Dear friends and colleagues:

We invite you to attend and participate in the 45th IASA (International
Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives) Annual Conference.

*"Connecting Cultures: Content, Context, and Collaboration”*

Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday 5th — Thursday 9th October 2014

http://2014.iasa-web.org
#iasa2014

IASA is gathering in Cape Town at the National Library of South Africa’s
Center for the Book for an in-depth look into the issues surrounding sound
and audiovisual archives and their mission to preserve our sound and
audiovisual heritage. Please join us from Sunday 5th through Thursday 9th
October 2014 for our 45th Annual Conference.

Cape Town’s warm hospitality, diverse cultural heritage, and breathtaking
natural beauty await your arrival and participation in this inspiring
event—Connecting Cultures: Content, Context, and Collaboration—where we
will explore such topics relevant to sound and audiovisual heritage as:

- Content and technologies
- Connecting data
- Contextualisation and curation
- Customer-driven services issues
- Crowdsourcing, cataloguing and content management
- Curators and creators
- Collaborative learning

Come to share and discover how these issues are driving commercial,
educational, governmental, and private heritage institutions in new and
potentially more relevant and sustainable directions. Cape Town welcomes
you to the historic national monument and haven for creativity and
learning, the Center for the Book, in the South African springtime of this
year, to witness new growth that inspires new ideas and adventurous
collaboration.

The Call for Papers is open now until 28th February 2014. Offers of
presentations should be submitted via the online form:

http://2014.iasa-web.org/presentation-submission-form

Jacqueline von Arb, President, IASA
Bruce Gordon, Vice-president, IASA, conference convener:
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Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
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Consulting Archivist, Project Manager & Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
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Editor
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
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