On 8th March 2008, the Archives of Audio-Visual Records, founded 1955, have been transformed into the National Digital Archives (NDA). The conversion, requested by the Head Director of State Archives of Poland, has been approved by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The founder of the NDA, Nikodem Bończa Tomaszewski has been assigned to run the institution.
The NDA is the central state archive. Its aim is to provide digital files as a response to the development of recording, storing and access technologies.
It is available at www.nac.gov.pl website. The National Digital Archives (NDA) is the first public office in Poland to develop and maintain applications in open source systems.