Stav, digitalizace a perspektivy sbírek zvukových nosičů v muzeích ČR

Purpose – The paper is focused on the problems of sound carriers’ preservation among museums of the Czech Republic. This theme was not enough examined yet. In the Czech Republic, it stands in the background of public interests. The paper is a research study. Design/Methodology/Approach – The research uses quantitative methodology. The survey was carried out by using the questionnaire. The recoverability of the 1078 institutions was 28 %. Results – The most common sound carriers among museums are optical carriers. But there are also other types and exotic ones in the collections. These are often near their physical lifespan end. There are not all sound collections which were fully processed and because of that, there are not many details about them. Digitization stands for the key theme both the research and the paper. Nowadays, it is a mean of sound preservation, but it is also a process which is problem abundant. In case the collection is not processed, it is not possible to think about its digitization. In case it is processed, the digitization could not be carried out due to lack of funds or personnel. Stav, digitalizace a perspektivy sbírek zvukových nosičů v muzeích ČR 46 Originality/Value – The paper is focused on peripheral theme which was not examined in the past sufficiently. Based on the research of sound carriers among museums of Czech Republic, there are problems identified. It is necessary to point out that there is unintegrated registration of such museum institutions. This makes any research among the museums complicated.