SUMMARY PROGRESS REPORT TO ITMA BOARD, 19872015

Legalities
Established as Company Limited by Guarantee registered as Scientific Society by Registrar of Friendly Societies
recognised by Revenue Commissioners as Charity & Approved Body under gifting terms of Taxes
Consolidation Act 1997
Finances
Income over period: 10.5 million expenditure somewhat less position stabilised after recession income
guaranteed until end March 2016
Staff
Currently 13 staff, full-time and part-time, most long-serving 2 based off-site social employment schemes
utilised no present HR difficulties archival work is labour-intensive, most costs are staff salary costs
Board
Currently 9 members voluntary self-renewing since first Board appointed by Arts Council some 70 members
have served, under 4 chairmen
Collections
Materials & information over 100,000 multimedia items acquired & over 1,000,000 content items catalogued
on databases
Technology
Fully networked computerisation new cataloguing system being introduced databases now cloud-stored 42
terabytes of digital storage capacity website incl. 4 microsites YouTube channel Facebook, Twitter & other
social media audio & video recording studio audio & video field-recording equipment in-house innovation
& cooperation with external innovators
Creations
Materials & information created by digitising, field recording, studio recording, cataloguing & indexing,
compiling discographies, bibliographies & filmographies, research, lectures, travelling exhibitions, microsites,
hardcopy & digital publication
Preservation
Ongoing archival storage, binding, digitisation
Organisation
Ongoing cataloguing, indexing, classifying
Dissemination
Full guided public access to materials & information generous opening hours query service by phone, letter
& email advice & consultancy copying services remote access through online catalogues remote access
through systematic online publication of digitised materials (13,000+ items to date) & other information (annual
digital reach 100,000+) extensive use of social media hardcopy publication of books & audiovisual items, as
main publisher or in partnerships travelling exhibitions public lectures & audiovisual presentations
broadcasting partnerships & contributions (28 archival TV series on RT & TG4, 364 programmes; live
viewership up to 250,000 per episode + remote viewership) very wide range of users
Premises
Rented 19872006 in 6 Eustace St & 63 Merrion Square allocated 73 Merrion Square by OPW refurbished,
fully furnished, shelved etc. occupied since 2006 on draft lease with peppercorn rent current value c. 3.6
million, 156,000 annual rent
Other
National & international memberships openings & launches awards from Gulbenkian Institute, IAML (UK &
Ireland), TG4 recognised generally as main national repository for Irish traditional music, song & dance