating from 1975-2007. Those dating 25 years or older are now accessible and over time, more recordings will be made available when they become 25 years or older. These audio recordings document the developments and guiding history of film archives’ standards and philosophy and hence a portion of the field of film preservation. These tapes will be a remarkable resource looking at the field and the evolution of the film archive movement.

Since 2017, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, a FIAF Member, is the archival home of the original tapes which are now stored in IU’s Auxiliary Library Facility vault at 50° F and 30% RH where they will be preserved for many years. And the newly digitized files, kept both in IU’s data storage repositories and on hard drives in FIAF’s Brussels office, will serve as access and digital preservation copies.

IULMIA has digitized the entire FIAF historical audiotape collection which contains 684 audio cassette tapes, 31 ¼” audio tapes and 4 minidisks.