Novye Issledovaniâ Tuvy (Jun 2020)
Preserving technotronic documents in the archives of Tuva
Abstract
The article addresses issues of managing storage of technotronic documents (i.e. those of technical origin) in Tuva’s archives. It is a study of technotronic documents preserved in the collections of the National Archives (prior to 07.04.2020 – State Archives) of the Republic of Tuva, as well as at the Aldan Maadyr National Museum, and of institutions of regional government and administration. A large collection of video-, phono- and photodocuments came into being as a result of years of doing documentary and artistic photo and video shoots. Tuvan archives also preserve a number of electronic documents. At the main archive of the republic, photo storage is organized along the same lines as at other archives of video- and photodocuments. However, a number of problems persist, such as the absence of stringent classification (some of the photos are included in personal collections); temperature and moisture control for better preservation of these type of items; wrong regime of storage for photographic negatives; making reserve copies; setting up the copies’ collection; digitalizing photos and phonodocuments; and storing electronic documents. An urgent priority is to set up a Center for Storing Technotronic Documents. Another urgent challenge, the one for the Aldan Maadyr National Museum of the Republic of Tuva, is to organize a catalog and register of the photographic documents in their photo collection. Meanwhile, the bodies of regional government and administration of Tuva, where a slew of audiovisual documents are now produced every year, an important challenge is to organize their storage correctly.
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