Formation and use of audiovisual documents: Directions and forms

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to investigate the directions and forms of the use of audiovisual documents in the archives of Ukraine. The methodological basis of the article was the following methods: abstract-logical, analysis, source research, classification, cognitive, synthesis, generalisation. Such approaches of scientific knowledge as dialectical objectivity and structural-functional are applied. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the presentation of the peculiarities of the functioning of audiovisual documents in Ukrainian archives. The following areas of use of audiovisual documents are distinguished: informative, educational, cultural and educational, scientific. The following forms of engagement of archival audiovisual documents are presented: organisation of online exhibitions, preparation of radio and television broadcasts, creation of an audiovisual product for presentation on the Internet. Exhibition work as a form of using archival audiovisual documents has its own characteristics – exhibiting, for example, photo documents in originals or copies. The proposed material enriches the theory of modern archival science about the changing role of the archives of Ukraine, which have accumulated a significant fund of film, audio, photo, and video recordings. Conclusions. Audiovisual documents as carriers of film, photophone, and video information characterise the image and sound that determine the specifics of living in the actual environment of use or potentially such a possible one prolonged in time, that is, their preservation in collections, archive funds, libraries, museums, and other institutions. Two important directions in the activity of audiovisual archives of Ukraine were identified – preservation of documents and providing access to them to a wide range of users. Work on media projects involves the close cooperation of archives and intermediaries (project developers) in the use of information resources of audiovisual documents: choosing a topic, developing a script, preparing textual support, selecting and copying documents, but the main analytical and synthetic work remains with archivists.