A ScreenSound Too Far: The Renaming of the National Film and Sound Archive

Ray Edmondson looks at some issues arising from the decision to change the name of the National Film and Sound Archive to ScreenSound Australia, a move which upset some of the Archive's most important supporters. He looks at the significance of the word 'archive' and the international AV archiving movement, the effect on historical accuracy and the security and continuity of the archive itself.