EU-US WORKING GROUP ON SPOKEN-WORD AUDIO COLLECTIONS

0.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our diverse cultures rely increasingly on audio and video resources. We need to chart a steady course to assure the utility of this record. Such a course calls for a plan to preserve these resources and to determine the most effective ways to access their rich content. For example, though our nations possess enormous collections of spoken-word materials, much of these collections will remain inaccessible to the public for lack of adequate search technologies or from decay unless we act to chart an access and preservation path. Our aim is to forge agreement on these vital topics so that as technology changes, we will be able to rely on our collections to understand and preserve these essential components of our cultural heritage. We also need to focus research support on areas of access and preservation that we believe will yield the greatest benefits across many intersecting disciplines. This document presents an agenda for collaborative research in this field.

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