An interesting article on The Conversation about ongoing issues for the NFSA (and memory institutions generally) in an increasingly digital world fraught with Government cost cutting. Also included is an exploration of what it means to "engage" with stakeholders with some interesting discussions in the comments section. My own included.
Files can’t wait: the future of the National Film and Sound Archive
It goes without saying these are difficult times for the country’s museums and archives. In recent months, the National Library, War Memorial, Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, and others, have all flagged belt-tightening and cutbacks to services or staff.
But the response to cuts at the nation’s leading repository for film, radio and television, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) may be unique. This month, the NFSA has been conducting a fence-mending exercise with its stakeholders after a restructure, detailed three months ago, drew an angry reaction.
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https://theconversation.com/files-cant-wait-the-future-of-the-national-film-and-sound-archive-29479
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