Cataloguing the Archive
Hear from the people behind the scenes at the BBC Archive
Cataloguing the Archive
Cataloguing the Archive
An interview with Sue Turner a cataloguing expert from BBC Archives
Sue Turner, who heads up the BBC's Cataloguing department, explains why the BBC needs to keep detailed records of its programmes.
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- The Cataloguing Department
- Searching the Archive
- The Team
- Deadlines
- History
Transcript
The Cataloguing Department
I run a team of 40 cataloguers. Their job is to catalogue the subject content of BBC television and radio programmes. We need a catalogue because the BBC puts out masses of new content every day and it's really important that this material can be retrieved again and used in new programmes, or used for research. We're actually cataloguing up to 400 new programmes every week.
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