Nfap Case Study

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The curator, with the help of the acquisition committee, shall carefully consider which works should be acquired for the audiovisual collection and present progress reports to the collection committee. The Collection Criteria supports the assessment of the cultural worth of a film and its related documentation. The main aim of NFAP is to develop a comprehensive collection of Filipino works and materials representing the history, technology, and culture of the audiovisual media, from their origins to the present time. The aim is to collect works holistically, ensuring all original elements that relate to the core content are part of the acquisition. For example, for a feature film, the aim is to collect not just all components for the film …show more content…

Accessioning establishes legal custody and ownership and provides information on how the organization acquired the items. It is the first step in documenting museum collections. There are five types of NFAP accessions:
1. Gifts – outright donations from individuals or institutions, as well as bequests (posthumous gifts made in a will). The donor owns the property and transfers ownership to NFAP. The donor must warrant that they have full legal title to donate the object/s and has full power and authority to donate the object/s to NFAP.
2. Purchases – when NFAP buys museum/archive objects with the organization’s funds, it is accessioned as a purchase. The seller owns the property and transfers ownership to NFAP. The seller must warrant that they have full legal title to sell the object/s and has full power and authority to donate the object/s to NFAP.
3. Exchanges – NFAP can exchange objects for objects that fit the organization’s collection. An exchange involves both deaccession and accession. The owner of the object/s transfers ownership to NFAP. The owner must warrant that they have full legal title to the objects and has full power and authority to use the objects in an …show more content…

Such machinery may employ mechanical, optical, acoustic, electro-mechanical, photochemical, electronic and digital or other technology, which becomes obsolete as manufacturers cease to support these technologies.
NFAP will therefore acquire, maintain and support all the equipment needed for preservation and conservation, develop the knowledge to operate this equipment, and maintain it in a peak operational state. NFAP’s preservation strategy is to use all available measures to protect the integrity of the collection, to maximize the life expectancy of the materials in it, restore what can should be restored and ensure the greatest possible access over the longest period of time for the largest number of items in its collections. The preservation strategies, practices and tools employed by NFAP include, but are not limited to:
1. Identifying and organizing the collection according to medium, carrier type, status and condition via a risk management strategy and supporting plans that include regular assessment, analysis and reporting of

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