Disponible en formato PDF - Infolac

28
Memory of the World Register
were accepted. Further, Mexico’s
Memory of the World Register
incorporated two valuable collections
of documents. Mexico’s
Committee was invited to present
their activities in the workshop
offered during the International
Committee’s meeting in Pretoria.
Finally, she presented the video
on Colonial Music of the Americas,
prepared by Aurelio Tello. She
explained the new proposal by
Mexico for the Regional Register
and remarked on the suggestion
to make recommendations on preserving
digital heritage.
f. Berarda Salabarría:
She reported on the two meetings
held by the National Committee of
Cuba and future proposals for the
National, Regional and International
Registers, including the regional
value of the film, “The Virgin of
Charity”. She also mentioned the
documentary wealth about and by
Ernesto “Che” Guevara, being discussed
for submission to the International
Committee. She discussed
other projects on documentary
conservation and preparing documentation
to create a UNESCO
Chair for Archivist’s information
and professional upgrading, as
well as holding a December 2007
National Refresher Workshop,
both ideas designed by the National
Memory of the World Committee.
Regarding the Dominican
Republic’s National Committee,
she reported on its recent creation,
membership, and collections that
may be proposed for the National
Register. No information is available
for Haiti or Aruba.
g. Elizabeth Watson:
Santa Lucia created their own
National Committee as a result
of their participation as observers
of the Caribbean Secretary-
Generals at the 2006 Regional
Committee meeting in Barbados.
They will soon hold a workshop
with local participants regarding
the nomination procedure. She
reported on potential collection
nominations from the Englishspeaking
Caribbean.
h. Margot Thomas:
She reported details on the formation
of Santa Lucia’s National
Committee, as an outgrowth of the
2006 Regional Committee meeting
in Barbados.
i. Gail Saunders:
While Bahamas has no National
Committee, a group of archivists
do feel that they have two collections
of regional significance, one
of which is in the process of nomination
How to submit
proposals for
National and
Regional Registers
Isidro Fernández-Aballí summarized
the main norms governing
this process and reviewed
agreements made in the previous
meeting. He also presented several
proposals for the meeting to
discuss: participation in rating
nominations, advisory assistance
to applicants, wording and design
of the Register certificate, and the
next invitation for the Regional
Register, among others. Lourdes
Blanco reported that she brought
with her the Register book made
with acid-free paper to keep the
Regional Register.
Elizabeth Watson proposed for the
Regional Committee to set up a
Register Sub-Committee to suggest
the corresponding actions.
Lourdes Blanco proposed a change
in the Committee’s acronym, to
more clearly identify it. Hereafter,
it will be known as MOW LAC, including
on the Website and in all
documents generated.
Presentation, analysis and discussion
of four nominations for the
Regional Register:
“Documentation and Research
Center of the Ashkenazí community
of Mexico”, an important,
valuable collection, linked to Eastern
Europe, Russia and other Jewish
communities, was judged to
qualify for the Regional Register.
The Collection was approved for
the Regional Memory of the World
Register for Latin America and the
Caribbean, on a provisional basis
while some requested clarifications
are made, in the next three
months. It is also recommended
for nomination to the International
Memory of the World Register.
“Límite” by Mario Peixoto, submitted
by the Cinemateca of Brazil.
The movie’s background music
was chosen by the author – this
should be specified. It is also important
to stress the film’s originality,
authenticity, and music
(composer, works, date of composition,
date of original recording,
and position of each musical score
in the script – complete technical
data) and that the sound track has
been added to the film. More data
on the film-maker should also be
added. The film, “Límite”, from
Brazil’s Cinemateca, was approved
for the Regional Register, provisionally,
pending clarification in