British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Researcher’s Guide to Screen Heritage

Moving Image, Audio and Documentation Categories

Books
Book collections relating to moving images and radio (including major libraries with large incidental holdings or which regularly purchase relevant overseas material)
Datasets
Databases of film and television-related material (e.g. SIFT)
Design
Design collections relating to moving images
Equipment
Historical moving image equipment (including museums with incidental holdings)
Ephemera
Ephemera collections relating to moving images and radio
Journals
Journal collections relating to moving images and radio
Manuscripts
Manuscript (including personal) collections relating to moving images and radio
Masters
Master collections of moving image material
Music
Music collections, sound recordings and/or manuscripts relating to moving images
Newspapers
Newspaper cuttings collections relating to moving images and radio
Posters
Posters collections relating to moving images
Sound
Sound recordings and/or transcripts of material other than music
Still Images
Collections of still images and/or photographs relating to moving images and radio (including major picture libraries with incidental holdings)
Theses
Theses (PhD, MPhil, MA) relating to moving images and radio
Video/Film
Access libraries of moving image material (including off-air recordings)

Further information

Guide to screen artefacts