Who is who in FIAT/IFTA?
Eva-Lis Green

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Eva-Lis Green, Member of the Documentation Commission, Head of the Documentation Department within the Sveriges Television Television Archives. SVT, RH-N2G, SE-105 10 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +46 8 784 5762. E-mail: eva-lis.green@svt.se

Can you tell us a little about your background? When did you start working with television?

I was born 1955 in Karlskrona (a little town in southern Sweden). I'm the mother of three children and one stepdaughter so of course my family is always the most important thing in my life. My family's main interests are music, literature and travels. I started my education with a BA at Lund University followed by a Librarian graduation in 1981. Besides some short time employment at different libraries I spent some time as Librarian at the Swedish Archive for Sound and Moving Images in 1982 and 1984. I found the audio-visual archiving extremely interesting since this type of work had a combination of both information technology and culture being the main disciplines in my education.

Since 1984 employed as documentalist at SVT Television Archives. Since 1988 head of catalogue development at SVT. 1993-1997 Responsible for information strategies at SVT Engineering dept. Since 1997 in charge of Catalogue and development at SVT Television Archives. Member and CO-chairperson of FIAT's Documentation Commission since 1990. SVT's representative in EBU' s expert group for metadata.

What's important in you daily work?

Off course I have the responsibility to manage the staff and my prior responsibilities like intake, cataloguing, information systems and development. As project manager for several information systems, like stock control system, digital news archive system I'm often on the run not being able to sit down and think. I'm trying hard to coach my staff and keep up with new technologies. It's not easy to be a specialist and manager at the same time but I don't think I'm the only one in this situation.

What are your priorities within FIAT?

I do think that FIAT as an organisation has taken big steps during the ten years that I've followed the work toward a professional organisation. The interest from the manufactories and other organisations shows that Fiat is a respected forum. It's important that we keep it that way and grow in our knowledge and competence concerning technology development, metadata and preservation etc. The work within FIAT Documentation Commission strongly work in that direction and the individual members are taking part in different development projects. For me personally the DC meetings are of great importance and give me the energy to manage the demands at my daily work. I hope that the output from the Commission gives the FIAT membership the same outcome.

Is there anything specific that you want to achieve?

For me as an archive woman it's important to give an example to women in particular that involvement in new technology, digital formats etc. not only is a matter for male technicians. Its fun and creative to work in this new areas and important to involve our traditional knowledge in the new fields.