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The article discusses the paper on collective intelligence or intelligent collecting which was discussed at the 2006 International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) conference in Mexico. In the views of the author, the topic is intended to generate a collaborative inquiry concerning IASA and its institutional members over the presentation of strategic actions on returning from this conference. However, the primary purpose of the paper is to build and preserve collections of audiovisual recordings for learning and research purposes.

Information about a paper discussed at a symposium on the teaching of future specialists in popular music and media is presented. The fact that audio-visual archiving is related to musical activity, the paper discussed such complexities. The symposium also discoursed on the conflicts involved with the two areas.

A conference paper about the different possibilities for reusing of archival footage in movies is presented. It discusses the importance of audiovisual archives and the ways on how to reuse the footages in a new production which the presenter sited example showing a reconstruction of an important military action. It provides list of various movies and the year of production which the author have researched in an attempt to find out on the possibilities of reusing a real shot in movies. Moreover, the presenter reflects on the importance of audiovisual archiving for future use in movie productions.

A conference paper about the role of small scale archive in Indochina in providing archive of traditional music is presented. The presenter discusses the context and roles of archiving made by the Archive of Traditional Music in Laos (ATML) which was founded in 1999 and an example of Audio Video (AV) archiving institution. It cites the archiving context such as storing, authorizing, and memorizing which notes to solve several problems in archiving. Moreover, it provides brief account of ATML where in its developments were focused to different role of archive.

A conference paper about the digitization of archival materials is presented. It presents about the changes that archive materials undergo in dealing with digitized materials as well as the responsibility in handling archives. The presenter covered the discussion in collaboration of archives and storing as well as states the aspect of digital preservation where in he asserts the migration of archives to future file formats without losing any information. Moreover, the presenter asserts the continual investment in keeping digital files alive and accessible for its insecure and unsteadiness of the systems used.

A conference paper about the contemporary situations and future insights in data infrastructure for ethomusicological archives is presented. It focuses on the aspects of data infrastructure in ethomusicological archives as well as its deficits and solutions. It states the possible solutions which enumerate the retrieval strategies, access to holdings and political aspects, and digitization and online visibility of catalogues and holdings. The presenter then provides his perspective on the future of ethnomusicology archives which he mentions the decentralized network of digital archives.

Information about several papers discussed at the IASA Conference held at Riga, Latvia in 2007 is presented. Topics include the Lithunian repositories and archives, Lithunian Central State Archive, and the Lithunian radio and television archives. The set of laws and regulations governing the audiovisual materials' protection is also presented.

Information about a paper discussed at a symposium on the audio-visual archivists' of the Radio Archives Section is presented. The fact that audio-visual training demands enormous activities including seminars, workshops and tutorials . The symposium also discoursed on the responsibility of high level people responsible for archives.

The article discusses the paper that was presented by Guy Marecha about the Flexible and user friendly exploitation based on persistent media archives during the IASA conference in Barcelona, Spain. It details the cultural, socio-economic and political value of archives and how it is dependent on the three main qualities namely the natural interest of their substance, the ability to be exploited and their persistence. The system operates on the OAIS model which serves as a "Blue book" but does not have any specific implementation.

A conference paper about sound directions as a program in digital audio preservation is presented. It provides information as well as discusses the sound direction project which mentions that as a research and development project, it aims to develop best practices and tests emerging standards for archival audio preservation. It enumerates three results which the project has produced such as the report of field findings, the preservation of software tools, and the preservation of critically endangered valuable recordings.

The article discusses the duties of the national audiovisual archive.. The author states that when he proposed of giving the paper titled "Janus Attitude" at the Riga IASA Conference in Riga, Latvia, he is thinking of the image of the Roman God, depicted by a two-face head. Based from Wikipedia, Janus was the god of gates, doorways, beginnings and endings. Google research resulted to other sense of the word Janus, which is a VOD web site that is a video game Web community. The new duties and opportunities that should be considered by the national audiovisual archives include collecting, cataloging, preserving and giving access to documents.

A letter from the president of IASA is presented. He presented his position paper that discusses the evolution of digitization. It is an important component in the archival business as illustrated in the prevalence of its usage and the detailed the various activities the group will be holding for the year. Digitalization will become a standard source of information. Another priority area that he would be focusing is on training and educations. The organization will be conducting various training schedules in several venues throughout the world. The seminars were done in cooperation with various organizations and governments. The increasing attendance manifests the future possibility for promoting the care and preservation of audiovisual heritage.