A Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) entitled "Sustainable Audiovisual Collections through Collaboration" will be held in Singapore between 7 and 9 March 2016. In the context of preparations for this event, organisers have recently launched a call for papers. The JTS explores the technical issues affecting the long term survival and accessibility of audiovisual collections. JTS is an international symposium and brings together the world’s foremost research and thinking regarding the preservation and accessibility of moving image and recorded sound collections, from 19th century endeavours to the most recent digital technologies. Since the last JTS in 2010 the audiovisual archiving world has seen many dramatic changes and advancements in the technologies that enable preservation. The rate and magnitude of these changes requires a collaborative approach to enable all archives to make sense of the best way to keep collections alive for future generations. The theme of JTS 2016, “Sustainable Audiovisual Collections Through Collaboration”, addresses this dynamic landscape. The papers presented at JTS 2016 will cover the ongoing technological viability of audiovisual collections both as individual items and holistically, as well as every aspect of audiovisual media preservation and access such as conservation and restoration, harvesting and accessing collection information - including metadata and intellectual property. The JTS 2016 Program Committee is seeking papers that discuss or demonstrate fresh innovative approaches to:

• conservation treatment of audiovisual objects;
• restoration of audiovisual objects and/or content;
• access to the information held within objects and collections, including metadata and intellectual property;
• the long-term survival of audiovisual collections, as individual objects and/or digital files.

Abstracts and CVs should be sent by 19 September. JTS 2016 is organised under the auspices of UNESCO affiliate the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) and its members’ Technical Committees. The event is hosted by the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and the National Archives of Singapore (NAS), an ASEMUS member. It will be held at the National Museum of Singapore (NMS), Cinematheque, also an ASEMUS member. For additional information about the event and the call for papers, please visit http://jts2016.org/