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A Day in the Life of RTÉ Archives...
Malachy Moran
Manager Sound Library and Archive
September 21st 2013 NPD Ireland – Autumn Event
• RTÉ Archives is Ireland’s oldest and largest audiovisual archive
• Employs 41 staff
• Supports 60,000 research
sessions p. @
• Supplies up to 5% of Radio
airtime and 10% of TV airtime
Collecting begins 1926
Gramophone Library 1934
Film Library 1968
Sound Archive 1968
Stills Library 1967
TV News Libraries 1990
Written Archives 1991
TV Sports Library 1995
Background
• 210,000 hours of TV
• 150,000 hours of Radio
• 500,000 selected images
• Document archive - still
counting!
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
1926 - 1999 2000 - 2103
Hours acquired 1926 - 2013
Background
First 75
years
Last 15
years