Country: France
Closing date: 13 May 2019
Seeking external evaluator/evaluation team to do an evaluation of the UNESCO project ‘Digitizing UNESCO’s Institutional Memory’.
The evaluation will adopt both a retrospective as well as forward-looking approach, and its findings and recommendations will support the design, development and implementation of potential future projects as well as future strategic planning by UNESCO on conservation and digitization of UNESCO’s own heritage assets.
UNESCO’s oldest archives are some of the most frequently consulted materials in the Reading Room at the Organization’s Paris Headquarters. After decades of physical handling, records have started to show signs of wear and tear. Also, the multiplicity of analogue formats in the audiovisual collections, which include films, videos, audio recordings and photos dating as far back as the 1940s, have made use and consultation of these materials a major challenge for years, and in some cases impossible. Digital surrogates contribute to the continuity of and access to the content, as well as to the preservation of the original materials by reducing the risk of damage incurred through handling, extending their longevity and historical value.
How to apply:
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