2. IRCA represents and resources the remote Indigenous
media and communications sector to be a powerful and
connected voice for remote Indigenous Australia
About IRCA
Supports 8 RIMOs and
over 150 RIBS communities,
plus other remote media producers
5. Why the Strategy is needed
Key
Issues
Ageing
analog
collections
No funding
for archiving
Poor
storage
conditions
Limited
community
access
Lack of
meta-data
No
backups/
loss of
records Deceased
and
sensitive
content
Cultural
protocols
needed
No
archiving
equipment
Where to
start?
6. Partnerships
• ICTV
• Indigitube
• Ara
Irititja/Community
Stories
• AIATSIS
• NFSA
• National Library of
Australia
• State Libraries and
Archives
• Melbourne
University
• Ara Irititja
• Batchelor
Indigenous
Languages
• CDU - LAAL
• Community Stories/
NT Libraries
• Strehlow Research
Centre
• RIMOs
• Art centres
• Cultural centres
• Land Councils
• Ranger & youth
programs
• Shires
• Schools Community
collections
Specialist
remote
Indigenous
archives
Remote
Indigenous
media
“distributors”
National/
State
collecting &
resource
agencies
7. Key Elements of the Strategy
Strategy
Elements
Cultural
management
Digitisation
Preservation
Storage/
Safeguarding
Standards:
Meta-data/
formats
Employment/
Training
Repatriation
Access
Networking
Funding
8. Strategy Principles
Culture
Conservation
Connection
• Respect and advocacy for ICIP
• Cultural management & protocols
• Knowledge transfer to future generations
• Community managed collections
• Sustainability through local capacity & skills
• Preserve records for social and cultural
heritage
• Recognise significance of community
collections
• Recognise value of languages and culture
• Local, regional, national partnerships
• Access guided by community needs
9. Archiving Skills Workshops
Skills workshop held in Canberra November 2014
Upcoming 5-day workshops in Darwin (5-9 May), Alice Springs (11-15 May), Broome
(6-10July) – limited places available
Covers: Digitising stills, video, audio; Cataloguing & meta-data; Preservation, storage,
backup.
