Preservation of audio materials: the case of Croatian arhives

Rad se bavi problematikom očuvanja audio gradiva. Predstavljaju se svi aspekti audio gradiva od njegovoga definiranja, preko tehničkih karakteristika do arhiviranja. Cilj je rada na jednome mjestu, kroz sedam poglavlja, pružiti sveobuhvatne informacije o audio gradivu te o mogućnostima i problemima njegovog arhiviranja, ali i istaknuti njegovu kulturološku i baštinsku važnost, s posebnim osvrtom na situaciju s arhiviranjem audio gradiva u Republici Hrvatskoj.The master thesis deals with the issues concerning the preservation of audio materials. All the aspects of the audio materials, from its definition to its technical characteristics and archiving, are presented. The aim of this thesis is to offer information about the audio material and the possibilities of its archiving, but also to point out its cultural significance with a special reference to the situation regarding the archiving of the audio material in the Republic of Croatia