Archiving the collection of the Grimme-Preis 1964 to 2016

• Applicant: Dr. Frauke Gerlach
• Subject Area: Communication Sciences ; Theatre and Media Studies
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 455701449

Since 1964 the Grimme-Preis honors media excellence in German television and is regarded as the most important TV award in Germany. The award, originally founded by the Deutscher Volkshochschulverband (DVV) in 1961, soon extended beyond its original focus on the role of TV in adult education.Until the present day the Grimme-Preis contributes to a comprehensive quality monitoring in German television. The aim is to archive the „Sammlung Grimme-Preis“ and the estate of Prof. Dr. Bert Donnepp, the initiator of the Grimme-Preis. The „Sammlung Grimme-Preis“ contains the minutes/proceedings and explanatory statements of the nomination commissions and juries, documentary reports and programmes, an comprehensive collection of press cuttings, magazines and informative literatures of every single television production. Additionally al large portfolio of films, audios and photos, that document the award ceremonies as well as the selection processes and decision makings preceeding the awards from the beginnings in the 1960s to nowadays is part of the “Sammlung Grimme-Preis”. The archiving of the „Sammlung Grimme-Preis“ complies with established guidelines such as the guidelines of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg and follow the General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD (G)). The archiving of the "Sammlung Grimme-Preis" take place in close coordination with the LWL-Archivamt für Westfalen. The „Sammlung Grimme-Preis“ will be established in nationwide presentations such as Archivportal D and Europeana. The documentary reports and programmes can be researched in the local OPAC database of the Grimme-Institut and the database of the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz). The archive will be provide information on the magazines by the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB). The estate of Prof. Dr. Bert Donnepp complies with the "Regeln zur Erschließung von Nachlässen und Autographen (RNA)" and will be provide information on the estate by Kalliope. The archive will be provide information on the library of Bert Donnepp through the library catalogue of the Grimme-Institut and in future through the hbz-Verbundkatalog.Within a subsequent application the project will be optimized by the digitisation of selected resources.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)