The Preservation Statistics Survey is an effort coordinated by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). Any cultural heritage institution in the United States conducting preservation activities was invited to complete this survey, which was open from January 20 through March 20, 2015. Questions focused …
Contents: Acknowledgement Introduction Preservation Metadata: Costs and Benefits Preservation Metadata for Threat Assessment Methodology Next Steps Notes References OCLC has launched a Preservation Health Check Pilot program in order to develop a general approach to monitor the health of repository content based on its associated preservation metadata. One of its goals is to essentially confirm the value of collecting and …
Contents: Executive summary 1 Introduction 2 Response to the survey 3 Digitisation activity 4 The Collection 5 Digital access 6 Digital preservation 7 Digitisation expenditure This is the second report on the state of digitisation in Europe’s cultural heritage institutions published by the ENUMERATE Thematic Network. The report is based on nearly 1400 ‘core’ survey responses, from 29 European countries …
Contents: At the Museum Content Matters Interview Digital Content Education and Training FADGI Inside the Library Insights Interviews NDSA Outreach and Events Partners and Collaboration Personal Archiving Publications and Resources Tools and Infrastructure Videos and Podcasts Viewshare This blog, begun in 2011, is written by a variety of Library of Congress staff members and focuses on digital preservation issues. It …
Contents: 1. Introduction Characteristics of Moving Image and Recorded Sound Content Summary of Requirements for a Content Model for Audiovisual Resource Description 2. Comparative Analysis of Existing Content Models 3. Requirements for Moving Image and Recorded Sound Content at the Library of Congress 4. Toward a Generic Content Model 5. Alignment with BIBFRAME Appendix A: Recorded Sound Issues Related to …
Contents: 1. Introducing the European Film Audience Survey 2. Reaching the Audience 3. Film Audience Profiles 4. How do Film Audiences Decide What to Watch? 5. Looking Ahead… 6. Glossary Annex 1: The European Film Landscape Annex 2: Country Profiles Annex 3: Methodology Annex 4: Consumer Profiles Annex 5: List of Unprompted Films Annex 6: Intouchables, a case study Annex …
