Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) and the management of television archives in the digital environment

Abstract

From his creation in 1974, INA is responsible of the storage of public television (and radio) productions. The creation of the legal deposit in 1992 led to the direct recording of private channels. Nowadays, INA assume the record of 102 channels around the clock 7 days a week, describe the programs, ensure the storage and migration, and make them accessible to research in his consultory rooms. But now, the issue is to update our practices and our technical process, specially for digital native archives, to make easier and facilitate the access, to change the process of decription and the technology tools which are actually restructured because of their obsolescence. Recently, we engaged ourselves in a better service to the clients and users : better tools, better mediation and sources presentation, all changes who create a necessary change management and capacitation. The decentralisation of access in forty public institutions in France, an active policy in audiovisual creation based on new technology, moreover the partnership with academic reds to make collections accessible in line are one of the projects INA is envolved in with others.