National Digital Archives Explained

National Digital Archives
Nativename:	Polish: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Type:	Archives
Formed:	8 March 2008
Chief1 Name:	Piotr Zawilski^[1]

National Digital Archives (Polish: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, Polish: NAC) are the national archives of Poland, collecting and digitising audiovisual materials.^[2]

National Digital Archives are one of three central State Archives (Polish: Archiwa Państwowe), other two being Central Archives of Historical Records and .^[3] National Digital Archives were established on 28 March 2008 by transforming the Archives of Audiovisual Records (Polish: Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej 'Mechanical Documentation Archives') created in 1955.^{[4] [5]}

Collection

National Digital Archives' collection include:^[6]

• 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.^[7] Whole collection is available for the public through the Archives' reading room, while digitilised records are made accessible through a website Polish: Szukaj w Archiwach 'Search in Archives' run by the NAC.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Central Archives of Historical Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dyrekcja NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024 . pl.
2. Web site: O nas NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024.
3. Web site: Archiwa Państwowe – Archiwa Państwowe . archiwa.gov.pl . 26 January 2024 . pl.
4. News: Replewicz . Maciej . Dyrektor Narodowego Archiwum Cyfrowego: w naszych zbiorach jest dziesięć milionów zdjęć . 26 January 2024 . pap.pl . . 8 March 2023.
5. Web site: History of the Institution NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024.
6. Web site: Zasób NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024.
7. Web site: Spis zespołów NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024 . pl.
8. Web site: Udostępnianie NAC . nac.gov.pl . 26 January 2024.
9. Web site: Zawartość - Szukaj w Archiwach . szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl . 26 January 2024.