material- collection policies

HeNAA aspires to become the hub of audiovisual and primary digital material of national interest, which will be obtained from a plethora of sources- be they individual’s personal collections or other organization’s collections- in both original and copied forms.

• The meaning of the word “audiovisual,” defined in the founding legislation as encompassing all works of moving image and sound, identifies the nature of the content as independent of the means of recording. 

• The meaning of the word “national” gives the next criteria for eligibility to be included in the HeNAA collection. “National” is identified based on the value and importance of the content and not based on the source or the country of production. 

By integrating primary digital material in its selection practices, HeNAA incorporates the new products of the audiovisual domain, which are produced using modern digital technologies, as well as the internet in its entirety. 

The collected material, selected based upon the above guidelines, is material from the past, but mainly modern material created using all recording modes available. 

The selection method of material that falls in HeNAA purview will follow, according to international practices, a variety of approaches and come from varying sources:

• turning over of existing material from the Public Sector, beginning with the Greek Film Archive’s material, which up until July 2008 belonged to the Secretariat General of Communication/Secretariat General of Information,
• reception, preservation and management of individual’s private collections through endowment, donations etc,
• receipt of copies of material given to other public agencies responsible for the recording and entry of audiovisual material. The legal deposit function allows for an exceptional mechanism of “automatic” collection of new material,
• archiving content from the World Wide Web,
• automated recording of Radio and Television material.

All the above will occur between collaborating relevant stakeholders and based on the existing measures in Greece and the European Union.