SLBA merges with the National Library of Sweden (KB)
The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images (SLBA) will cease to exist as a public authority in its own right at the end of 2008. As of 1 January 2009, it will operate as the Department of Audiovisual Media under the National Library of Sweden (KB). More
Reel History
Through cooperation between Swedish Television (SVT) and the Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images (SLBA), more than 60 years of newsreels and thousands of short films have been digitalized and collected in the database "Reel History".
In total there are 5.554 films - more than a thousand hours worth of Swedish history from the 20th century. Visit Reel History
2 600 hours per Day: Digitising Media at a Breakneck Speed
Nearly 450 000 hours of radio and TV have already been transferred at The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images’ (SLBA) extensive digitisation project. The transfers are made at tremendous speed.
– Every day we digitise approximately
2 600 hours of recorded material, says Mikael Johansson, who is responsible for technical operations. Read more
SLBA and Video Active
SLBA is a member of Video Active, a project funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission. The major aim of Video Active is to create access to television archives across Europe.
The unlocking of these (largely) closed archives will make their content available for educational and academic purposes. It will enable an interactive discovery of television’s cultural heritage.
Read more on Video Active's homepage