Bright Joshua
National Records And Archive Services of Malawi
Bright Joshua is a regional archivist and head of the audiovisual section of the National Records and Archives Services of Malawi (NRAS). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematical Sciences, has worked as an intern at the Bundesarchiv Film Archive in Berlin, Germany. He has more than 9 years experience in managing and preserving audio visual archival collections. He is certified by International Federation of Film
Archives through the Film Preservation Summer School and Training sessions. He also holds certificates awarded by The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), National Film Video and Sound Archives of South Africa (NFSVA), Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA) and South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archives
Association (SEAPAVAA).Bright Joshua has facilitated at both local and international
courses, conducted research on audiovisual archives and presented at various international
professional forums. In his career, he has done digitization of various formats
of archival collections and developed customized electronic database for
accessioning them. He also played a leading role in development of digitization
standards for the Malawi government ministries and departments. He possesses
vast experience on digitization of reel-to-reel film, vinyl discs, photographs,
paper records, magnetic tapes and related ephemera among others. He also has
published a number research papers and articles most notable one being in the
FIAF film journal “Film preservation: A Malawian nightmare”.Currently, he is coordinating a collaboration project between NRAS
and Rei Foundation Limited aimed at digitizing over 500 reel films. He is also
working as a consultant with Malawi National Commission for UNESCO and National
Library Service of Malawi in the screening of digitized film and folktales
project. Mr Joshua has expertise in analyzing and documenting existing systems
used for data entry and storage of archival collections; supervision on
digitization workflows for Audio-Visual collections; development of access
portfolios to digitized materials through public screenings, exhibitions and
electronic means; creation of backups and security measures for e-archive
collections; conduct film identification, repair, cleaning, digitization, color
grading, metadata collection and projection.
