Abstract

In the Third Sector photography is doubly important: because of the documentary character of photography and because of the social responsibility of NGOs when it comes to portraying the image of developing countries. The digital revolution increases production and consumption of visual documents and pixels burst into the photo archives, which makes it necessary to change equipments and consider new working models. The working procedures of a photo archive of the Third Sector are developed from the perspective of the experience in the Vicente Ferrer Foundation. Digital image management in a communication department of an NGO for Development (NGDO) is explained.

Abstract

The Documentation Department of Editorial Espasa was created in 1860 with the founding of the publishing company. In this interview with its manager, its origin and evolution is shown and the three most important document types in its collections -books, photographs and texts- are used to describe and illustrate the works that have been published during the 150-year history of the publisher. The existence of the Documentation Department is justified for the extensive collections of the archive and the library. The interview concludes that the traditional concept of publishing is changing with the advent of the new media, although the book in its traditional format will not disappear.