Texas Archive of Moving Image (TAMI)

Contents: Videos News Events Education Digitization Preservation Round-up Contribute About This non-profit organization was founded in 2002 to discover, preserve, provide access to, and educate the community about Texas’ film heritage. The film archivist and University of Texas at Austin professor Dr. Caroline Frick started the initiative and is the executive director of this film archive. The online collection includes home …

Snell & Wilcox MPEG Encoding basics

The Snell & Wilcox handbook series contains several excellent resources on digitisation and digital file formats. This document on MPEG Encoding explains all MPEG basics and answers important questions on standards and processing.

Digital Preservation of Moving Image Material?

Een overzicht van de veranderingen in productie- en distributietechnologie van bewegend beeld en de impact daarvan op de AV-archiveringsprocessen.  Er is speciale aandacht voor twee paradigma verschuivingen: van het managen van complete producties naar ‘asset management’ en van het  behoud van het fysieke object als artifact, naar het behoud van afzonderlijke content items. Hoewel reeds in 2001 gepubliceerd, bevat dit …

Task Force to establish Selection Criteria of Analogue and Digital Audio Contents for Transfer to Data Formats for Preservation Purpose

Contents: 1. Foreword 2. Introduction 3. Technical Selection Criteria &nbsp 4. Selection for Digitisation in Broadcasting Sound Archives 5. Selection for Digitisation in National Sound Archives 6. Selection for Digitisation in Research Archives 7. Metadata &nbsp 8. Conclusion &nbsp 9. Bibliography. Dit document beoogt audioarchieven te helpen met het opzetten van een consistente digitale conserveringsstrategie. Het bevat selectiecriteria voor het …

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists

Contents: National Institute of Standards and Technology About the Author Author’s Acknowledgements Quick Reference Guide 1. Introduction 2. Ensuring That Your Digital Content Remains Available 3. Disc Structure 4. How Long Can You Store CDs and DVDs and Use Them Again? 5. Conditions That Affect CDs and DVDs 6. Cleaning Appendix 1: Commercially Available CD/DVD Types Appendix 2: Optical Media …

Five Organizational Stages of Digital Preservation

Contents: Introduction The Five Organizational Stages Stage 1. Acknowledge: Understanding that digital preservation is a local concern Stage 2. Act: Initiating digital preservation projects Stage 3. Consolidate: Seguing from projects to programs Stage 4. Institutionalize: Incorporating the larger environment Trusted Digital Repositories The OAIS Reference Model TDR Mapped to OAIS Stage 5. Externalize: Embracing inter-institutional collaboration and dependencies Conclusion This …