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DRI partner at NUIG bequeathed Éamoin de Buitléar archive

Submitted on 11th December 2012

DRI's partner an tAcadamh at NUIG Galway has been bequeathed the important personal archives of Éamon de Buitléar, and will undertaken a significant digitisation project. The Eamon de Buitléar  programmes are an integral part of RTÉ Television history and the RTÉ Archives manages a collection of over 300 titles, preserving and cataloguing the  film materials produced and broadcast  by RTÉ from 1967 onwards.  RTE has agreed to work in partnership  with NUIG  given the synergies with the collections involved.  The de Buitléar archive consists of film, audiotape, photographs, correspondence, files and audiovisual equipment, spread over approximately 10 boxes of paper based material, 2000 audio-tapes, 100 Digital Audio Tapes 500 beta-video tapes, 100 cans of film. NUI Galway will digitise, catalogue, preserve and enable access to the archive through a partnership between Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and the James Hardiman Library. It is expected that the project will take two years. The digital archive will be accessible at the new Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Building adjoining the James Hardiman Library on the main NUI Galway campus and at an tAcadamh’s Gaeltacht centres: Carna, Gaoth Dobhair, an Cheathrú Rua. The original materials will be stored and accessible via the Library. The DRI looks forward to working with NUI Galway in realizing the enormous potential of this fascinating collection.

As noted in their press release, "Playing a key role in the Digital Repository of Ireland, the University is uniquely positioned to exploit the archive material and place it in a framework which will facilitate scholarly access and public engagement while working with partners such as RTÉ Archives to develop common protocols and best practice in the conservation of & public access to the national audio-visual heritage."

 
About the Archive:

The Éamon de Buitléar Archive is an exceptional and unique collection of multimedia material which reflects an outstanding body of work spanning some sixty years. The Archive consists of various media including papers, scripts and manuscripts, animation, film and video, music and audio recordings, books and broadcast equipment. The primary themes of the collection are film-making, the environment, traditional music and material relating to the de Buitléar family. Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and the James Hardiman Library will digitise and manage the archive to facilitate access by researchers, students and the Gaeltacht community in the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Further information

 

Maidir leis an gCartlann:

Mórchnuasach neamhchoitianta é cartlann Éamoin de Buitléar d’ábhar ilmheáin a léiríonn saothar ildánach le trí scór bliain anuas. Tá láimhscríbhinní, scannáin agus ábhar físe den uile chineál, cartlann de théipeanna fuaime agus ceoil, scripteanna, trealamh craolacháin agus leabhair i measc na meán éagsúil sa chnuasach eisceachtúil seo. Cuimsítear téamaí a bhaineann leis an gcraoltóireacht, an timpeallacht, ár gceol dúchais agus ábhar a bhaineann le teaghlach agus comhluadar Éamoin sa bhailiúchán. Déanfaidh Leabharlann Shéamais Uí Ardagáin agus Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge an chartlann a dhigitiú agus a bhainistiú in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, le go mbeadh teacht ag scoláirí, mic léinn agus pobal na Gaeltachta ar an ábhar.

Tuilleadh Eolais


DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).

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