National Digital Archives
{{short description|National archives of Poland}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox government agency
|name = National Digital Archives
|nativename = {{langx|pl|Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe}}
|logo = Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe logo.svg
|type = Archives
|formed = 8 March 2008
|chief1_name = Piotr Zawilski{{cite web |title=Dyrekcja {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/instytucja/dyrekcja/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=pl}}
|website = {{Official URL}}
}}
National Digital Archives ({{langx|pl|Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe}}, {{lang|pl|NAC}}) are the national archives of Poland, collecting and digitising audiovisual materials.{{cite web |title=O nas {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/instytucja/o-nas/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024}}
National Digital Archives are one of three central State Archives ({{lang|pl|Archiwa Państwowe}}), other two being Central Archives of Historical Records and {{ill|Archives of Modern Records|pl|Archiwum Akt Nowych}}.{{cite web |title=Archiwa Państwowe – Archiwa Państwowe |url=https://archiwa.gov.pl/o-nas/archiwa-panstwowe/ |website=archiwa.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=pl}} National Digital Archives were established on 28 March 2008 by transforming the Archives of Audiovisual Records ({{lang|pl|Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej}} 'Mechanical Documentation Archives') created in 1955.{{cite news |last1=Replewicz |first1=Maciej |title=Dyrektor Narodowego Archiwum Cyfrowego: w naszych zbiorach jest dziesięć milionów zdjęć |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C1545740%2Cdyrektor-narodowego-archiwum-cyfrowego-w-naszych-zbiorach-jest-dziesiec |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=pap.pl |publisher=Polish Press Agency |date=8 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=History of the Institution {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/en/institution/history-of-the-institution/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024}}
Collection
National Digital Archives' collection include:{{cite web |title=Zasób {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/archiwum-audiowizualne/zasob/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024}}
- over 15 million photographs took since 1940s;
- over 40 thousand of sound recordings recorded between 1889 and 2008;
- about 2.4 thousand of motion picture recordings made between 1928 and 1993;
which are all divided into 159 groups.{{cite web |title=Spis zespołów {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/archiwum-audiowizualne/zasob/spis-zespolow/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=pl}} Whole collection is available for the public through the Archives' reading room, while digitilised records are made accessible through a website {{lang|pl|Szukaj w Archiwach}} 'Search in Archives' ({{URL|https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/}}) run by the NAC.{{cite web |title=Udostępnianie {{pipe}} NAC |url=https://www.nac.gov.pl/archiwum-audiowizualne/udostepnianie/ |website=nac.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Zawartość - Szukaj w Archiwach |url=https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/zawarto%C5%9B%C4%87 |website=szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl |access-date=26 January 2024}}
See also
References
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