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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: [log in to unmask] ________________ Bertram Lyons, CA Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager American Folklife Center Library of Congress [log in to unmask] www.loc.gov/folklife & Consulting Archivist, Project Manager & Dissemination Coordinator Association for Cultural Equity Alan Lomax Archive [log in to unmask] www.culturalequity.org & Editor International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) [log in to unmask] www.iasa-web.org/iasa-publications