Conception, stages and model of the life cycle of audiovisual information

The audiovisual as a document has characteristics that differentiate it from the rest of the sources. The activities corresponding to the processing of audiovisual information correspond to a series of stages that can be described from a life cycle. The closing of a cycle constitutes a working model in centers where audiovisual collections are produced or guarded. The objective of the study was to establish the life cycle of audiovisual information. The present study classifies as descriptive with theoretical and practical contribution. The analytical-synthetic, historical-logical, inductive-deductive, systemic-structural and classical documentary analysis methods were used to obtain results. The life cycle of audiovisual information is established based on the establishment of six stages: 1) origin, 2) selection, 3) creation, 4) dissemination, 5) processing and 6) storage. The cycle integrates the actions related to the documentary processes and those related to the conception and realization of the audiovisual.